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Los Angeles, California, USA
Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Kevin Girardi in the television series Joan of Arcadia, Ethan Haas in The Class, Sean Walker in the NBC series The Event, Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls, and Pat Rollins in Raising Dion. He also played the recurring role of Mark Cyr in the NBC television series Parenthood, for which he…
Known for
- I Love Boosters — Upstanding Community Member2026
- Lanterns — William 'Billy' Macon2026
- Mermaid — The Prince Charming Jingle (voice)2025
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- Matlock — Julian Markston2024
- After Midnight — Self2024
- The Last of Us — Clicker (uncredited)2023
- Captain Fall — Cpt. Jonathan Fall (voice)2023
- Gen V — Jason Ritter2023
- Krapopolis — (voice)2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Jason Morgan Ritter , ( 1980-02-17 ) February 17, 1980 (age 46) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- New York University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor producer
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Spouse
- Melanie Lynskey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 )
- Partner
- Marianna Palka (1999–2013)
- Parents
- John Ritter (father) Nancy Morgan (mother)
- Relatives
- Tex Ritter (grandfather) Dorothy Fay (grandmother) Tyler Ritter (brother) Amy Yasbeck (stepmother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jason
- Family name
- Ritter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Melanie Lynskey
- Father
- John Ritter
- Mother
- Nancy Morgan
- Sibling
- Tyler Ritter
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Jason Ritter Paleyfest 2013.jpg
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- stepparent
- Amy Yasbeck
- Commons category
- Jason Ritter
- date of birth
- 1980-02-17
- Commons gallery
- Jason Ritter
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- social media followers
- 210242
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Jason Morgan Ritter
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Encyclopedic overview
Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor and producer. The son of John Ritter and Nancy Morgan, he is known for his work in television series such as Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005), Gravity Falls (2012–2016), Another Period (2015–2018), Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017–2018), Raising Dion (2019–2022), and Matlock (2024–). For his portrayal of Mark Cyr on Parenthood (2010–2014), Ritter was nominated for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor.
Ritter made his feature film debut in Mumford (1999). Subsequent credits include Swimfan (2002), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Raise Your Voice (2004), Happy Endings (2005), The Education of Charlie Banks (2007), W. (2008), The Perfect Family (2011), Wild Canaries (2014), The Meddler (2015), Carrie Pilby (2016), Bitch (2017), The Tale (2018), and Frozen 2 (2019).
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