Ryan Hansen

Ryan Hansen (born July 5, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Dick Casablancas on the noir drama series Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019), as Kyle Bradway on the Starz comedy series Party Down (2009–2010, 2023), and as Nolan in the horror remake film Friday the 13th. Hansen also had a recurring role on the comedy series 2 Broke Girls (2012–2017) and the web series Burning Love (2012–2013).

Career Hansen began acting with guest-starring roles on series such as Grounded for Life, That's So Raven, and Las Vegas. In 2004, Hansen auditioned for the role of Duncan Kane on Veronica Mars but lost out to Teddy Dunn. However, Rob Thomas told him to try out for the role of Dick Casablancas.

In 2008, Hansen appeared in Superhero Movie, released on March 28. In 2008, Hansen appeared in the CCT original musical Alice as Trevor McKnight/White Night. The show opened on July 31 and ran through August 10, in San Diego.

In 2011, Hansen portrayed Ben Lewis on the NBC sitcom Friends with Benefits.

BuddyTV ranked him #79 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".

In 2012, he began a recurring role as Andy, the candy shop owner, on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. The same year he had a supporting role in the film Hit and Run alongside Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper.

On October 25, 2017, the new YouTube Premium series Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television premiered, in which Hansen plays a fictionalized version of himself, as the show's title character.

In 2020, he starred opposite Jimmy O. Yang in two films, Like a Boss and Fantasy Island, released a month apart. In the former film, their characters were business partners, and in the latter, they were step-siblings who were strongly fond of each other.

Personal life Hansen married Amy Russell in 2004. The couple were Kristen Bell's housemates for two years. Hansen and Russell have three daughters.

Hansen has supported Invisible Children, which was founded by his brother-in-law Jason Russell. In 2010, he appeared in the online series The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, with 50% of the profits going to the Invisible Children campaign.

Filmography

+ Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Death by Engagement Michael Micelli 2006 Scottie 2007 Palo Alto Anthony 2008 Sherman's Way Kevin Superhero Movie Lance Landers 2009 House Broken Elliot Cathkart Friday the 13th Nolan 2010 BoyBand Tommy Brother's Justice Lance Jeung 2011 Bad Actress Russell Pillage Hipster Tea Party Short film 2012 Last Call Phil Hit and Run Allen 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Grunt 2014 Veronica Mars Dick Casablancas Let's Get Digital Matt Short film Friended to Death Michael Harris Mr. Maple Leaf Jason Short film 2015 Jem and the Holograms Stephen the Guard 2016 Central Intelligence Steve XOXO DJ Avilo Bad Santa 2 Regent Hastings 2017 CHiPs Brian Grieves Literally, Right Before Aaron Aaron AKA The Wedding Guest Unicorn Store Brock 2018 Dog Days Peter 2019 The Turkey Bowl Patrick Hodges AKA Romantic Reunion 2020 Like a Boss Greg Fantasy Island JD Weaver Friendsgiving Gunnar 2021 Good on Paper Dennis Kelly 2022 Who Invited Them Adam 2023 The Donor Party Armin The Christmas Classic Randy Collins 2025 The Long Shot Ray Mueller

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Larry Episode: "Hot Potato" Ally McBeal Student MC Episode: "The Wedding" Motocrossed Entrant #1 Television film 2002 Power Rangers Wild Force Pilot #3 Episode: "The End of the Power Rangers: Part 2" 2003 Grounded for Life Matt Episode: "Just Like a Woman" Hunter Ron Episode: "To Protect and Serve" 2004 Like Family Dell Episodes: "Who's Your Daddy?" and "Sex Ed" Las Vegas Jared Episode: "The Strange Life of Bob" Brad Uncredited; episode: "The Family Jewels" 2004–2007; 2019 Veronica Mars Dick Casablancas Recurring (seasons 1, 4); main cast (seasons 2–3), 55 episodes 2005–2006 That's So Raven JJJ Episodes: "Boyz 'N Commotion" and "Be Prepared" 2009 Gossip Girl Shep Episode: "Valley Girls" 2009–2010; 2023 Party Down Kyle Bradway Main cast; 26 episodes 2011 Friends with Benefits Ben Harrison Main cast; 13 episodes Childrens Hospital Kyle Bradway Episode: "Party Down" Lovelives Tim Television film 2012 Happy Endings Jeff Niebert Episode: "Makin' Changes!" Key & Peele A Tribe Called Quest Shirt Guy Episode: "Flash Mob" Best Friends Forever Keith Kazakian Episode: "Single and Lovin' It" Royal Pains Brady Wilkerson Episode: "Fools Russian" Before We Made It Television film Wedding Band Cooper Episodes: "Don't Forget About Me" and "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" El Jefe Josh Turkus Television film 2012–2013 Ben Episodes: "The Freeze Out" and "Baby Geoffrey Jesus" 2012–2013; 2015; 2017 2 Broke Girls Andy Recurring (season 2); guest (season 5–6); 12 episodes 2013 Parenthood Luke Episode: "Keep on Rowing" 2014 House of Lies Johnno Episode: "Boom" Bad Teacher Joel Kotsky Main cast; 13 episodes 2014–2015 Bad Judge Gary Boyd Main cast; 13 episodes 2015 Newsreaders Reese Ballard Episode: "A Billionaire Goes to Hell; Sitcom Family" Resident Advisors Doug Weiner Main cast; mini-series, 7 episodes iZombie Carson McComb Episode: "Flight of the Living Dead" Marry Me Lee Episode: "Wake Me" Scheer-RL Nick Lachey Episode: "98 Degrees" Semi-Charmed Life Grover Foster Television film 2016 Angie Tribeca Wilson Phillips Episode: "The One with the Bomb" Grandfathered Chason Episode: "Tableside Guacamole" 2016; 2020 American Dad! Chad (voice) Episode: "The Enlightenment of Ragi-Baba" Maxon (voice) Episode: "Yule. Tide. Repeat." 2017 Portlandia Dax Episode: "Carrie Dates a Hunk" Santa Clarita Diet Bob Jonas Episode: "Attention to Detail" The Mindy Project Dr. Michael Lancaster Episode: "Mindy Lahiri Is a White Man" Pillow Talk Nicky Episode: "Dirt Diamond" American Housewife Zach Episode: "The Couple" 2017–2019 Teachers Brent Guest (season 2), recurring (season 3), 4 episodes 2018 Me, Myself & I Mid-Life Justin Episode: "Home Alone" Fresh Off the Boat Mr. Grant Episode: "Sub Standard" 2019 Adam & Eve Adam Television film 2020 Bless This Mess Matt Episode: "The Table" 2021–2022A Million Little Things Camden Lamoureux 8 episodes 2023 Rick and Morty Episode: "Rickfending Your Mort" 2023 Three Women Patrick Long Episode: "Gia" 2024–2025 Night Court Jake 8 episodes 2024 Nobody Wants This Kyle Episode: "Either Aura"

+ Web Year Title Role Notes 2009 Rockville, CA Chambers 13 episodes 2010 Brendan Broman 3 episodes 2012–2013 Burning Love Cowboy waiter, Blaze 27 episodes 2014 HelLA Ryan Episode: "LA House Parties" Gentlemen Lobsters Yannie Boi (voice) Episode: "The Secret to Crushing at Titanfall: Wear Thom Browne Boxers" Play It Again, Dick Himself / Dick Casablancas Main cast; 8 episodes 2017–2019 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television Himself Main cast, 16 episodes

Stage Alice (2008) – Trevor McKnight/White Night