{{short description|Canadian actor and ex-bodybuilder (born 1967)}} {{Use American English|date=October 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Rick Ravanello | birth_name = Richard Alexander Ravanello | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada | image = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor, bodybuilder | other_names = Rick Ravenello | spouse = Michelle D. Hartman <small>(since 1994)</small> }}
'''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.
==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.<ref name="bodyb">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/By5l-6fg0tm/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301154229/https://i.imgur.com/CWGhUoF.jpg|title=Yep. That is me at a certain phase of my life|publisher=Instagram. Facebook, Inc.|date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> 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").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hellhorror.com/movies-3009/Stargate-SG-1-Children-of-the-Gods-Final-Cut.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301145031/https://hellhorror.com/movies-3009/Stargate-SG-1-Children-of-the-Gods-Final-Cut.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-03-01|title=Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods – Final Cut (2009) Movie|work=HellHorror|publisher=HellHorror LLC|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourthhorsemanpress.com/Abyss/Episodes/epi109.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301145352/http://www.fourthhorsemanpress.com/Abyss/Episodes/epi109.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-03-01|title=Millennium: 'Weeds'|publisher=Fourth Horseman Press|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> He portrayed a young Marine Guard in the 1998 made-for-television action-drama film ''Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.videospace.fi/title/loyal_opposition_1998|title=Loyal Opposition (1998), Joan Van Arc action movie|publisher=Videospace|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410192734/https://www.videospace.fi/title/loyal_opposition_1998|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was subsequently cast as Private J. Vaughn in the superhero TV film ''Nick Fury'' (1998), opposite David Hasselhoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moviebreak.de/film/nick-fury-agent-of-shield|title=Nick Fury: Agent of Shield – Film 1998|publisher=Moviebreak.de|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=Mercy+Point+rick+ravanello&pg=PA888|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, p. 888|author=Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh|publisher=Ballantine Books|date=2007|isbn=9780307483201|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> He starred as a tough military man named Thompson in the Richard Pepin-directed action film ''Y2K'' (also known as ''Terminal Countdown'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/y2k-1200458515/|title=Y2k – Variety|work=Variety|author=David Stratton|date=30 August 1999|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/y2k|title=Y2K (1999)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref>
He played a small, supporting role of a handsome welder in the Sally Field–Judy Davis vehicle ''A Cooler Climate'' (1999),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaverse.plex.tv/show/a-cooler-climate|title=A Cooler Climate (1999)|work=Mediaverse|publisher=Plex|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0698500/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_84|title='Seven Days' Adam & Eve & Adam (TV Episode 2001)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> In the 2001 television action drama ''Semper Fi'' he portrayed the Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/295908/cast/|title=Всегда верен (Semper Fi, 2001) – Актеры|publisher=KinoPoisk|language=Russian|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harts-war-2002|title=Hart's War movie review & film summary (2002)|author=Roger Ebert|publisher=RogerEbert.com|date=15 February 2002|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Qpa0tg0XF/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301153602/https://i.imgur.com/uyMzYBt.jpg|title=So.....if that was me at 190lbs....why am I now fat at 180lbs|publisher=Instagram. Facebook, Inc.|date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzys4AEAb7s/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301153930/https://i.imgur.com/gSvxW4r.jpg|title=#tbt yeah, I used to do that stuff for a minute|publisher=Instagram. Facebook, Inc.|date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="bodyb"/> He also has a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and trains Muay Thai.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title and role |- |2015 | *''Dangerous Company'' as Aaron Mitchell |- |2014 | *''Driven Underground'' as Karl Harvey *''Outpost 37''/''Alien Outpost'' as Spears |- |2013 | * ''Garage Sales Mystery'' as Jason Shannon |- |2012 | *''Nikita'' as Nicholas Brandt *''Hollywood Heights'' as Trent McCall |- |2010 | *''Witness Insecurity'' as Anthony *Weeds as Lars Guinard |- |2009 | *''Defying Gravity'' as Jeff Walker |- |2008 | *''Smoke Jumper'' as Ray Kulhanck| *''The Christmas Clause'' as Jake *''Fatal Kiss'' (AKA ''Love to Kill'') as Nicholas Landon |- |2006 | *''Imaginary Playmate'' as Michael Driscoll |- |2005 | *''The Cave'' as Briggs *''Bound by Lies'' as Uniformed Cop *''Jane Doe: Vanishing Act'' as Lacey Hartman |- |2003 | *''Monte Walsh'' as Henry Louis "Sugar" Wyman *''Criminology 101'' as Andy Roitman |- |2002 | *''Hart's War'' as Maj. Joe Clary |- |2001 | *''Semper Fi'' as Sergeant (uncredited) *''Out of Line'' as John Stewart |- |2000 | *''Skipped Parts'' as Dougie Dupree |- |1999 | *''{{Interlanguage link|Terminal Countdown|it|3=Terminal Countdown|lt=Y2K}}'' as Thompson *''A Cooler Climate'' as Handsome Welder *''Atomic Train'' as Police Pilot |- |1998 | *''Mercy Point'' as Mednaut Thurston *''Shattered Image'' as Man in Restaurant *''Nick Fury: Agent of Shield'' as Agent J. Vaughn *''Peter Benchley's Creature'' as SEAL Team Member *''Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister'' as Security Guard |- |1997 | *''Doomsday Rock'' as Parks *''Our Mother's Murder'' as Officer Calder |}
===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 *''Boomtown'' playing Sean Dornan in episode "Crash" (#1.8), 17 November 2002 *''Without a Trace'' playing Brad Dunsmore in episode "He Saw, She Saw" (#1.3), 10 October 2002 *''Seven Days'' playing Major Gary Jones in episode "Adam & Eve & Adam" (#3.10), 10 January 2001 *''So Weird'' playing Lal Nereus in episode "Fathom" (#2.20), 22 April 2000 *''Cold Squad'' playing John Hatcher in episode "Deadly Games: Part 2" (#3.2), 29 October 1999 *''First Wave'' playing Joel Langley in episode "Red Flag" (#2.6), 27 October 1999 *''Viper'' playing Sergio "Sonny" Celeste in episode "The Full Frankie" (#3.6), 26 October 1998 *''First Wave'' playing Anton in episode "Crazy Eddie" (#1.2), 16 September 1998 *''The Net'' playing Mr. Wigan in episode "Deleted" (#1.1), 19 July 1998 *''The Outer Limits'' playing Marcus in episode "In the Zone" (#4.5), 20 February 1998 *''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show'' playing Lars in episode "Honey, Meet the Barbarians" (#1.13), 6 February 1998 *''Breaker High'' playing Apollo in episode "Silence of the Lamborghini" (#1.18), 14 October 1997 *''Stargate SG-1'' playing Fryatt, guard #2 in episode "Children of the Gods: Part 1" (#1.1), 27 July 1997 *''The Outer Limits'' playing Driver in episode "New Lease" (#3.11), 21 March 1997 *''Millennium'' playing Cop (uncredited) in episode "Weeds" (#1.11), 24 January 1997 *''Madison'' playing Erik in episode "Tattoos, Term Deposits and Tainted Love" (#5.9), 1997 *''Madison'' playing Erik in episode "Skin Deep" (#5.8), 1997 *''Viper'' playing Tremaine in episode "Standoff" (#1.6), 28 October 1996 *''Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy'' playing Chilco Evans in episode "The Natural" (#1.3), ????
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