American actor Matthew Settle was born on September 17, 1969 in Hickory, North Carolina. He started his acting career in 1996, when he starred in the television movie Shaughnessy. Two years later, he made his film debut, starring in the 1998 horror flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. He also appeared in films such as U-571, The In Crowd and Attraction.
Settle’s first major television role came in 2001, when he was cast in the acclaimed miniseries Band of Brothers. He played the character of Ronald Spiers, the platoon leader of Easy Company with a reputation for being fierce in war. This was followed by recurring roles in the medical drama ER, where he played the role of Brian Westlake, and in The Practice, as Russell Bakey. In addition, he starred in other films, including Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Until the Night and Rancid.
More recently, Settle played a recurring guest role in Brothers & Sisters, playing the fianc? of Kitty Walker (Calista Flockhart). He also starred in the short-lived television series The Wedding Bells, where he played a guest role for two episodes before the show got cancelled. His latest regular television role is in the CW’s successful teen drama Gossip Girl, where he plays Rufus Humphrey, a former rock star who now owns an art gallery. His character is the father of Dan (Penn Badgley) and Jenny (Taylor Momsen).