Ryan John McPartlin (born July 3, 1975) is an American actor, known
for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on the NBC
action-comedy series Chuck.McPartlin was born in Chicago, Illinois,
the son of 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 Urbanaâ€"Champaign. He was a member of
the Illinois Fighting Illini football team as a walk-on tight end from
1993-95. McPartlin's older brother, Chris, was also a member of the
Illinois football team, earning a varsity letter as a linebacker in
1994. After six months in Australia and New Zealand, McPartlin moved
to Southern California to pursue acting as a 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-2011, 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.
for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on the NBC
action-comedy series Chuck.McPartlin was born in Chicago, Illinois,
the son of 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 Urbanaâ€"Champaign. He was a member of
the Illinois Fighting Illini football team as a walk-on tight end from
1993-95. McPartlin's older brother, Chris, was also a member of the
Illinois football team, earning a varsity letter as a linebacker in
1994. After six months in Australia and New Zealand, McPartlin moved
to Southern California to pursue acting as a 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-2011, 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.
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