Alan Ritchson

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Alan Ritchson
Date of Birth	November 28, 1982
Birthplace	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Appearances
Appeared in	TV series
Character Played	Jack Reacher
Appearances	Season One Season Two Season Three
First Appeared	Welcome to Margrave
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Alan Michael Ritchson (born November 28, 1982) is an American actor, director, model, and singer. He portrays Jack Reacher in the Reacher Amazon Prime television series.

He made his acting debut as Aquaman / Arthur Curry on The CW superhero series Smallville (2005–2010), where he appeared as a guest star between the fifth and 10th seasons. Ritchson gained further prominence for portraying Thad Castle on the Spike TV sitcom Blue Mountain State (2010–2011), a role he reprised in the 2016 film sequel. He also headlined the SyFy action series Blood Drive (2017). In 2018, he returned to superhero television as Hank Hall / Hawk on the HBO Max series Titans.

Outside of television, Ritchson played Raphael in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot and its 2016 sequel, along with appearing in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). He made his directorial debut with the action-comedy Dark Web: Cicada 3301 (2021), which he also co-starred in.

Biography

Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the son of Vickie (born June 21, 1958), high school teacher and David Ritchson (born June 5, 1956), a retired U.S. Air Force chief master sergeant. He is the second of three sons. During his childhood, his family moved to Rantoul, Illinois. At age 10, Ritchson's family settled in Niceville, Florida. He attended Niceville High School and graduated in 2001. In a 2013 interview with Indonesian magazine Da Man, he stated that he once obtained a full music scholarship. From 1999 to 2003, he attended as a dual-enrollment student and graduated with an Associate of Arts degree at Okaloosa Walton Community College, now Northwest Florida State College. He was a member of the Fine Arts division's Soundsations and Madrigal Singers. In 2006, he married his wife Catherine Ritchson (born March 20, 1984), and they have three sons together, Calem (born September 18, 2012), Edan (born February 22, 2014), and Amory (born December 6, 2015).

Appearances

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Other Works

TV Shows

Year	Title	Acting Role	Crew Role	Note
1999	Frasier	Uncredited	N/A
2005–2010	Smallville	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	N/A	4 episodes
2006	Wonder Pets!	Chris	Voice
2007	Steam	Roy	N/A
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	N/A	Direct-to-video Voice
2008	Rex	Chase	N/A
2010-2011	Blue Mountain State	Thad Castle	N/A
2011	90210	Tripp Willinson	N/A
2012	Fred: The Show	Expired Cow	N/A
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Freddie Hart	N/A	Episode: "Olelo Paʻa"
2013	Super Fun Night	Jason	N/A
2013	Brooklyn Nine - Nine	Young Scully	N/A
2014	The Rebels	Tyler Stokley	N/A
2014	Alpha Chow and Goth Fitness	Kent Ross	N/A
2014	Holloway Heights	James	N/A
2014	New Girl	Matt	N/A	Episode: "Micro"
2015	Million Dollars, But ...	-	N/A
2015	Workaholics	Torpey	N/A
2015	I Can Do That	-	N/A
2016	Black Mirror	Paul	N/A
2018-2020	Alexa & Katie	Robbie	N/A
2018–2021	Titans	Hank Hall / Hawk	N/A	17 episodes
2019	Supergirl	Hank Hall / Hawk	N/A	Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"
2020	Legends of Tomorrow	Hank Hall / Hawk	N/A	Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 5"
2022	Reacher	Jack Reacher	N/A

Films

Year	Title	Acting Role	Crew Role	Note
2006	Though None Go With Me	Army Officer	N/A
2006	The Butcher	Mark	N/A
2007	Beowulf	Character Model	N/A
2007	Steam	Roy	N/A
2007	Nora Roberts	-	N/A
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Aquaman	N/A
2009	Midnight Bayou	Lucian Manet	N/A
2009	Fired Up!	Bruce	N/A
2011	Prattle: Your Words Are Empty and So Is Your Heart	-	N/A
2012	Spring Break '83	Brad	N/A
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Gloss	N/A
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Raphael	N/A
2015	The Wedding Ringer	Kip Carew	N/A
2015	Lazer Team	Adam	N/A
2015	Workaholics	Torpey	N/A
2016	Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland	Thad Castle	N/A
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Raphael	N/A
2017	Tree House Time Machine	-	Director & Writer
2018	Office Uprising	Bob	N/A
2019	The Turkey Bowl	Ronnie Best	N/A
2019	Above The Shadows	Shayne	N/A
2020	Ghosts of War	Butchie	N/A
2021	Dark Web: Cicada 3301	Agent Carver	Director Writer
2023	Fast X	Aimes	N/A
2024	Ordinary Angels	Ed Schmitt	N/A
2024	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	Anders Lassen	N/A
2025	The Rock Pile	Don Miller	N/A
(Unkown)	The Man with the Bag	-	N/A
(Unkown)	Motor City	John Miller	N/A

Notes and Trivia

• Actor Alan Ritchson, according to IMDb, is 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, but other references indicate the height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m). With shoes/boots in the show he stands taller, close to the height of the character Jack Reacher in the books, described as being 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall.
• Ritchson trained to gain 30 lbs (13 kg), go in 205 lbs (92 kg) to 235 lbs (106 kg) for first season. He claims to gain more weight, coming in at 240 lbs (108 kg) for the second season, getting pretty close to the character's weight Reacher in the books, with 210–250 pounds (95–113 kg).
• Other detail, Reacher (in books) having a 50-inch (127 cm) chest. Ritchson have 45-inch (114 cm) chest, but this measure may have varied due to his intense training for the role for first and second season.
• On his Instagram profile, Alan Richtson claims that he has not used steroids in his training and preparation for playing Reacher on the TV series.

References

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