Early life

Hansen was born in Fountain Valley, California and raised in El Cajon, California, but has since moved with his wife Amy to Los Angeles.

Career

Hansen began acting with guest starring roles on series such as Grounded for Life, That's So Raven, and Las Vegas. In 2004, Hansen auditioned for the role of Duncan Kane on Veronica Mars but lost out to Teddy Dunn. However, Rob Thomas told him to try out for the role of Dick Casablancas.

In 2008, Hansen appeared in Superhero Movie, released on March 28. Also in 2008, Hansen appeared in the CCT original musical Alice as Trevor McKnight/White Night. The show opened on July 31 and ran through August 10, in San Diego.

In 2011, Hansen portrayed Ben Lewis on the NBC sitcom Friends with Benefits.

BuddyTV ranked him #79 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".

In 2012, he began a recurring role as Andy, the candy shop owner, on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. The same year he had a supporting role in the film Hit and Run alongside Dax Shepard and Bradley Cooper.

Personal life

Hansen and his wife, Amy, were former roommates of actress Kristen Bell at her house in the Hollywood Hills. Together, they have three children.

Hansen is involved in the campaign Invisible Children and has appeared in the online series The LXD, of which 50% of the profits is going to the Invisible Children Campaign.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Death by Engagement	Michael Micelli
2006	Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold, TheThe Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold	Scottie	Direct-to-DVD
2007	Palo Alto	Anthony
2008	Sherman's Way	Kevin
2008	Superhero Movie	Lance Landers
2009	House Broken	Elliot Cathkart
2009	Friday the 13th	Nolan
2010	BoyBand	Tommy
2011	Brother's Justice	Lance Jeung
2011	Bad Actress	Russell Pillage
2012	Hit and Run	Alan
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Grunt
2013	Last Call	Phil
2014	Veronica Mars	Dick Casablancas
2014	Friended to Death	Michael Harris
2015	Jem and the Holograms	Stephen the Guard
2016	Central Intelligence	Steve	Filming
2016	XOXO	DJ Avilo	Filming
2016	CHiPs	Brian Grieves	Filming
2016	Bad Santa 2		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Geena Davis Show, TheThe Geena Davis Show	Larry	Episode: "Hot Potato"
2001	Ally McBeal	Student MC	Episode: "The Wedding"
2001	Motocrossed	Entrant #1	Television film
2002	Power Rangers Wild Force	Pilot #3	Episode: "The End of the Power Rangers: Part 2"
2003	Grounded for Life	Matt	Episode: "Just Like a Woman"
2004	Like Family	Dell	2 episodes
2004	Las Vegas	Jared	Episode: "The Strange Life of Bob"
2004	Las Vegas	Brad	Uncredited; episode: "The Family Jewels"
2004-07	Veronica Mars	Dick Casablancas	Recurring (season 1); main cast (seasons 2-3); 39 episodes
2005-06	That's So Raven	J.J.	2 episodes
2009-10	Party Down	Kyle Bradway	Main cast; 20 episodes
2009	Gossip Girl	Shep	Episode: "Valley Girls"
2011	Friends with Benefits	Ben Harrison	Main cast; 13 episodes
2011	Childrens Hospital	Kyle Bradway	Episode: "Party Down"
2012	Happy Endings	Jeff Niebert	Episode: "Makin' Changes!"
2012	Key & Peele	A Tribe Called Quest shirt guy	Episode: "Flash Mob"
2012	Best Friends Forever	Keith Kazakian	Episode: "Single and Lovin' It"
2012	Royal Pains	Brady Wilkerson	Episode: "Fools Russian"
2012-13	League, TheThe League	Ben	2 episodes
2012-15	2 Broke Girls	Andy	11 episodes
2012	Wedding Band	Cooper	2 episodes
2013	Parenthood	Luke	Episode: "Keep on Rowing"
2014	House of Lies	Johnno	Episode: "Boom"
2014	Bad Teacher	Joel Kotsky	Main cast; 13 episodes
2014-15	Bad Judge	Gary Boyd	Main cast; 13 episodes
2015-present	Resident Advisors	Doug Weiner	Main cast
2015	iZombie	Carson McComb	Episode: "Flight of the Living Dead"
2015	Marry Me	Lee	Episode: "Wake Me"
2016	Angie Tribeca	Wilson Phillips	Episode: "The One With the Bomb"
2016	Grandfathered	Chason	Episode: "Tableside Guacamole"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Rockville, CA	Chambers	13 episodes
2010	Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, TheThe Legion of Extraordinary Dancers	Brendan Broman	2 episodes
2012-13	Burning Love	Cowboy waiter, Blaze	18 episodes
2014	HelLA	Ryan	Episode: "LA House Parties"
2014	Gentlemen Lobsters	Yannie Boi (voice)	Episode: "The Secret to Crushing at Titanfall: Wear Thom Browne Boxers"
2014	Play It Again, Dick	Himself/Dick Casablancas	Main cast; 8 episodes

Stage

• Alice (2008) - Trevor McKnight/White Night

[ Source: Wikipedia ]