Jason Ritter will next be seen as the star of the new FOX series Us & Them. He recently wrapped filming Seven Years, Three Days directed by Jesse Zwick, Seven Minutes directed by Jay Martin and There’s Always Woodstock directed by Rita Merson. He will next be seen in You’re Not You opposite Hillary Swank and he was last seen in Five More for Lifetime. Ritter starred on NBC’s critically acclaimed Parenthood as Lauren Graham’s love interest.
Ritter starred on NBC's conspiracy thriller The Event opposite Blair Underwood and Laura Innes. On the show, he played Sean Walker, an unlikely hero who gets entangled in an immense government conspiracy when his would-be fiancée Leila (Sarah Roemer) mysteriously disappears during their Caribbean cruise.
Ritter is seen in A Bag of Hammers starring opposite Rebecca Hall which opened in May 2012 and The Perfect Family opposite Emily Deschanel which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Free Samples opposite Jess Weixler premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. He also appeared in The End of Love opposite Amanda Seyfried and Michael Cera which opened at Sundance Film Festival in January 2012.
Ritter also starred in the independent film The Dry Land, opposite America Ferrera, Ryan O'Nan, and Melissa Leo. The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won the prize for international premiere at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival. He also starred in Peter and Vandy opposite Jess Weixler, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Ritter starred in and co-produced Good Dick, written and directed by Marianna Palka, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008.
His other film credits include: The Education of Charlie Banks, Our Very Own, Happy Endings, Mumford, and Raise Your Voice. Other television credits include series regular roles on The Class and Joan of Arcadia.
Ritter starred as the title character in the Lincoln Center production of Wendy Wasserstein’s Third, opposite Dianne Wiest, Charles Durning, Amy Aquino, and Gaby Hoffmann, directed by Daniel Sullivan. His additional theater credits include the Off-Broadway production of Tom Donaghy’s The Beginning of August and the role of Tim in the world premiere of Neil LaBute’s play The Distance from Here at London’s Almeida Theatre, directed by David Leveaux.
Ritter is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
