Alan Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on November 28, 1982, as the second of three boys to high school teacher Vickie and retired US Air Force Chief Master Sergeant David. Ritchson relocated to Rantoul, Illinois as a child before settling in Niceville, Florida. He attended Niceville High School, where he graduated in 2001. Ritchson earned an associate of arts degree from Okaloosa Walton Community College, which is now known as Northwest Florida State College. Ritchson has three children with his wife Cathrine. The family is from Florida.
Career
Ritchson began his modelling career in the Abercrombie & Fitch collection. He rose to prominence in 2004 after appearing on the reality television singing competition series “American Idol,” where he finished as one of the top 87 competitors.
Ritchson’s breakout part came in 2005 when he made his acting debut. That same year, he appeared as Arthur Curry, commonly known as Aquaman, in the television superhero series “Smallville.” Ritchson appeared in the fifth season of the show, and then again in the tenth and final season in 2010. He appeared in the television films “Though None Go with Me” and “Midnight Bayou” during this period. From 2010 to 2011, Ritchson starred as Kevin Devlin “Thad” Castle, a collegiate football team captain, on the sitcom “Blue Mountain State.” Ritchson later appeared in episodes of series such as “CSI: Miami,” “90210,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “New Girl,” “Workaholics,” and “Black Mirror.” He was also a regular on the NBC reality show “I Can Do That,” which aired for one season in 2015.
Ritchson played LAPD officer Arthur Bailey on the short-lived Syfy series “Blood Drive” in 2017. Christina Ochoa, Marama Corlett, Colin Cunningham, and Thomas Dominique played his co-stars. Ritchson then returned to superhero television in 2018 to play Hank Hall in the DC Universe series “Titans.” While he was only scheduled for two episodes at first, he was upgraded to a key character for the second and third seasons. Ritchson played Hank Hall again in the DC Universe shows “Supergirl” and “Legends of Tomorrow.” In 2022, he started his second major television role as the titular character on the Amazon Prime Video series “Reacher,” which is based on the “Jack Reacher” novel series.
Ritchson made his feature film debut in the 2006 horror picture “The Butcher,” where he played one of a group of teens terrified by a family of psychopaths following a vehicle accident. Following that, in 2007, he starred in the drama “Steam,” alongside Ruby Dee, Kate Siegel, and Ally Sheedy. Ritchson appeared in the teen sex comedy “Fired Up!” a few years later as part of a huge ensemble cast. He went on to appear in other famous Hollywood blockbusters. Ritchson portrayed Gloss in the science-fiction sequel “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in 2013. He played Raphael in the remake of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” the following year, and he reprised the character in the 2016 sequel “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.” Ritchson featured in the romcom “The Wedding Ringer” and the science-fiction action comedy “Lazer Team” in between the two films. In “Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland,” he reprised his role as Thad Castle from the television series “Blue Mountain State.”
Ritchson appears in the horror comedy “Office Uprising” in 2018, starring Zachary Levi, Brent Thwaites, Jane Levy, Karan Soni, and others. He then appeared in two films in 2019: the mystical romance “Above the Shadows,” in which he co-starred with Olivia Thirlby and Jim Gaffigan, and the sports comedy “The Turkey Bowl,” in which he co-starred with Matt Jones and Ryan Hansen. Ritchson reunited with his “Office Uprising” co-star Brenton Thwaites in the supernatural horror thriller “Ghosts of War” the following year. Ritchson made his directorial debut in 2021 with the comedic thriller “Dark Web: Cicada 3301,” for which he also co-wrote and co-produced. He also co-stars in the film with Jack Kesy, Ron Funches, and Conor Leslie.
Among his other media efforts, Ritchson published a music CD called “This is Next Time” in 2006. He also appears in the online series “Enormous Friends” and was a model for Beowulf in the 2007 computer game “Beowulf: The Game.”
Net Worth
Alan Ritchson is a $6 million net-worth actor and director. Alan Ritchson rose to prominence for his role as Arthur Curry in the television superhero series “Smallville.” He later appeared in shows including “Blue Mountain State,” “Blood Drive,” “Titans,” and “Reacher.” Ritchson has previously appeared in films such as “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and the 2014 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and will make his directorial debut with “Dark Web: Cicada 3301” in 2021.
Net Worth
Net Worth: $6 Million
Date of Birth: Nov 28, 1984 (38 years old)
Place of Birth: Grand Forks
Gender: Male
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Profession: Singer, Model, Actor
Nationality: United States of America
