{"id":5101561,"date":"2023-05-17T16:02:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5101561"},"modified":"2023-05-17T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:03:31","slug":"who-is-alan-ritchson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-alan-ritchson-5101561\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Ritchson: 5 Things To Know About The &#8216;Fast X&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Reacher&#8217; Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Alan Ritchson is one of the newcomers to the &#8216;Fast &amp; Furious&#8217; franchise. Get to know the actor who plays Agent Aimes in &#8216;Fast X.&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Ritchson is an actor, best known for starring in the Prime Video series &#8216;Reacher.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>He plays Agent Aimes in\u00a0<em>Fast &amp; Furious 10<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s married with three children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanritchson\/?hl=en\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Alan Ritchson<\/strong><\/a>, 40, is in one of the biggest movie franchises ever now. Alan stars in\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/05\/17\/fast-x-review-jason-momoa\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Fast X<\/em><\/a>, the tenth\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/fast-and-furious-cast-then-and-now-photos\/fast-and-furious-cast-then-and-now-1\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Fast &amp; Furious<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>movie, with some major Hollywood heavy hitters like <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/vin-diesel\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Vin Diesel<\/strong><\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/brie-larson\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Brie Larson<\/strong><\/a>, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/jason-momoa\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Jason Momoa<\/strong><\/a>. Alan is about to be introduced to a whole new fandom in the movie world. Here is everything you need to know about the talented actor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5101584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5101584\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5101584\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alan-Ritchson-5-Things-embed-1.jpg?resize=620%2C930\" alt=\"Alan Ritchson\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5101584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Ritchson at the &#8216;Fast X&#8217; premiere (Photo: Maria Laura Antonelli\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Alan plays Agent Aimes in &#8216;Fast X&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Agent Aimes is the new leader of Mr. Nobody&#8217;s agency. He&#8217;s not a fan of Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew. Alan joined the cast of the film in May 2022. Ahead of the film&#8217;s May 19 release, Alan said on <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChRS9TMgZEy\/?hl=en\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Instagram<\/a> that\u00a0<em>Fast X\u00a0<\/em>is &#8220;gonna be the best one in the franchise so far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>He stars in &#8216;Reacher&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Alan is best known for playing Jack Reacher in the Prime Video series\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/02\/03\/reacher-tv-show-finlay-malcolm-goodwin-interview\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Reacher<\/em><\/a>. Jack Reacher is a former U.S. Army military policeman who investigates a conspiracy. The show, based on a book series, premiered its first season in February 2022 and became one of Prime Video&#8217;s most-viewed shows. Alan is returning for season 2 of <em>Reacher<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5101585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5101585\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5101585\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alan-Ritchson-5-Things-embed-2.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"Alan Ritchson\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5101585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Ritchson in &#8216;Reacher&#8217; (Photo: Amazon \/ Everett Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>His first acting role was in &#8216;Smallville.&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Alan played Aquaman in four episodes of\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-allison-mack-smallville-actress-nxivm-cult-4436407\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Smallville<\/em><\/a>. Ironically, his\u00a0<em>Fast X\u00a0<\/em>co-star Jason Momoa took over the role of Aquaman in the DCEU. Alan played another superhero, Hawk, in the DC Universe series <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/titans-photos\/ryan-potter-joshua-orpin-brenton-thwaites-anna-diop\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Titans<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>He was on &#8216;American Idol.&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Before he started acting, Alan appeared on season 3 of\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/american-idol\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>American Idol<\/em><\/a>, won by\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/fantasia-baby-4779240\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Fantasia Barrino<\/strong><\/a>. He was in the top 87 before he was cut during the Hollywood round.<\/p>\n<h2>He&#8217;s married.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Alan married his high school sweetheart <strong>Catherine<\/strong> in 2006. He revealed on\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/reacher-star-alan-ritchson-shares-how-he-met-wife-catherine-ritchson-rcna17713\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Today<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>that the couple met in ballet. &#8220;Of course I fell in love,&#8221; he said to hosts <strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong> and <strong>Jenna Bush Hager<\/strong>. Alan and his wife have three sons: <strong>Calem<\/strong>, <strong>Edan<\/strong>, and <strong>Amory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Ritchson is one of the newcomers to the &#8216;Fast &amp; Furious&#8217; franchise. Get to know the actor who plays Agent Aimes in &#8216;Fast X.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609813,"featured_media":5101587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Who Is Alan Ritchson? 5 Things About The 'Fast X' Star","mt_seo_description":"Get to know actor Alan Ritchson, who stars in 'Fast X' and 'Reacher.'","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-05-17T20:02:50Z","apple_news_api_id":"0b879041-2fcb-4c89-a19d-cb92d4b3540d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-05-17T20:02:50Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AC4eQQS_LTImhncuS1LNUDQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005375,378005365],"tags":[194596],"_post-options":[378006328,378007567,378007568],"coauthors":[378007513],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alan-Ritchson-5-Things-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-lp9f","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101561"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5101614,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101561\/revisions\/5101614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5101587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101561"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=5101561"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5101561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}