Background
Ritter was born and raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His mother, Tracey Rains, is an employee at Stillwater Public Schools.
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Ritter was born and raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His mother, Tracey Rains, is an employee at Stillwater Public Schools.
He and his siblings graduated from Stillwater High School.
As an actor, Ritter appeared as Dane on Amazon Video"s Betas, recurred as rock musician Oliver Rome on National Broadcasting Company"s Parenthood, and had supporting roles in the films The House Bunny (2008), Love and Mercy (2014), and Mission You Already (2015). He has an older brother, Zack, who is an endodontist, and a younger sister, Bailey. Ritter met his bandmates while he was bouncing a party in middle school.
After Jesse Tabish quit the band, and with the additions of Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor, The All-American Rejects were picked up by Doghouse Records, and later DreamWorks Records, and finally with the current major label of Interscope 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), The House Bunny (2008), Betas (2013-2014), and Parenthood (2013-2015).
On November 5, 2013, Ritter released the song "Air" as a solo song to help "ride between the Rejects" next record", which was featured on Parenthood. Ritter"s next projects included a role in the John Cusack film Love and Mercy (2014).
He had also been cast in the lead role of singer Gregg Allman in the biopic Midnight Rider, directed by Randall Miller, but the film was halted in production, and ultimately cancelled, due to the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones.
In 2015, he had a supporting role in the comedy-drama film Mission You Already, which starred Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore.