Who is Melanie Lynskey’s husband Jason Ritter?
JASON Ritter is an American actor and producer descended from a family of actors and performers.
Ritter married Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey in 2017 and the pair have one child.
Who is Melanie Lynskey's husband Jason Ritter?
Ritter’s grandfather Tex Ritter was an actor and 1964 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee.
Tex’s son, Jason’s father John, was an Emmy-award-winning actor who died after suffering an aortic dissection while on the set of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.
Jason’s stepmother Amy Yasbeck filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center and the doctors who treated her husband.
Jason, the oldest Ritter child, made his first on-screen appearance as a child actor in the opening credits of Three’s Company, a show featuring his father in the lead role.
He has gone on to roles in comedies, slashers, dramas, animated films, and television shows.
Ritter, 41, has been nominated for two Emmys.
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How did Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter meet?
Lynskey, 44, and Ritter first met when they were both cast in the 2013 film The Big Ask.
The pair shared the screen in two more films before getting engaged in 2017.
Lynskey was previously married to Westworld cast member Jimmi Simpson but amicably divorced in 2012 according to Simpson’s account.
Ritter was in a 14-year relationship with screenwriter and actress Marianna Palka from 1999 to 2013.
Ritter was later directed by his ex when he starred in Palka’s 2017 film, titled Bitch.
What television shows and films has Jason Ritter been in?
Ritter’s voice acting landed him the lead role in Disney Channel’s Gravity Falls, but he’s also an esteemed dramatic actor, once playing a paraplegic teenager in Joan of Arcadia.
He was a swiss army actor on Drunk History, playing eight different characters in eight episodes of the Comedy Central show.
Lynskey played Leonardo DiCaprio's wife in the acclaimed Netflix film Don’t Look Up.
Ritter has used his page to spread awareness about but primarily posts pictures of stick figures he’s named the Wörning Family in a narrative arc.
Lynskey’s is more typical with updates from the duo's careers and family life.
Ritter’s profile features over credits from over 100 projects, but the actor did not appear in an on-screen role in 2021 and has no upcoming projects listed for 2022.
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