1. Jason Ritter is married to actress Melanie Lynskey, with whom he has a daughter.
19 Facts About Jason Ritter
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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, who died six years before Ritter was born, and Dorothy Fay.
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Jason Ritter appeared as a toddler in the opening credits of his father's show, Three's Company, with Joyce DeWitt who played Janet.
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Jason Ritter's appearance was unplanned, but the producers liked the added touch, so kept it.
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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 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 later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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In 2010, Jason Ritter began playing the recurring role of Mark Cyr on NBC's Parenthood.
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Between 2012 and 2016, Jason Ritter starred in the voice role of Dipper Pines on the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls, a show about a pair of twins deciphering the weird goings-on in the mysterious titular town.
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Jason Ritter had prominent parts in five independent features between 2012 and 2013: The End of Love, Free Samples, I Am I, The Big Ask, and The East.
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Jason Ritter headlined the independent drama About Alex that same year, playing a young man who finds solace in a group of old friends after attempting to take his own life.
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Club felt that Jason Ritter brought "an earnestness" to the wacky material.
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In 2016, Jason Ritter co-starred in the well-reviewed ensemble comedy The Intervention and received positive notices for his role in Carrie Pilby, an adaptation of the novel of the same name.
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Jason Ritter said the experience of making the film had been a challenging one, and that there were times after a day's shooting when he "had to go home and let it all out".
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Jason Ritter began starring as biotech engineer Pat Rollins on the critically acclaimed superhero series Raising Dion the same year, with Aaron Pruner of Thrillist commenting that Ritter's involvement "adds the nuanced character work he's known for".
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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.
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Jason Ritter has been open about his struggle with alcoholism, and how his relationship with Lynskey gave him the strength to get sober: "I thought she would be incredible for someone who deserved her, basically," he said in 2023.