Alan Michael Ritchson 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...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, Lazer Team, The Wedding Ringer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Spring Break '83, Midnight Bayou, Fired Up!, Steam, Though None Go with Me, The Butcher, Office Uprising
TV Shows
Blue Mountain State
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Sagittarius
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I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic.
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I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.
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I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.
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I would definitely like to continue playing Aquaman. Playing a superhero is a lot of fun. Creating these stories is a lot of fun. I do what I love. And what I love is entertaining people.
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Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.
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I have two or three shows that I follow, and even those are few and far, when I can see them on Netflix. I don't really watch anything on TV. It's not really a priority for me.
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Auditioned for and was rejected by American Idol.
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Appeared on the RoosterTeeth 2014 Extra Life 24-hour livestream for charity.
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He is of Czech (from his maternal grandmother), English, and German descent.
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In northern Georgia shooting the film Rex. [April 2007]
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New Jersey filming "Steam." [December 2006]
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Filming "Spring Break '83" in Louisiana [October 2007]
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New Orleans, LA - shooting Midnight Bayou [October 2008]
Appeared as Aquaman opposite Justin Hartley, who plays Green Arrow on Smallville (2001). Hartley was supposed to play the young Aquaman on the abandoned Aquaman (2006) series, even though he's 5 years older than Alan Ritchson.
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Didn't touch alcohol until his 21st birthday, when he had a glass of wine with his parents.
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He ends up writing almost all of his songs while driving.
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