Background
Reitz was born and raised in Rochester, New New York
Reitz was born and raised in Rochester, New New York
He graduated with honors from Rush-Henrietta High School in 1973 and continued to participate in theater while attending Bowling Green State University (Ohio), where he primarily studied Radio/television/Film, graduating cum laude in 1977.
He was the middle of five creative children. Growing up an all-star baseball player in the Rochester suburb of Henrietta, Reitz never wandered far from the arts and music, appearing in his first play as the Polynesian boy, Jerome, in South Pacific with his dad at age 11. Reitz"s first professional acting job was in repertory with the Arts Centre Theater Company of Rochester, New New York
His on-screen resume began with a small role in the television movie Case Closed and has grown to lead roles in films like: The Last of Robin Hood, with Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, and Dakota Fanning, Where The Devil Hides, with Colm Meaney and Rufus Sewell, and The Loft, with Karl Urban, James Marsden and Rachael Taylor.
Reitz has also been a recurring character on television series like: Revolution, Drop Dead Diva and Surface. He is the current president of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation TV and Radio Artists Atlanta.
He is President of Ric Reitz Writes, Incorporated., an award-winning writing and production company, and the President/Manager of Sir Fir Books & Music, an award-winning children"s music and publishing company. Specifically, Reitz was the creator and author of two children"s titles: The Journey of Sir Douglas Fir: A Reader’s Musical and Second Chance Christmas: A Symphonic Play.
Outside of acting for stage and screen as a member of Equity and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation TV and Radio Artists, Reitz is a member of the DGA, WGA, the Recording Academy, BMI and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Reitz is also a partner at Georgia Entertainment Credits, a former president and board member with the Georgia Production Partnership, and a former member of the Georgia Film Advisory Commission.