Ryan McPartlin is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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, best known for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck

Chuck (TV series)

Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...

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Early life

McPartlin was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Steve and Lois McPartlin. He was raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn is an affluent village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the village population was 26,999.-Geography:...

 (a suburb of Chicago), and attended Glenbard South High School

Glenbard South High School

Glenbard South High School, or GSHS or GBS is a public four-year high school located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, and is the smallest of the four Glenbard Township High Schools.-History:...

. McPartlin graduated with a degree in speech communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

. He was a member of the Illinois Fighting Illini football

Illinois Fighting Illini football

The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Current staff:-All-time win/loss/tie record:*563-513-51...

 team as a walk-on tight end from 1993-95. His older brother, Chris, was also a member of the Illini football team, earning a varsity letter

Varsity letter

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 as a linebacker

Linebacker

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 in 1994. After six months in Australia

Australia

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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, McPartlin moved to Southern California

Southern California

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 to pursue acting as a career.

Career

McPartlin spent years as an Abercrombie and Fitch model. McPartlin's first acting role was on The Nanny

The Nanny

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, alongside Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher

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, as a Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...

-type character in a Titanic

Titanic (1997 film)

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...

 spoof. McPartlin has been mostly known for his role as Hank Bennett on the popular soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Passions

Passions

Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....

, replacing Dalton James

Dalton James

Dalton James is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California.-Biography:Dalton played the role of Hank Bennett on Passions and the role of Mark Reese on Beverly Hills, 90210. He was also in the movie My Father the Hero. He was introduced in the last episode of MacGyver as MacGyver's...

 from April 2001 until April 2004. He made a brief appearance in the series L.A. 7

L.A. 7

L.A. 7 was the second series in the BBC television series starring British pop group S Club 7. The programme was shown every week on CBBC from April 6, 2000 to July 6, 2000 and starred all seven members of the band as themselves...

 as "Ryan".

McPartlin worked with Drescher again as Riley Martin on the television sitcom

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 Living with Fran

Living With Fran

Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB network in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 2006.-Premise:Drescher plays Fran Reeves, an interior designer and divorced mother of two...

. He played her much younger live-in boyfriend. Living with Fran was cancelled on May 17, 2006, after two seasons. McPartlin originally auditioned for the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the movie Superman Returns

Superman Returns

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, but he lost the role to Brandon Routh

Brandon Routh

Brandon James Routh is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular hero...

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He is currently playing Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck

Chuck (TV series)

Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...

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One of his co-stars on Chuck, Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski is an Australian actress. Born in Australia to Polish immigrant parents, Strahovski speaks Polish and English...

, also co-starred with him in the film LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers is a 2010 American CGI comedy-adventure film. The film is based on the toy series of the same name, Lego. It's the first movie in the Clutch Powers series. It is a homage to the former president of Lego, Kjeld Kristiansen with one of the characters of the movie...

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In mid-2011, he appeared in Sugarland's music video "Stuck Like Glue" as a man being stalked and abducted by lead singer Jennifer Nettles

Jennifer Nettles

Jennifer Nettles is an American country music artist. She is known primarily for her role as lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Before Sugarland's inception, she also fronted Atlanta, Georgia-based bands called Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band...

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He appears in commercials for Kate Walsh's perfume, Boyfriend.

Personal life

McPartlin is a board certified personal trainer

Personal trainer

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. He has been married to actress Danielle Kirlin since October 26, 2002. They have two sons, Wyatt Duke and Dylan James.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Nanny The Nanny Nanny may refer to:* Nanny, a child's caregiver* A grandmother * A Cajun word for godmother * A female goat* Nanny , a 1981–83 British drama series starring Wendy Craig* Nanny of the Maroons...	Performer #3	Season 6 episode 18 "Yetta's Letters"
2000	"L.A. 7 L.A. 7 L.A. 7 was the second series in the BBC television series starring British pop group S Club 7. The programme was shown every week on CBBC from April 6, 2000 to July 6, 2000 and starred all seven members of the band as themselves... "	Ryan Sinclar	Episode 8
2003	King of the Ants King of the Ants King of the Ants is a 2003 film from director Stuart Gordon. It is based on a novel by writer Charlie Higson, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. The film played at various festivals, but was not released wide theatrically due to its grim nature and content...	Straff	Movie (support role)
2004	Still Standing Still Standing Still Standing may refer to:* Still Standing , an American sitcom* Still Standing , or the title song* Still Standing ** "Still Standing" , the title song...	Jeremy	Season 2 episode 15 Still Flirting
2005	North Shore North Shore (TV series) North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox every Monday at 8 p.m. EST for seven months in 2004 and 2005...	Secret Service Agent
2005–2006	Living With Fran Living With Fran Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB network in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 2006.-Premise:Drescher plays Fran Reeves, an interior designer and divorced mother of two...	Riley Douglas Martin	Main cast
2007–present	Chuck Chuck (TV series) Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...	Devon Woodcomb	Main cast
2008	Super Capers Super Capers Super Capers is a 2009 action comedy film and a parody of superhero movies, written and directed by Ray Griggs who also starred as one of the misfit superheros.-Premise:...	Will Powers	Movie (support role)
2009	Mad Men Mad Men Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...	Gentleman	Season 2 episode 13 "Meditations in an Emergency"
2009	Everything She Ever Wanted	Tom Allanson	Mini-series
2010	LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers	Clutch Powers	Movie (lead role)
2010	Stuck Like Glue Stuck Like Glue "Stuck Like Glue" is a Sugarland single released to radio July 26, 2010. It is the first single off their album The Incredible Machine, released October 19, 2010. "Stuck Like Glue" debuted at #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 7, 2010, and debuted at #20 on...		Sugarland music video
2011	Game Time: Tackling the Past	Jake	NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...  (TV movie)
2011	Friends with Benefits Friends with Benefits (TV series) Friends with Benefits is an American romantic sitcom created by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. It was originally set to air on NBC as a midseason replacement during the 2010–11 television season, but was ultimately delayed until August 5, 2011...	Evan	1 Episode
2011	Community Community (TV series) Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television...	Student in original commercial	Season 3 episode 8 Documentary Filmmaking: Redux Community (season 3) The third season of the television comedy series Community premiered on September 22, 2011, and airs on NBC Thursdays at 8:00 pm ET as part of the network's "Comedy Night Done Right" programming block.-Starring:*Joel McHale as Jeff Winger...

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