Jason Ritter

After four years of dating each other, Ritter got engaged to actress Melanie Lynskey in 2017. He previously dated actress Marianna Palka.

Jason Ritter was born on February 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, California to Nancy Morgan and John Ritter. His family had a history in entertainment industry, what with his grandparents, Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay working as musician and actor. His step mother Amy Yasbeck was an actress as well. He has three siblings, including actor Tyler Ritter.

On the academic front, Ritter attained his formal education from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. He then enrolled at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, wherein he studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company. Graduating from the same, he did a course at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as well.

Ritter first ever onscreen appearance was for his father's show, ‘Three's Company’. He was barely one year old then. He was seen in the opening credits from Seasons 6 to 8, standing next to ‘Janet Wood’ as she pets a goat.

It was the made for television biographical film ‘The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story’ that marked Ritter’s big debut on screen in 1990. However, after ‘The Dreamer of Oz’, Ritter disappeared from screen only to return in 1999 with a lead role in the third season of the televisions series ‘Undressed’.

In 1999, Ritter was seen playing a supporting role in the popular show ‘Days of Our Lives’. He even made his foray in films, playing the character of Martin Brockett in ‘Mumford’.

In 2002, Ritter had two releases slated for the year, ‘PG’ and ‘Swimfan’. Meanwhile, he also guest appeared as Teddy Griffin in ‘Hack’. The following year, Ritter played a lead role in the horror film, ‘Freddy vs Jason’. He also did a couple of guest appearances before finally bagging a lead role in the televisions series ‘Joan of Arcadia’. It changed the fate of Ritter’s acting career thereafter.

Though a major breakthrough in films evaded Ritter, he nevertheless was extremely busy with his hands full with projects. He played supporting characters in several films including ‘Raise Your Voice’, ‘Happy Endings’, ‘Our Very Own’, ‘The Wicker Man’, ‘The Deal’, ‘W’, and so on.

Though Ritter has had an extensive list of films and television series that he has worked in, the most promising and recognizable amongst them all shall be ‘Joan of Arcadia’. The fantasy television series gave Ritter his first breakthrough as a lead actor. His act of a paraplegic child, Kevin Girardi who starts his career by working for the local newspaper before eventually becoming a local news anchor was extremely laudable and noteworthy. It also opened the gates for some excellent projects and characters that came Ritter’s way in both, films and televisions; the best amongst them all definitely being his Emmy award nominated act in ‘Parenthood’.