Tyler Ritter

Tyler David Thomas Ritter (born January 31, 1985) is an American actor who starred as Ronny McCarthy on The McCarthys.

Early life Ritter is the son of actor John Ritter and brother of actor Jason Ritter. His grandfather was country singer Tex Ritter, who died a decade before Tyler was born. He grew up in Los Angeles, and despite having acted in high school plays and student films, following his father's unexpected death in 2003, he 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 in NCIS as Abby Sciuto's brother Luca, 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.

In 2020, he had a guest appearance in an Amazon Original series, Homecoming, directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez.

Personal life Ritter married Argentine film director Lelia Parma in 2007. In 2017, they welcomed their first child, a son named Benjamin Parma Ritter. In 2020, they welcomed their second child, a daughter named Magnolia Parma Ritter.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Weekends at Bellevue Short Film 2012 Defeat the Label Short Film 2013 Life in Text Benjamin Short Film 2013 Slice Morgan Short Film 2014 Girlfriend Lies Gonz Short Film 2014 Go Fish Gabe Short Film 2018 Stillwater Dawson Film2022 Who Killed Cooper Dunn? Dawson Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes 2008 Good Dick Young Handsome Man Television film 2013 Modern Family Randall Episode: "Larry's Wife" 2014 Grey's Anatomy Mr. Zarr Episode: "Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right" 2014 Work Mom Marc Rhodes Television film 2014 An Evergreen Christmas Adam Television film 2014–2015 The McCarthys Ronny McCarthy Main Role 2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Thomas Ward Episode: "Closure" 2015 Hot in Cleveland Bart Episode: "Vegas Baby/I Hate Goodbyes" 2016 NCIS Luca Sciuto Episode: "Sister City (Part I)" 2016 NCIS: New Orleans Luca Sciuto Episode: "Sister City (Part II)" 2016 Loosely Exactly Nicole Danny Episode: "Danny Boom" 2016 Young & Hungry Adam Foley Episodes: "Young & Hawaii", "Young & Hurricane" 2016 Arrow Detective Billy Malone Recurring Role; Season 5 2017 Chicago P.D. Rex Goldwin Episode: "Last Minute Resistance" 2018 The Good Doctor George Reynolds Episode: "Empathy" 2019 What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage Man with no Voice Episode: "Assistant" 2019 Merry Happy Whatever Alan 3 episodes 2020 Homecoming (TV series) Lane 4 episodes (Season 2) 2023 Painkiller John Brownlee 4 episodes 2024 Chicago Med Derek Walker Season 9 Episode 13 "I Think I Know You, But Do I Really?"2026 ‘’911 : Nashville’’Carl Season 1 Episode 12