Jason Ritter

Jason Ritter

Born: February 17, 1980
Age: 44
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Biography

Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor, and the son of actress Nancy Morgan and late actor John Ritter, known for his roles as Kevin Girardi in the television series Joan of Arcadia, as Sean Walker in the NBC series The Event, and as the voice of Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls. He also played the recurring role of Mark Cyr in the NBC television series Parenthood, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination.

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Early life

Ritter was born on February 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Nancy Morgan and John Ritter (1948-2003), and the grandson of musician/actor, Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay. His stepmother is actress Amy Yasbeck. He has three siblings, including actor Tyler Ritter.

Ritter first appeared in the opening credits of his father's show, Three's Company.

He attended middle and high school at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, with Simon Helberg, who became his roommate at NYU. He then attended and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Atlantic Theater Company. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK.

Career

Ritter appeared in The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story, co-starring as Baum's son alongside his own father. In 2002, he appeared in the movies PG and Swimfan. In 2003, Ritter had a major role in the slasher/horror film Freddy vs. Jason as Will Rollins. He appeared in Raise Your Voice and Happy Endings. He portrayed Jeb Bush in the Oliver Stone film W. In 2007, he also voiced substitute teacher, Mr. Fisk, in an episode of All Grown Up, the grown up version of Rugrats, a teacher whom Angelica falls in love with. In 2008, he released Good Dick, a movie which he produced and starred in along with his long term girlfriend at the time, Marianna Palka (with whom he began a relationship after meeting in Queens in October 1999), who also wrote and directed the film.

Among his theater credits are Wendy Wasserstein's Third at Lincoln Center, for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award and the Martin E. Segal Award for his portrayal of the title character; the Off Broadway production of The Beginning of August, and the role of Tim in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's play The Distance From Here at London's Almeida Theatre. Ritter has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

Ritter has appeared in the MTV show Punk'd. Ritter also starred as Sean Walker in the season-long NBC drama series The Event, which premiered on September 20, 2010. Ritter will be seen alongside Kate French in the upcoming short film, Atlantis, a romance film centered on two strangers who fall in love during the preparation for the final launch of the NASA space shuttle Atlantis. He has a recurring role on NBC's Parenthood. His performance on the show earned him an Emmy Award nomination in 2012. It was confirmed in early March 2013 that he would play Gavin opposite Alexis Bledel's Stacey in Us & Them, FOX's sitcom pilot based on the British television show Gavin & Stacey.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1991 The Real Story Of Christmas Tree Little Acorn Voice; Animated short film
1999 Mumford Martin Brockett
2001 Earth Day Jack Voice; Short film
2002 PG Paul
2002 Swimfan Randy
2003 Smash the Kitty Josh Short film
2003 Freddy vs. Jason Will Rollins
2004 Raise Your Voice Paul Fletcher
2005 Perceptions Michael
2005 Happy Endings Otis McKeen
2005 Our Very Own Clancy Whitfield
2005 Placebo Daniel Short film
2006 Lenexa, 1 Mile Sean Hickey
2006 The Wicker Man Bar Guy #2
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Mick
2008 The Deal Lionel Travitz
2008 Good Dick The man
2008 W. Jeb Bush
2009 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Eric Genson
2009 Peter and Vandy Peter
2010 The Dry Land Michael
2011 A Bag of Hammers Ben "Benjamin" Platt
2011 The Perfect Family Frank Cleary Jr.
2011 The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Kyle
2011 They're with Me Isaac Solomon Short film
2011 Atlantis Ben Short film
2011 The Five Stages of Grief Orion Short film
2012 The Break In Larry Short film
2012 Angel of Death Victim 1 Short film
2012 Trying Mark Short film
2012 The Golden Age Mitch Short film
2012 Manhattan Mixup Fritz Short film
2012 Free Samples Wally
2013 I Am I Jonathan
2013 Teddy Bears Own
2013 The Sidekick Kid Loco Short film
2013 The Goldfish Yoni Short film
2013 The East Tim
2013 The End of Love Jason
2014 Hits Julian
2014 Wild Canaries Damien
2014 There's Always Woodstock Garret
2014 About Alex Alex
2014 7 Minutes Mike
2014 You're Not You Will
2014 We'll Never Have Paris Kurt
2015 The Steps Jeff
2015 Embers Guy
2015 The Meddler Jacob
2016 The Intervention Matt
2016 Carrie Pilby Matt Filming
2016 The Labyrinth Usher Completed
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story Harry Neal Baum Television film
1999 Days of Our Lives Toddy Supporting role (Season 34)
1999 Undressed Allan Main role (Season 3)
2001 Law & Order Nick Simms "Teenage Wasteland" (Season 11, Episode 12)
2002 Hack Teddy Griffin "My Brother's Keeper" (Season 1, Episode 5)
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Billy Baker "Dominance" (Season 4, Episode 20)
2003 Players Tim "Players Halloweenie Televizzie" (Season 2, Episode 16)
2003-05 Joan of Arcadia Kevin Girardi Main role
2006-07 The Class Ethan Haas Lead role
2007 Punk'd Himself "#8.6" (Season 8, Episode 6)
2009 WWII in HD Jack Yusen (USN) Main role
2009 Mercy Gabe Tyler "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" (Season 1, Episode 9)
2010-11 The Event Sean Walker Main role
2010-2015 Parenthood Mark Cyr Recurring role
2012 County Jack Malloy Pilot
2012 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Mario
2012-2016 Gravity Falls Dipper Pines Voice; Lead role
2013 Robot Chicken Reindeer / Sergeant "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" (Season 6, Episode 21)
2013 Modern Family Mitchell's co-worker "Larry's Wife" (Season 5, Episode 3)
2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Bruce Television film
2013-15 Drunk History Stetson Kennedy / Art Heist Investigator /
Rufus Griswold / Robert Woodrow Wilson / Elisha Gray
"Atlanta" (Season 1, Episode 3)
"Boston" (Season 1, Episode 4)
"Baltimore" (Season 2, Episode 4)
"New Jersey" (Season 3, Episode 1)
"Inventors" (Season 3, Episode 11)
2014 Us & Them Gavin Lead role; Unaired
2014 Person of Interest Simon Lee "Prophets" (Season 4, Episode 5)
2014 Key & Peele Customer "Concussion Quarterback" (Season 4, Episode 5)
2014 Garfunkel and Oates Jason "Maturity" (Season 1, Episode 8)
2015 Girls Scott Recurring role
2015 Another Period Lord Frederick Bellacourt Main role
2016 Wander Over Yonder Skipper "The Cartoon" (Season 2, Episode 13)
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2008 T Takes The Guest in Room 23 "Lobby" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2012 Weasel Town Haunches Voice; Main role
2012 Sketchy Tom "You Got Retweeted" (Season 1, Episode 18)
2013 Ghost Ghirls William / Brad Wojciehowicz "Home Is Where the Haunt Is" (Season 1, Episode 1)
"Comedy Of Terrors" (Season 1, Episode 7)

Awards and nominations

Year Title Category Work Result Ref.
2012 Parenthood Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Mark Cyr Nominated

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