20 Facts About Jason Ritter

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Jason Ritter is known for his work in television series' such as Joan of Arcadia, The Class, The Event, Gravity Falls, and Raising Dion.

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Jason Ritter played the recurring role of Mark Cyr on NBC's Parenthood, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor, and starred as Kevin Finn in the ABC comedy series Kevin Saves the World.

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Jason Ritter voiced the character Ryder in Frozen II.

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Jason Ritter is married to actress Melanie Lynskey, with whom he has a daughter.

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Jason Ritter was born on February 17,1980, in Los Angeles, California, to actors Nancy Morgan and John Jason Ritter.

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Jason Ritter is a grandson of actors Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay.

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Jason Ritter first appeared in the opening credits of his father's show Three's Company with Joyce DeWitt in the petting-zoo scene.

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Jason Ritter attended middle and high school at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, with Simon Helberg, who became his roommate at NYU.

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Jason Ritter then attended and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Atlantic Theater Company.

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Jason Ritter studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

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Jason Ritter appeared in Raise Your Voice and Happy Endings.

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Jason Ritter has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

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In 2012, Jason Ritter starred in the Disney Channel series Gravity Falls, a show about twins Dipper and Mabel Pines who are sent to live with their "Grunkle" Stan, and decipher the weird events of Gravity Falls, Oregon.

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Jason Ritter starred as Sean Walker in the season-long NBC drama series The Event, which premiered on September 20,2010.

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Jason Ritter appeared alongside Kate French in the 2011 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.

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Jason Ritter has been featured in the period sitcom Another Period as Lord Frederick Bellacourt.

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Jason Ritter's character is the illiterate twin brother of Beatrice, with whom he is involved in an incestuous relationship.

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In 2018, Jason Ritter had a supporting role in The Tale, an autobiographical feature film written and directed by Jennifer Fox.

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From October 1999 to 2013, Jason Ritter was in a relationship with Marianna Palka.

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In 2017, Jason Ritter became engaged to New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey after four years of dating.