Alan Ritchson is an American actor known for his roles in various television series. He began his acting career as Aquaman on Smallville (2005–2010). He gained prominence for his starring role in the sitcom Blue Mountain State (2010–2012) and later headlined the action series Blood Drive (2017). Ritchson also played Hank Hall / Hawk in the series Titans (2018-2021). He achieved wider recognition for portraying the title character in the Amazon Prime Video action thriller series Reacher starting in 2022.
Alan Michael Ritchson was born on November 28, 1982, making this his date of birth.
From 1999, Alan Ritchson was a dual enrollment student at the high school and Okaloosa Walton Community College, now Northwest Florida State College.
In 2001, Alan Ritchson graduated from Niceville High School.
In 2001, Alan Ritchson graduated from high school and was granted a full scholarship to study music and theater arts at Northwest Florida State College.
In 2004, Alan Ritchson appeared on American Idol as one of the top 87 contestants in the third season before being cut in Hollywood. His appearance on the show was noted for his striptease in one episode in which he charmed judge Paula Abdul during his audition. After going to Hollywood, he decided to stay in Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
In 2005, Alan Ritchson made his acting debut as Aquaman / Arthur Curry on The CW superhero series Smallville, where he appeared as a guest star between the fifth and 10th seasons.
In 2005, Alan Ritchson released an independent album called This Is Next Time.
In 2006, Alan Ritchson had a small role as an army officer in the Hallmark Channel movie Though None Go with Me.
In 2006, Alan Ritchson married his wife, Catherine.
In 2006, Alan Ritchson played a role in the film The Butcher.
In 2007, director Robert Zemeckis used Alan Ritchson's facial image, physique and movement for actor Ray Winstone of the title character of Beowulf.
In 2009, Alan Ritchson had a minor role in Fired Up!.
In 2009, Alan Ritchson played the role of Lucian Manet in the Lifetime original film Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou.
In 2010, Alan Ritchson had a starring role in the Spike TV sitcom Blue Mountain State.
In 2010, Alan Ritchson started playing the main role of Thad Castle, the captain of a college football team, in Spike TV's Blue Mountain State.
In 2011, Alan Ritchson appeared in an episode of season 3 of 90210 as a love interest for main character Teddy Montgomery (Trevor Donovan).
In February 2012, Blue Mountain State was cancelled after its third season.
In 2012, Alan Ritchson's show Blue Mountain State ended.
In 2013, Alan Ritchson appeared in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
In 2014, Alan Ritchson played Raphael in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot.
In 2015, Alan Ritchson appeared in Lazer Team.
In 2015, Alan Ritchson became a regular on the NBC variety show I Can Do That.
In January 2016, Alan Ritchson co-starred in Rooster Teeth Production's first feature-length movie—the science fiction comedy Lazer Team.
In 2016, Alan Ritchson appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2016, Alan Ritchson appeared in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel.
In 2016, Alan Ritchson reprised his role in the Blue Mountain State film sequel.
In 2017, Alan Ritchson headlined the SyFy action series Blood Drive.
In 2017, Alan Ritchson played the main character in the Syfy series Blood Drive.
In 2018, Alan Ritchson played the recurring role of Hank Hall / Hawk in the DC Universe series Titans, initially as a guest star before being promoted to series regular for the second season.
In 2018, Alan Ritchson was announced as the director, co-writer, and producer of Dark Web: Cicada 3301, a comedy-thriller film inspired by the eponymous organization. He also co-starred as an NSA agent.
In 2020, Alan Ritchson was announced to be portraying Jack Reacher in an eponymous series on Amazon Prime.
In 2020, the rights for Alan Ritchson's movie Dark Web: Cicada 3301 were acquired by Lionsgate.
On March 12, 2021, Lionsgate digitally released Dark Web: Cicada 3301.
In 2021, Alan Ritchson left Titans.
In 2021, Alan Ritchson made his directorial debut and co-starred in the action-comedy Dark Web: Cicada 3301.
In January 2022, Alan Ritchson started the YouTube channel InstaChurch, where he discusses his Christian convictions.
In 2022, Alan Ritchson gained wider recognition for portraying the title character in the ongoing Amazon Prime Video action thriller series Reacher.
In 2022, Alan Ritchson joined the cast of Fast X.
In 2023, Alan Ritchson and his wife decided to sell their home and live on the road, to allow Alan to spend more time with his family. The family stays in Airbnbs and hotels; his wife, a financial analyst, homeschools their sons.
In 2023, Alan Ritchson appeared in Fast X.
On April 3, 2024, The Hollywood Reporter published an interview of Alan Ritchson in which he says that he had once been sexually assaulted by a "very famous photographer" and for this reason, he left his modeling career. He described the modeling industry as "legalized sex trafficking" for photographers.
In 2024, Alan Ritchson appeared in Jon Gunn's drama movie Ordinary Angels, written by Meg Tilly and Kelly Fremon Craig, and in Guy Ritchie's action comedy film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
In February 2025, Alan Ritchson gave an interview to GQ in which he indicated that he was classmates with former congressman Matt Gaetz. Alan Ritchson went on to call Gaetz an "adversary" and "not a good dude".
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