Biography
Tyler Ritter (born January 31, 1985) is an American actor best known as the star of The McCarthys. Ritter is the son of the late John Ritter (1948-2003) and brother of Jason Ritter. He grew up in Los Angeles. He acted in high school plays and student films, but did not immediately pursue acting professionally. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, he worked for three years as a teacher in Argentina, where he married director Lelia Parma. He returned to Los Angeles and began a career as an actor at age 25, and has had guest roles on Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy. He landed the starring role on the 2014 sitcom The McCarthys, playing Ronny McCarthy, the openly gay son in a family of six.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Eat Surf Love
Character: Dave
MOVIE • 2024

Painkiller
Character: US Attorney John Brownlee
TV • 2023

Who Killed Cooper Dunn?
Character: Dawson
MOVIE • 2022

Merry Happy Whatever
Character: Alan
TV • 2019

Homecoming
Character: Lane
TV • 2018

Stillwater
Character: Dawson
MOVIE • 2018

The Good Doctor
Character: George Reynolds
TV • 2017

Chicago Med
Character: Derek Walker
TV • 2015

An Evergreen Christmas
Character: Adam
MOVIE • 2014

The McCarthys
Character: Ronny McCarthy
TV • 2014

NCIS: New Orleans
Character: Luca Sciuto
TV • 2014

Young & Hungry
Character: Adam Foley
TV • 2014

Life in Text.
Character: Benjamin
MOVIE • 2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character: Thomas Ward
TV • 2013

Arrow
Character: Detective Billy Malone
TV • 2012

Hot in Cleveland
Character: Bart
TV • 2010

Modern Family
Character: Randall
TV • 2009

Good Dick
Character: Young Handsome Man
MOVIE • 2008

Grey's Anatomy
Character: Paul Zarr
TV • 2005

NCIS
Character: Luca Sciuto
TV • 2003