Occupation Actor Spouse Lelia Parma Role Actor | Name Tyler Ritter Years active 2007–present | |
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Siblings Jason Ritter, Carly Ritter, Stella Ritter Grandparents Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Samuel A. Morgan, Jr., Marjorie Greenfield Movies and TV shows The McCarthys, French Kiss, An Evergreen Christmas, Good Dick, Weekends at Bellevue Similar People | ||
Parents Nancy Morgan, John Ritter |
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Tyler Ritter (born January 31, 1985) is an American actor best known as the star of The McCarthys.
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- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References

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Early life
Ritter is the son of the actor John Ritter (1948–2003) and brother of actor Jason Ritter. His grandfather was country singer Tex Ritter, who died 11 years before Tyler was born. He grew up in Los Angeles. Despite having acted in high school plays and student films, following his father's unexpected death whilst Ritter was still in his teens, he originally decided not to pursue acting professionally. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, he worked for three years as a teacher in Argentina. At the age of 25, he made the decision to return to Los Angeles and pursue an acting career
Career

After featuring in guest roles on Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy, Ritter landed his first starring role on the 2014 sitcom The McCarthys, playing Ronny McCarthy, the openly gay son in a family of six. Ritter has discussed in interviews the bittersweet nature of his casting, with regard to the death of his father.

In 2015, Ritter was cast as regular NCIS character Abby Sciuto's brother, appearing in both an episode of NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans.
2016 saw Ritter cast in two recurring roles. He was cast in the role of Adam on the fourth season of Freeform's comedy Young and Hungry, and was cast in the role of Detective Billy Malone on the fifth season of the CW series Arrow.
Personal life
Ritter married Argentinian film director Leila Parma in 2007.