Matt Rippy was raised in Texas where he attended H.S.P.V.A. (The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts) in Houston and was a member of the Alley Repertory Theatre Company. Rippy (as he prefers to be called) moved to England and joined The Reduced Shakespeare Company in the West End. He continued to work with the Reduced Shakespeare Company, acting and directing, for the next 20 years. Rippy has drifted away from the stage and now works predominantly in film and television. He now lives in the Hertfordshire Hills of England but still wears his cowboy boots and rides a horse and motorcycle.