Tyler Ritter

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Tyler Ritter
Born
Tyler David Thomas Ritter

(1985-01-31) January 31, 1985 (age 39)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Lelia Parma
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(m. 2007)​
Children2 [1]
Parents
Family

Tyler David Thomas Ritter (born January 31, 1985) [2] is an American actor who starred as Ronny McCarthy on The McCarthys .

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Early life

Ritter is the son of actor John Ritter and brother of actor Jason Ritter. His grandfather was country singer Tex Ritter, who died a decade before Tyler was born. He grew up in Los Angeles. Despite having acted in high school plays and student films, following his father's unexpected death in 2003, he originally decided not to pursue acting professionally. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, he worked for three years as a teacher in Argentina. [3] At the age of 25, he made the decision to return to Los Angeles and pursue an acting career. [4]

Career

After featuring in guest roles on Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy , [5] Ritter landed his first starring role on the 2014 sitcom The McCarthys , playing Ronny McCarthy, the openly gay son in a family of six. [6] Ritter has discussed in interviews the bittersweet nature of his casting, with regard to the death of his father. [7]

In 2015, Ritter was cast in NCIS as Abby Sciuto's brother Luca, appearing in both an episode of NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans . [8]

2016 saw Ritter cast in two recurring roles. He was cast in the role of Adam on the fourth season of Freeform's comedy Young and Hungry , [9] and was cast in the role of Detective Billy Malone on the fifth season of the CW series Arrow . [10]

In 2020, he had a guest appearance in an Amazon Original series, Homecoming, directed by Julia Roberts.

Personal life

Ritter married Argentine film director Lelia Parma in 2007. [11] In 2017, they welcomed their first child, a son named Benjamin Parma Ritter. [12] [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Weekends at BellevueShort Film
2012Defeat the LabelShort Film
2013Life in TextBenjaminShort Film
2013SliceMorganShort Film
2014Girlfriend LiesGonzShort Film
2014Go FishGabeShort Film
2018StillwaterDawsonFilm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Good Dick Young Handsome ManTelevision film
2013 Modern Family RandallEpisode: "Larry's Wife"
2014 Grey's Anatomy Mr. ZarrEpisode: "Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right"
2014Work MomMarc RhodesTelevision film
2014 An Evergreen Christmas AdamTelevision film
2014–2015 The McCarthys Ronny McCarthyMain Role
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Thomas Ward Episode: "Closure"
2015 Hot in Cleveland BartEpisode: "Vegas Baby/I Hate Goodbyes"
2016 NCIS Luca SciutoEpisode: "Sister City (Part I)"
2016 NCIS: New Orleans Luca SciutoEpisode: "Sister City (Part II)"
2016 Loosely Exactly Nicole DannyEpisode: "Danny Boom"
2016 Young & Hungry Adam FoleyEpisodes: "Young & Hawaii", "Young & Hurricane"
2016 Arrow Detective Billy MaloneRecurring Role; Season 5
2017 Chicago P.D. Rex GoldwinEpisode: "Last Minute Resistance"
2018 The Good Doctor George ReynoldsEpisode: "Empathy"
2019 What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage Man with no VoiceEpisode: "Assistant"
2019 Merry Happy Whatever Alan3 episodes
2023 Painkiller John Brownlee4 episodes

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  1. ↑ "Tyler Ritter on Instagram: "We welcomed our sweet daughter, Magnolia Parma Ritter to this new world on February 13th and big brother is doing his damnedest to fill it with love. 💙"".
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