Rodney Rowland

Rod Rowland portrayed the role of Rick Gittridge in the episode Hyde School Reunion during the sixth season of Charmed. Rick Gittridge was the leader of the clique Phoebe Halliwell belonged to back in her high school days. In the present, Rick has become a convicted armed robber who was recently released from prison. After a spell is accidently cast when Phoebe read a message written in her year book, she is transformed into her teenage self where she exposes magic and Rick finds out about it. After discovering Phoebe has powers, he expects her to help him rob an armored truck carried money.

Biography
Rodney G. Rowland, or Rod Rowland as he prefers to be called, was born in Newport Beach, California, United States on February 20th, 1964. Rod was accepted into prestigious Pepperdine University on a watersport scholarship, but after a brief time there he pursued other venues. Traveling to Europe, he pursued a modeling career where he modeled for such designers like Gucci, J. Crew and Versace.

Rod then took acting classes and became portraying roles in theater and film. His first big break was Space': Above and Beyond in 1995. Although he had a few hap-hazardous auditions, the producers gave him the role Cooper Hawkes, a genetically engineered InVitro. He then worked with the same producers on The X-Files, portraying the role of Ed Jerse, who emotionally connects with Dana Scully and encourages her to have a small Ouroboros snake tattooed on the small of her back. He then began dating Gillian Anderson until 1998.

Rod is also known for his villainous roles due to what producers call his rugged looks. He appeared in a recurring role on Veronica Mars portraying Liam Fitzpatrick, a lead character of the Irish gang and family of crime, the Fighting Fitzpatricks.

He also landed a film role opposite Arnold Schwarzaneggar in The 6th Day and opposite Lindsay Lohan in I Know Who Killed Me.

Films

 * I Know Who Killed Me
 * Shade
 * Soulkeeper
 * Dancing at the Blue Iguana
 * Run for the Money
 * The 6th Day

Television

 * 7 Days
 * Angel
 * Baywatch
 * Bones
 * Burn Notice
 * Charmed
 * Cold Case
 * CSI
 * Dark Angel
 * Fastlane
 * Life
 * Lincoln Heights
 * NCIS: Los Angeles
 * Pensicola: Wings of Gold
 * Saving Grace
 * Space: Above and Beyond
 * The Closer
 * The O.C.
 * The X-Files
 * To Have & To Hold
 * Veronica Mars
 * V.I.P.
 * Weeds
 * Welcome To Paradox
 * Without a Trace