Alan Michael Ritchson, professionally known as Alan Ritchson, born in 1982, is an American actor known for debuting as Aquaman on Smallville (2005–10), starring in Blue Mountain State (2010–12) and its 2016 sequel, leading Blood Drive (2017) and Titans as Hawk (2018–21), and gaining major fame as the lead in Reacher (2022–present) on Amazon Prime Video.
Before fame
Ritchson signed with Vision Model Management and modeled for brands like Abercrombie & Fitch before relocating to Hollywood.
Trivia
During the 2004 season of American Idol, he ranked among the top 87 contestants and famously performed a striptease for judge Paula Abdul.
Family life
Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, as the middle of three brothers, Ritchson wed Catherine Ritchson in 2006. The couple has three children.