Troy Ruptash

'Troy Ruptash' (qv) was born in Vegreville, Alberta. He was a competitive Figure Skater from the age of 9 to 16 and was the Canadian National Novice Men's Bronze Medalist and Western Canadian Junior Men's Silver Medalist. He attended Ryerson Theater School in Toronto, then moved to New York City, where he worked with Signature Theater, Classic Stage Company, and New York Stage and Film. Over the last 25 years, he has appeared in dozens of television shows, including _The West Wing (1999)_ (qv), _Desperate Housewives (2004)_ (qv), _The Mentalist (2008)_ (qv), _Murder in the First (2014)_ (qv), _Longmire (2012)_ (qv), _Training Day (2001)_ (qv), and _Justified (2010)_ (qv), among others. He had recurring roles on _Prison Break (2005)_ (qv) and _Boston Public (2000)_ (qv), played the "real" Don Draper on _Mad Men (2007)_ (qv) and David Tannistone on _The Young Pope (2016)_ (qv), and was seen in the feature films _Dig Two Graves (2014)_ (qv) and _Wildling (2018)_ (qv). He has taught Foundations of Script Analysis/Scene Study as well as Advanced Script Analysis/Scene Study at the Aquila Morong Studio in Hollywood since 2013.::Sarah Baker Grillo/Robert Sieger