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Jason Ritter
Jason Ritter, 2007
Born	Jason Morgan Ritter February 17, 1980 (1980-02-17) (age 29) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Other name(s)	Jace the Ace from Outer Space

Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor, son of the late actor John Ritter and Nancy Morgan. Ritter is probably best known for his role in the television series Joan of Arcadia.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 External links

Biography

Personal life

Ritter was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Nancy Morgan and the late John Ritter, and the grandson of musician/actor Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay. His stepmother is Amy Yasbeck. His siblings are Carly, Tyler, and Stella Ritter. Ritter is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

Ritter appeared in The Dreamer of Oz. He spent nine years in his first TV series Days of our Lives as "Todd". He appeared in the movie PG (2002), and one year later playing in Swimfan. In 2003, Ritter had a major role in the slasher/horror film Freddy vs. Jason as Will Rollins. He appeared in Raise Your Voice and Happy Endings. He portrayed Jeb Bush in the Oliver Stone film W. In 2007, he also voiced substitute teacher, Mr. Fisk, in an episode of "All Grown Up", the grown up version of "The Rugrats", a teacher whom Angelica falls in love with.

Among his theater credits are Wendy Wasserstein's Third at Lincoln Center, for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award and the Martin E. Segal Award for his portrayal of the title character; the off-Broadway production of The Beginning of August, and the role of Tim in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's play The Distance From Here at London's Almeida Theatre. Ritter has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1990	The Dreamer of Oz	Harry Neal Baum
1991	The Real Story of O Christmas Tree	Rodney
1999	Mumford	Martin Brockett
	Undressed	Allan	TV Series
2001	Law & Order	Nick Simms	Guest spot on TV series
	Earth Day	Jack	Voice
2002	PG	Paul
	Swimfan	Randy
	Hack	Buddy Griffin	TV series
2003	Smash the Kitty	Josh	Short film
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Billy Baker	Guest spot on TV series
	Freddy vs. Jason	Will Rollins
	Player$	Tim	TV series
2004	Who's Your Momma?	Jacob Little
	Raise Your Voice	Paul Fletcher
2005	Perceptions	Michael
	Happy Endings	Otis McKee
	Joan of Arcadia	Kevin Girardi	TV series
	Our Very Own	Clancy Whitfield
	Placebo	Daniel
2006	Full Count	Sean Hickey
	The Wicker Man	Bar Guy #2
2006–07	The Class	Ethan Haas	TV series
2007	The Education of Charlie Banks	Mick
2008	The Deal	Lionel Travitz
	Good Dick	Boy (unnamed)
	W.	Jeb Bush
2009	The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll	Eric Genson

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jason Ritter

• Jason Ritter at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography for Ritter, Jason