Ryan John McPartlin (born July 3, 1975) is an American actor, known for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on the action-comedy series Chuck.
Early life McPartlin was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Steve and Lois McPartlin. He was raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), and attended Glenbard South High School. McPartlin graduated with a degree in speech communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was a member of the Illinois Fighting Illini football team as a walk-on tight end from 1993 to 1995. McPartlin's older brother, Chris, was also a member of the Illinois football team, earning a varsity letter as a linebacker in 1994.All-Time Letterwinners – Official University of Illinois 2008 Football Media Guide. After six months in Australia and New Zealand, McPartlin moved to Southern California to pursue acting as a career.
Career
McPartlin spent years as an Abercrombie & Fitch model. McPartlin's first acting role was on The Nanny with Fran Drescher as a Leonardo DiCaprio-type character in a Titanic spoof. McPartlin has been mostly known for his role as Hank Bennett on the popular soap opera Passions replacing Dalton James from April 2001 until June 2004 and made a brief appearance in the series L.A. 7 as Ryan. McPartlin worked with Drescher again as Riley Martin on the television sitcom Living with Fran playing her much younger live-in boyfriend. Living with Fran was canceled on May 17, 2006, after two seasons. McPartlin originally auditioned for the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the film Superman Returns, but lost the role to Brandon Routh. In 2008, Ryan participated in Mad Men, playing an affair of January Jones's character, Betty Draper.
McPartlin also played Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck from 2007 to 2012. In mid-2010, McPartlin appeared in Sugarland's music video "Stuck Like Glue" as a man being stalked and abducted by lead singer Jennifer Nettles. McPartlin appears in commercials for Kate Walsh's perfume "Boyfriend". In March 2012, McPartlin began working with the website LiveLifeLocal to help promote active lifestyles and is filming a series of videos for the site. In 2014, he portrayed the recurring roles of police detective Dwayne Freeman on Mystery Girls and Billy the fireman on Bad Judge.
Personal life McPartlin is a certified personal trainer. He has been married to former actress Danielle Kirlin, whom he met at the University of Illinois, since October 26, 2002, and has two sons Wyatt and Dylan. McPartlin's hobbies include scuba diving, tennis, snowboarding, and racquetball.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 King of the Ants Straff 2006 Chaz Martini Short film 2009 Super Capers Will Powers 2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers Clutch Powers Voice 2011 J. Edgar Lawrence Richey 2013 Danny Hart 2015 You Cast a Spell on Me Matt Andover 2018 Hunter Killer Matt Johnstone 2021 A Clüsterfünke Christmas Chancington Winterthorpe V
Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Performer #3 Episode: "Yetta's Letters" 1999 Odd Man Out Episode: "Batman Forever" 2000 L.A. 7 Ryan Sinclar Episode: "Mr. Muscle" 2001 Three Sisters Brad Episode: "My Best Friend's Girl" 2001–2004 Passions Hank Bennett Contract: April 24, 2001 – April 2004Recurring: April – June 18, 2004 2003 According to Jim Bob Episode: "No Harm, No Fowl" 2004 Still Standing Jeremy Episode: "Still Flirting" 2004 North Shore William Episode: "Secret Service" 2005 What I Like About You Riley Martin Episode: "Girls Gone Wild" 2005–2006 Living with Fran Riley Douglas Martin Main role 2006 Pepper Dennis Grady Harper Episode: "Charlie Babcock's Homosexual Encounter" 2007 CSI: NY Terry Rockwell Episode: "Obsession" 2007 Notes from the Underbelly Hunter Episode: "Mother's Milk" 2007–2012 Chuck Devon Woodcomb Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–5) 2008 Swingtown Luke Episode: "Friends with Benefits" 2009 Mad Men Gentleman Episode: "Meditations in an Emergency" 2009 Everything She Ever Wanted Tom Allanson Miniseries; 2 episodes 2011 Friends with Benefits Evan Macklam Episode: "The Benefit of the Right Track" 2011 Game Time: Tackling the Past Jake Walker Television film 2011 Community Frisbee student #3 Episode: "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" 2012 Hot in Cleveland David Episode: "Life with Lucci" 2012 CSI: Miami Josh Avery 4 episodes 2012 Rizzoli & Isles Dale Bowman Episode: "Money Maker" 2012 Necessary Roughness Ted Episode: "Double Fault" 2012 Holly's Holiday Bo Television film 2013 I Hate My Teenage Daughter Chris Reynolds Episode: "Teenage Party" 2013–2014 Hart of Dixie Carter Covington 4 episodes 2014 Chance at Romance Heath Madsen Hallmark Television film 2014 Playing House Steve Episode: "Totes Kewl" 2014 Friends with Better Lives Sam Episode: "Cyrano de Trainer-Zac" 2014 Mystery Girls Detective Dwayne Freeman 5 episodes 2014 Sequestered Ryan Main role 2014 Bad Judge Billy 2 episodes 2015 Babysitter's Black Book Mark Television film 2015 Michael Nolan Television film 2016 Fuller House Tyler Episode: "Mad Max" 2016 Devious Maids Kyle 8 episodes 2016 Heaven Sent Sean Miller Television film 2017 Ghosted Jace Episode: "Lockdown" 2019–2020 L.A.'s Finest Patrick McKenna Main role 2019 Twinkle All the Way Henry Harrison Television film 2020 Once Upon a Main Street Vic Manning Television film 2021 All American Manny 2 episodes 2021 Why Women Kill Tom Madison Episode: "Lady in the Lake" 2021 A Clusterfunke Christmas Chancington Windmere Television film 2021 The Holiday Fix Up Coop Television film 2022 Cut, Color, Murder Kyle Crawford Television film 2024 Monsters at Work Bully Monster 1/Mr. April Voice; Episode: "The C.R.E.E.P. Show" 2024 A Very Vermont Christmas Zac Chase Television film2025Double ScoopJamesTelevision film
Web Year Title Role Notes 2012 Daybreak Eric 5 episodes
Music videos Year Title Artist 2010 "Stuck Like Glue" Sugarland 2015 "Give You What You Like" Avril Lavigne
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