Jeffrey Matthew Settle (born September 17, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for playing Will Benson in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Captain Ronald Speirs on the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl.
Early life Settle was born in Hickory, North Carolina, the son of Robert, a Baptist minister, and Joan Settle. He is the youngest of six children, having two sisters and three brothers.
Career Settle made his Broadway debut in a strictly limited engagement in Chicago: The Musical, appearing as Billy Flynn from April 19 through June 13, 2010. He made his feature film debut in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer co-starring alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mekhi Phifer, and Brandy Norwood. He also had a guest appearance in the seventh season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a reporter in the episode "Storm". From 2007 to 2012, Settle portrayed Rufus Humphrey, the father of Dan and Jenny, on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl. Other past roles include his portrayal of Capt. Ronald Speirs in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and his role as Jacob Wheeler in the TNT miniseries Into the West. He also played the part of John in the film Beneath. He played John in the 2006 film The Celestine Prophecy.
Personal life In 2007, Settle revealed that in 2006, at age 37, he had eloped to marry Israeli actress and model Naama Nativ, with whom he had a child, born in 2009. Settle and Nativ divorced in May 2011.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal Tommy Shaughnessy Television film 1997 What Happened to Bobby Earl? Tom Stahl Detective Max Seagle Justice League of America Guy Gardner / Green Lantern 1998 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Will Benson 1999 Lansky Benny "Bugsy" Siegel (ages 17–26) Television film Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly Alex Kelly 2000 U-571 Ensign Keith Larson Matt Curtis Attraction Matthew 2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Lieutenant Jack Whitman 2004 Warren Beatty Television film Hank Ford Until the Night Michael Rancid James Hayson 2005 Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der Reblaus Hal Morris Television film 2006 John 2007 Blue Smoke Bo Goodnight Television film Beneath John 2008 John F. Kennedy 2009 ExTerminators Dan 2011 So Undercover Professor Talloway 2012 Love Sick Love Norman 2013 Phil Television film 2014 Ouija Anthony Morris Paper Angels Kevin Morrell 2015 Sam Harris Marshall the Miracle Dog Doc Henry 2016 The Faith of Anna Waters Sam Harris 2017 Valentine Bono
Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Band of Brothers Captain Ronald Speirs Miniseries; 6 episodes 2002 ER Brian Westlake 5 episodes 2003 Russell Bakey 3 episodes CSI: Miami Art Pickering Episode: "Death Grip" 2004 Decisive Battles Himself Host; 13 episodes 2005 Into the West Jacob Wheeler Miniseries; 3 episodes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jackson Zane Episode: "Storm" 2006 Brothers and Sisters Jonathan Sellers 4 episodes 2007 Michael Madison 2 episodes 2007–2012 Gossip Girl Rufus Humphrey Main cast; 119 episodesTeen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit 2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Daniel Wolf 1 episode
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