Todd Rippon (born May 30, 1964) is a film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Brandon Cardiff on the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street. His film appearances included Castaway (1986), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), The Last Tattoo (1994), Flynn (1996) and The Frighteners (1996).Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera/drama television series that was first broadcast on Monday, 25 May 1992. The show is set in a modern metropolitan hospital in the fictional suburb of Ferndale in Auckland City, and is produced by South Pacific Pictures. According to hints by TVNZ, the name may be associated with the former Shortland Street television studios in Auckland City, a mainstay for TVNZ in Auckland until the end of the 1980s. The real Shortland Street, in the central business district of Auckland City, has no connection with the program.