Rick Ravanello (born 24 October 1967) is a Canadian actor and ex-bodybuilder who has appeared in several television series and movies. Known primarily from action and thriller films, he often portrayed soldiers, military men and detectives.
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Biography
One of several brothers, Ravanello was raised in the Trout Brook Road area of Mira, Cape Breton, and graduated from Riverview Rural High School in 1986. While a young man, he got introduced to weight training. As an actor he debuted in 1996, appearing in several television series, including Stargate SG-1 (episode "Children of the Gods") and Millennium (episode "Weeds"). He portrayed a young Marine Guard in the 1998 made-for-television action-drama film Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House, and was subsequently cast as Private J. Vaughn in the superhero TV film Nick Fury (1998), opposite David Hasselhoff. UPN cast him as Mednaut Thurston—the role which he continued to play throughout 1998 and 1999—in the short-lived science fiction medical drama series Mercy Point. He starred as a tough military man named Thompson in the Richard Pepin-directed action film Y2K (also known as Terminal Countdown).
He played a small, supporting role of a handsome welder in the Sally Field–Judy Davis vehicle A Cooler Climate (1999), and was a recurring actor on the Canadian police procedural television series Cold Squad (October 1999). In January 2001, he guest-starred in the science-fiction–action series Seven Days opposite Jonathan LaPaglia, portraying Major Gary Jones. In the 2001 television action drama Semper Fi he portrayed the Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. Ravanello's acting breakthrough came with 2002's Hart's War. In the movie, set in a World War II prisoner of war camp, he starred opposite Bruce Willis as Major Joe Clary. In 2022, Ravanello was the lead of the TV series The Pact, where he played a survivor of a mysterious outbreak.
In the 1990s Ravanello was also a competitive bodybuilder, with an on-stage weight of approximately 190 pounds (86 kilograms). He also has a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and trains Muay Thai.
Filmography
Guest appearances
Lethal Weapon playing David Garrison in episode "Surf N Turf" (#1.2), 28 September 2016
Criminal Minds playing Bernard Graff in episode "Internal Affairs" (#11.9), 2 December 2015
Scorpion playing Marcus Bronson in episode "Young Hearts Spark Fire" (#1.19), 23 March 2015
Castle playing Steve Adams in episode "He's Dead, She's Dead" (#3.2), 27 September 2010
In Justice playing Alec Southerland in episode "Golden Boy" (#1.3), 13 January 2006
The Closer playing Devlin Dutton in episode "The Butler Did It" (#1.9), August 2005
Desperate Housewives playing Bill Cunningham in episode "There Won't Be Trumpets" (#1.17), 3 April 2005
The Inside playing Scott Bossi in episode "Aidan" (#1.9), 2005
Monk playing Detective in episode "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife" (#2.14), 13 February 2004
24 playing Captain Reiss in episode "Day 3: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m." (#3.12), 3 February 2004
24 playing Captain Reiss in episode "Day 3: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m." (#3.11), 27 January 2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing Ranger Stone in episode "Feeling the Heat" (#4.4), 23 October 2003
The Lyon's Den playing Larry/Sammy Gentry in episode "Pilot" (#1.1), 28 September 2003