Matthew Ryan Phillippe is an American actor, director, and writer.
For Disney, he played Seaman Grattham in the 1995 Hollywood Pictures film Crimson Tide, Gil Martin in the 1996 Hollywood Pictures film White Squall, Keenan in the 1998 Miramax film Playing by Heart, and Ben Crawford in the ABC TV show Secrets and Lies.
Trivia
- Phillippe originally auditioned for the role of Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger,[1] but at the end, Chris Evans was cast instead.
- He was considered for the role of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones along with Paul Walker, Colin Hanks, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, James Van Der Beek, Joshua Jackson, Eric Christian Olsen, Erik von Detten, Chris Klein, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jonathan Brandis.