Alan Ritchson
Alan Michael Ritchson (born November 28, 1982) is an American actor, model, and singer. He is known for his modeling career as well as his portrayals of the superhero Aquaman on The CW's Smallville and Thad Castle on Spike TV's Blue Mountain State.
Ritchson also starred as Gloss in 2013's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Raphael in 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot.
Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the son of Vickie (born June 21, 1958), a high school teacher, and David Ritchson (born June 5, 1956), a retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. He is the middle of three brothers; Eric, the oldest, and Brian, the youngest. During his childhood, his family moved to Rantoul, Illinois. At age 10, Ritchson's family finally settled in Niceville, Florida. He attended Niceville High School and graduated in 2001. In a revealing 2013 interview with Indonesian magazine Da Man, he once obtained a full music scholarship but was overwhelmed. From 1999 to 2003, he attended as a dual-enrollment student and graduated with an AA degree at Okaloosa Walton Community College (now Northwest Florida State College). He was a member of Fine Arts Division's Soundsations and Madrigal Singers.
Ritchson also starred as Gloss in 2013's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Raphael in 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot.
Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the son of Vickie (born June 21, 1958), a high school teacher, and David Ritchson (born June 5, 1956), a retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. He is the middle of three brothers; Eric, the oldest, and Brian, the youngest. During his childhood, his family moved to Rantoul, Illinois. At age 10, Ritchson's family finally settled in Niceville, Florida. He attended Niceville High School and graduated in 2001. In a revealing 2013 interview with Indonesian magazine Da Man, he once obtained a full music scholarship but was overwhelmed. From 1999 to 2003, he attended as a dual-enrollment student and graduated with an AA degree at Okaloosa Walton Community College (now Northwest Florida State College). He was a member of Fine Arts Division's Soundsations and Madrigal Singers.
Known for
Fast X: Part 2
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Ordinary Angels
Fast X
Reacher
Dark Web: Cicada 3301
Ghosts of War
Seberg
The Turkey Bowl
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Above the Shadows
Titans
Office Uprising
Tree House Time Machine
Blood Drive
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
Lazer Team
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Supergirl
I Can Do That
The Wedding Ringer
Alpha Chow
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Fred: The Show
Black Mirror
New Girl
Workaholics
Hawaii Five-0
Blue Mountain State
Infomercials
RT Shorts
Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
Fired Up!
90210
Rex
Steam
The Butcher
Though None Go with Me
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
CSI: Miami
Smallville
Frasier