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selling American

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's '' Betas'', recurred as rock musician Oliver Rome on

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's '' Parenthood'', and has had supporting roles in films, including ''

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'' (2008) and '' Miss You Already'' (2015). In 2018, Ritter played recurring characters on two television series on

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, ''

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'' and '' Lodge 49''. Ritter joined the main cast of ''Preacher'' for its final season in 2019.

Early life

Ritter was born on April 24, 1984 in

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, to Tracy Jean Rains ( née Lyons; born to Edwina Janora Lyons Sherman and Tony Eugene Lyons) and Tim Jay Ritter (born to Peggy Earline Ritter Sharpton and Steve Delano Ritter). His mother is an employee at Stillwater Public Schools. He has an older brother, Dr. Zack S. Ritter, DDS, who is an endodontist, and a younger sister, Bailey Ritter. He and his siblings graduated from Stillwater High School.

Career

Ritter met his bandmates while he was at a party in high school. After Jesse Tabish quit the band, and with the additions of Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor,

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, and later DreamWorks Records, and finally signed with the major label Interscope Records. In early 2018, the band left Interscope. As of July 2019, they are signed to Epitaph Records. The All-American Rejects have released four albums to date, and have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and 4 million singles. Ritter has appeared in television series and films such as '' House'' (2007), ''

'' (2008), '' Betas'' (2013–14), and '' Parenthood'' (2013–15). On November 5, 2013, Ritter released the song "

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" as a solo song to help "ride between the Rejects' next record", which was featured on ''Parenthood''. Shortly after the release of "Air" Tyson wrote the song "Collide", which was also featured on ''Parenthood''. The song was never released on the market but is still available on sites like YouTube. Ritter's next projects included a role in the

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'' (2014). He had also been cast in the lead role of singer

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'', directed by Randall Miller, but the film was halted in production, and ultimately cancelled, due to the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones. The following year, Ritter had a supporting role in the comedy-drama film '' Miss You Already'', which starred

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. On August 6 2021, Ritter released was featured on the Lil Huddy single "Don't Freak Out", additionally featuring

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, co-written by All American Rejects bandmate Nick Wheeler. Ritter stars in the 2022 family drama film ''Prisoner's Daughter'' opposite

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and Brian Cox. In October 2022, Ritter formed the band Now More Than Ever with guitarist Izzy Fontaine and keyboardist

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. Their debut album, Creatrix, is set to be released in March 2023.

Personal life

Ritter and actress

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were engaged in April 2013 and married on New Year's Eve that year. Ritter and Satine welcomed a son in 2020. Ritter is an investor in various tech companies including Hooch App. Ritter lived in

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Equipment

Ritter likes to use Fender bass guitars. He had previously used Epiphone Flying V or Epiphone Explorer basses during the era of ''The All-American Rejects'', until he started to favor a Fender Precision Bass and started using them more often in his songs. Ritter was also seen using a

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bass on their early tours for '' Move Along'' and also with a rare

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V Bass. He then later used Fender Jaguar Bass guitars for later tours before switching back to Fender Precision Basses.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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