About Alan Ritchson
Handsome and Charming, Alan Ritchson is an American model turned actor best known for playing Thad Castle in "Blue Mountain State" (2010-2011) and superhero Hawk / Hank Hall in DC Universe web-series, "Titans". He is also better-known for his portrayals of the superhero Aquaman on The CW's "Smallville". He was one of the top 87 contestants in the 2004 season of American Idol, where he performed a striptease for the judge, Paula Abdul. In animated fantasy, "Beowulf" (2007), the body of Ray Winstone-voiced lead hero Beowulf was modeled upon his build and dimensions. Additionally, he has starred as Gloss in 2013's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", Raphael in 2014's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot, and its sequel, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows", and Adam in 2016's "Lazer Team".
Recent in the news, Amazon Studios, Skydance TV, and Paramount TV Studios have found their 'Jack Reacher' as Alan Ritchson has been tapped for the title role in Jack Reacher. The streamer's drama series based on the character from Lee Child's internationally bestselling series of books. Season 1 of the new series will be based on Child's first Jack Reacher novel, "The Killing Floor". He currently stars in the DC Universe series "Titans" as Hank Hall, a.k.a. Hawk. Child's "Jack Reacher" series has sold over 100 million copies to date and was recently adapted into a pair of features with Tom Cruise playing the former U.S. Army Military Police Corps officer. The two films grossed nearly $400 million combined.
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Alan Ritchson is famous for being an actor, model as well as a singer from the USA. He is famous for his role as Gloss in 2013's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire".
On 28th November 1982, Alan Ritchson was born with the birth name/full name of Alan Michael Ritchson in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Sagittarius is his Zodiac sign. He is American by nationality. His race is White. His ethnicity is Mixed of English, German, Czech, and distant Dutch. He is Christian by religion. At present, he is residing in Los Angeles, California, United States, and Florida, United States. He was born to his parents; David Richson (father) (U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant) and Vickie Ritchson née Harrell (mother) (high school teacher). He also has siblings; Eric Joseph Ritchson (Older Brother) (Chemical Engineer), Brian Jacob Ritchson (Younger Brother) (Software Engineer / Transportation Systems Analyst). Regarding his education, he belongs to the class of 2002 at Niceville High School in Florida. He then studied Fine Arts at Okaloosa Walton Community College as a dual enrollment student, now called Northwest Florida State College where he was a member of his department’s choir. He frequently mentions in interviews that he did not finish college. As of 2019, he celebrated his 37th birthday.
Alan Ritchson is a very handsome person with a cool personality. His body build is athletic. He has got a tall height of 6 ft 2 in or 188 cm. His balanced bodyweight consist of 91 Kg. His hair color is light brown and his eye color is green. He has a slender and lean face with a cleft chin.
Alan Ritchson's Career
Modeling Career
- After completing his education, Alan started his career as a model.
- He modeled for Abercrombie and Fitch catalog as well as in the underwear for the men's online underwear store internationaljock.com.
- After that, he was signed to Los Angeles agency Vision Model Management in the year 2008 and then appeared on N2N Bodywear.
- He made his final appearance in his modeling career for Abercrombie and Fitch in 2009.
Television Career
- After his modeling career, Alan appeared on American Idol as one of the top 87 contestants in the third season from where he came to the attention of the public. It was in the year 2004.
- Some of his television acting credits include a recurring guest star role on the television series "Smallville" as Arthur Curry, a.k.a. Aquaman, Hallmark Channel movie "Though None Go with Me" alongside Cheryl Ladd and the role of Lucian Manet in the 2009 Lifetime original film "Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou."
- After that, he reprised his role as Aquaman for a cameo appearance in the animated film: "Justice League: The New Frontier", and the final season of "Smallville".
- He also made his role in the third-season episode of Starz's Head Case in which he played a male stripper in the year 2009.
- Later, he appeared on "CSI: Miami", in which he played a dead victim in episode 19 of season 8.
- Similarly, in the year 2011, Alan appeared in an episode of season 3 of "90210" as a love interest for the main character Teddy Montgomery (Trevor Donovan).
- He also starred in Spike TV's "Blue Mountain State" as the main role of Thad Castle, the captain of a college football team in the year 2010.
- Additionally, he has made his appearance in several television shows, including "Hawaii Five-0".
- In the year 2015, he became a regular on the NBC variety show "I Can Do That" (based on Israeli variety show) alongside Nicole Scherzinger, Ciara, Joe Jonas, Cheryl Burke, and Jeff Dye, and hosted by Marlon Wayans.
- After a year, he appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series "Black Mirror".
- Not only this but also he played the main character in the Syfy series "Blood Drive" in the year 2017.
- After that, he played the recurring role of Hank Hall / Hawk in the DC Universe series "Titans" in 2018 and was promoted to a series regular for the second season, which premiered in the year 2019.
- Recently, he was announced as being cast as the lead role of Jack Reacher in the new adaptation of Lee Childs Reacher book series on 4th September 2020.
Films Career
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- Beside Modeling and TV Career, he is also active in a film career.
- He initially appeared in the 2006 film "The Butcher" and 2009 film "Fired Up!"
- Additionally, his facial image, physique, and movement was used for actor Ray Winstone of the title character of "Beowulf" in the year 2007.
- He also portrayed Gloss, a tribute in the 75th Hunger Games, in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013).
- Moreover, he portrayed Raphael in Teenage "Mutant Ninja Turtles", a reboot to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series after the four previous films.
- He came back to his role as Thad Castle in the Blue Mountain State movie, "Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland".
- His very first feature-length movie-the science-fiction comedy "Lazer Team" in January 2016.
- As of 2018, he was announced as the director, co-writer, and producer of "Cicada 3301", a film based on the organization of the same name.
- Recently, he made his role as Butchie in 2020 film "Ghosts of War".
Moreover,
- Alan's other projects include an independent album called "This Is Next Time", released in late 2005 and has also appeared in a Russian commercial for Orbit gum.
- He also appears in a web series entitled, "Enormous Friends".
Alan Ritchson's Wife, Catherine Ritchson
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Regarding his marital status, Alan Ritchson is a married man. He married his girlfriend Catherine Ritchson in May 2006. Together the couple has 3 sons named Calem (b. September 2012), Edan (b. 2013), and Amory Tristan (b. December 2015). At present, the couple is living a happy life without any disturbances. His sexual orientation is straight.
Alan Ritchson's Net Worth 2020
Alan Ritchson is a model, actor, as well as a singer who has made huge money from his multi-career. As of 2020, the net worth of Alan is estimated to have $3 Million. Whereas the exact details about his salary are unknown at present. His major source of wealth comes from his acting career. In the past, he was cast as a Superhero in an Orbit chewing gum TV Commercial aired in Russia. Before working as an actor, Alan was an underwear model signed to Vision Model Management. He was cast in underwear print campaigns for Internationaljock.com, N2N bodywear, and Abercrombie and Fitch (2008-2009). As of today, he is satisfied with his earnings and he is living a cool lifestyle.
