Jason Ritter

Jason Ritter is an American actor born on February 17, 1980 in Los Angeles. He is known on television for the TV series Joan of Arcadia, The Event, Parenthood and Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, and as a voice actor for Gravity Falls' Dipper Pines. He is the son of actor John Ritter and actress Nancy Morgan and the grandson of western star Tex Ritter.

After graduating from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, he studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts; He continued his education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. His first on-camera appearance was as a child: he makes a brief appearance in the sixth season credits of Three's Company, in which his father starred.

Career

He stepped into adult acting in cinema; He starred in the 1999 film Mumford and the 2003 horror film Freddy vs. Jason. She made her breakthrough in Joan of Arcadia, which was released between 2003 and 2005. In the series, he played Kevin Girardi, who was bound to a wheelchair after an accident and trying to hold on to life again.

In 2010–2011, he played Sean Walker, who tracks down his lover, in the sci-fi thriller The Event. During the same period, he made a guest appearance on Parenthood; His role as teacher Mark Cyr, which he played between 2010 and 2014, earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination for best guest actor in a drama in 2012. He voiced the twin brother Dipper in Disney's animated series Gravity Falls between 2012 and 2016.

In 2017–2018, he starred as Kevin Finn in ABC's Kevin (Probably) Saves the World. He returned to the screen as Julian Markston in Matlock, which started in 2024. Ritter, who also works on stage, won the Clarence Derwent Award in 2006 for his performance in the play Third.

Ritter, who grew up in the theater and works equally easily in drama, comedy and animation, has become a well-known name with his own roles, even though he comes from the third generation of a famous actor family.