Early life

Tupper was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. After high school, he lived on a coffee farm in Kenya and studied Swahili. He studied acting at Concordia University, Montreal, and later at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he earned a Master's Degree.

Career

Tupper acted in several off-Broadway plays, including An Actor Prepares and After the Rain. He co-wrote and appeared in 2005's Loudmouth Soup, a fully improvised independent film that was filmed in one night with no script and no second takes.

From 2006, Tupper portrayed Jack Slattery in the ABC series Men in Trees, credited for all 36 episodes of the show's run. He then appeared as Dr. Chris Sands in the NBC medical drama Mercy for 22 episodes before it was cancelled in 2010.

Tupper appeared as Dr. Andrew Perkins, a trauma counselor, on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. He appeared in 7 episodes in the show's seventh season.

Tupper has been appearing on ABC's Revenge since 2011. He portrays the character of David Clarke, the supposedly deceased father of the main character. Clarke was a recurring character for the first three seasons, appearing only in flashbacks and videos. Tupper has been promoted to Main cast for the forthcoming season 4, after it was revealed in the season 3 finale that his character is still alive.

Personal life

Tupper split from his wife in November 2006 and moved in with actress Anne Heche in August, 2007, after they met on the set of Men in Trees. Their son, Atlas Heche Tupper, was born on March 7, 2009.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Corky Romano	FBI Agent
2001	Joe Dirt	Cop at the Bridge
2001	Peroxide Passion	Jed
2005	Loudmouth Soup	Keith Miller
2006	Invisible	Joe
2006	Love's Abiding Joy	Henry Klein
2008	For Heaven's Sake	Peter Whitman
2008	Toxic Skies	Jack
2009	Me and Orson Welles	Joseph Cotten
2011	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Rick
2011	Girl Fight	Ray
2012	Playing for Keeps	Matt
2013	Nothing Left to Fear	Dan
2013	Decoding Annie Parker	Steven

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	CSI:NY	Paul Zernecky	1 episode
2005	Gilmore Girls	Biker #1	2 episodes
2005	How I Met Your Mother	Derek	1 episode
2005	Love's Long Journey	Henry	TV movie
2006	Dr. Vegas	Paramedic	1 episode
2006-2008	Men in Trees	Jack Slattery	36 episodes
2007	Pictures of Hollis Woods	John Regan	TV movie
2008	Samantha Who?	Owen	4 episodes
2008	The Ex List	DP	1 Episode
2009	Mercy	Dr. Chris Sands	22 episodes
2009	A New Beginning	Chris Daniels	TV movie
2009	The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger	B.J. Stoker	TV movie
2010-2011	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Andrew Perkins	7 episodes
2011-2015	Revenge	David Clarke	Recurring role (season 1-3) Series regular (season 4)
2013	Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives		TV movie
2014	Resurrection	Dr. Eric Ward	Recurring role
2014	Mom's Day Away	Michael Miller	TV movie
2016	Big Little Lies	Nathan

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