Ryan Jerome McCartan (born June 14, 1993) is an American actor and
singer. As an actor, he is known for playing Jason "J.D." Dean in the
original off-Broadway (2014) versions of Heathers: The Musical, and
for his role as Brad Majors in the 2016 Fox musical television film
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again. McCartan
is also known as one half of the pop duo The Girl and the
Dreamcatcher. McCartan also played a recurring role, being Diggie
Smalls, on the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie. He also played
Fiyero, the main love interest, in the Broadway production of Wicked.
He was also the final Hans in the Broadway production of
Frozen.McCartan was born in Excelsior, Minnesota. His father, Conn
McCartan, was the principal at Eden Prairie High School in Eden
Prairie, Minnesota, until he retired in 2018.McCartan began his career
with a minor part in the stage version of Disney's High School Musical
in 2007. In 2011 he starred in the titular role in Minnesota's first
regional production of The Phantom of The Opera that same year, he won
Best Performance by an Actor at the Jimmy Awards, given out by The
Broadway League to the top performers in high school musical
productions.Starting in 2013 McCartan began playing the recurring role
of Diggie on the Disney Channel comedy Liv and Maddie. In 2015 he
starred in the direct-to-video film R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet
of Souls. In 2016 McCartan was cast in the lead role of Brad Majors in
the 2016 Fox musical television film The Rocky Horror Picture Show:
Let's Do the Time Warp Again.
singer. As an actor, he is known for playing Jason "J.D." Dean in the
original off-Broadway (2014) versions of Heathers: The Musical, and
for his role as Brad Majors in the 2016 Fox musical television film
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again. McCartan
is also known as one half of the pop duo The Girl and the
Dreamcatcher. McCartan also played a recurring role, being Diggie
Smalls, on the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie. He also played
Fiyero, the main love interest, in the Broadway production of Wicked.
He was also the final Hans in the Broadway production of
Frozen.McCartan was born in Excelsior, Minnesota. His father, Conn
McCartan, was the principal at Eden Prairie High School in Eden
Prairie, Minnesota, until he retired in 2018.McCartan began his career
with a minor part in the stage version of Disney's High School Musical
in 2007. In 2011 he starred in the titular role in Minnesota's first
regional production of The Phantom of The Opera that same year, he won
Best Performance by an Actor at the Jimmy Awards, given out by The
Broadway League to the top performers in high school musical
productions.Starting in 2013 McCartan began playing the recurring role
of Diggie on the Disney Channel comedy Liv and Maddie. In 2015 he
starred in the direct-to-video film R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet
of Souls. In 2016 McCartan was cast in the lead role of Brad Majors in
the 2016 Fox musical television film The Rocky Horror Picture Show:
Let's Do the Time Warp Again.
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