Ryan Hansen (born July 5, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Dick Casablancas on the noir drama series Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019), as Kyle Bradway on the Starz comedy series Party Down (2009–2010, 2023), and as Nolan in the horror remake film Friday the 13th (2009). Hansen also had a recurring role on the comedy series 2 Broke Girls (2012–2017) and the web series Burning Love (2012–2013).

Ryan Hansen
Hansen at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1981-07-05) July 5, 1981 (age 43)[1][2]
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Amy Russell
(m. 2004)
Children3
RelativesJason Russell (brother-in-law)

Career

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Hansen began acting with guest-starring roles on series such as Grounded for Life, That's So Raven, and Las Vegas. In 2004, Hansen auditioned for the role of Duncan Kane on Veronica Mars but lost out to Teddy Dunn. However, Rob Thomas told him to try out for the role of Dick Casablancas.[citation needed]

In 2008, Hansen appeared in Superhero Movie, released on March 28. In 2008, Hansen appeared in the CCT original musical Alice as Trevor McKnight/White Night. The show opened on July 31 and ran through August 10, in San Diego.[citation needed]

In 2011, Hansen portrayed Ben Lewis on the NBC sitcom Friends with Benefits.[3]

BuddyTV ranked him #79 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".[4]

In 2012, he began a recurring role as Andy, the candy shop owner, on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. The same year he had a supporting role in the film Hit and Run alongside Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper.

On October 25, 2017, the new YouTube Premium series Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television premiered, in which Hansen plays a fictionalized version of himself, as the show's title character.[5]

In 2020, he starred opposite Jimmy O. Yang in two films, Like a Boss and Fantasy Island, released a month apart. In the former film, their characters were business partners, and in the latter, they were step-siblings who were strongly fond of each other.

Personal life

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Hansen married Amy Russell in 2004. The couple were Kristen Bell's housemates for two years.[6] Hansen and Russell have three daughters.[7]

Hansen has supported Invisible Children, which was founded by his brother-in-law Jason Russell.[8] In 2010, he appeared in the online series The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, with 50% of the profits going to the Invisible Children campaign.

Filmography

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Hansen at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2007
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Death by Engagement Michael Micelli
2006 The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold Scottie
2007 Palo Alto Anthony
2008 Sherman's Way Kevin
Superhero Movie Lance Landers
2009 House Broken Elliot Cathkart
Friday the 13th Nolan
2010 BoyBand Tommy
Brother's Justice Lance Jeung
2011 Bad Actress Russell Pillage
Hipster Tea Party Short film
2012 Last Call Phil
Hit and Run Allen
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Grunt
2014 Veronica Mars Dick Casablancas
Let's Get Digital Matt Short film
Friended to Death Michael Harris
Mr. Maple Leaf Jason Short film
2015 Jem and the Holograms Stephen the Guard
2016 Central Intelligence Steve
XOXO DJ Avilo
Bad Santa 2 Regent Hastings
2017 CHiPs Brian Grieves
Literally, Right Before Aaron Aaron AKA The Wedding Guest
Unicorn Store Brock
2018 Dog Days Peter
2019 The Turkey Bowl Patrick Hodges AKA Romantic Reunion
2020 Like a Boss Greg
Fantasy Island JD Weaver
Friendsgiving Gunnar
2021 Good on Paper Dennis Kelly
2022 Who Invited Them Adam
2023 The Donor Party Armin
The Christmas Classic Randy Collins
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Geena Davis Show Larry Episode: "Hot Potato"
Ally McBeal Student MC Episode: "The Wedding"
Motocrossed Entrant #1 Television film
2002 Power Rangers Wild Force Pilot #3 Episode: "The End of the Power Rangers: Part 2"
2003 Grounded for Life Matt Episode: "Just Like a Woman"
Hunter Ron Episode: "To Protect and Serve"
2004 Like Family Dell 2 episodes: "Who's Your Daddy?" and "Sex Ed"
Las Vegas Jared Episode: "The Strange Life of Bob"
Brad Uncredited; episode: "The Family Jewels"
2004–2007; 2019 Veronica Mars Dick Casablancas Recurring (seasons 1, 4); main cast (seasons 2–3), 55 episodes
2005–2006 That's So Raven J.J. 2 episodes: "Boyz 'N Commotion" and "Be Prepared"
2009 Gossip Girl Shep Episode: "Valley Girls"
2009–2010; 2023 Party Down Kyle Bradway Main cast; 26 episodes
2011 Friends with Benefits Ben Harrison Main cast; 13 episodes
Childrens Hospital Kyle Bradway Episode: "Party Down"
Lovelives Tim Television film
2012 Happy Endings Jeff Niebert Episode: "Makin' Changes!"
Key & Peele A Tribe Called Quest Shirt Guy Episode: "Flash Mob"
Best Friends Forever Keith Kazakian Episode: "Single and Lovin' It"
Royal Pains Brady Wilkerson Episode: "Fools Russian"
Before We Made It Television film
Wedding Band Cooper 2 episodes: "Don't Forget About Me" and "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"
El Jefe Josh Turkus Television film
2012–2013 The League Ben 2 episodes: "The Freeze Out" and "Baby Geoffrey Jesus"
2012–2013; 2015; 2017 2 Broke Girls Andy Recurring (season 2); guest (season 5–6); 12 episodes
2013 Parenthood Luke Episode: "Keep on Rowing"
2014 House of Lies Johnno Episode: "Boom"
Bad Teacher Joel Kotsky Main cast; 13 episodes
2014–2015 Bad Judge Gary Boyd Main cast; 13 episodes
2015 Newsreaders Reese Ballard Episode: "A Billionaire Goes to Hell; Sitcom Family"
Resident Advisors Doug Weiner Main cast; mini-series, 7 episodes
iZombie Carson McComb Episode: "Flight of the Living Dead"
Marry Me Lee Episode: "Wake Me"
Scheer-RL Nick Lachey Episode: "98 Degrees"
Semi-Charmed Life Grover Foster Television film
2016 Angie Tribeca Wilson Phillips Episode: "The One with the Bomb"
Grandfathered Chason Episode: "Tableside Guacamole"
2016; 2020 American Dad! Chad (voice) Episode: "The Enlightenment of Ragi-Baba"
Maxon (voice) Episode: "Yule. Tide. Repeat."
2017 Portlandia Dax Episode: "Carrie Dates a Hunk"
Santa Clarita Diet Bob Jonas Episode: "Attention to Detail"
The Mindy Project Dr. Michael Lancaster Episode: "Mindy Lahiri Is a White Man"
Pillow Talk Nicky Episode: "Dirt Diamond"
American Housewife Zach Episode: "The Couple"
2017–2019 Teachers Brent Guest (season 2), recurring (season 3), 4 episodes
2018 Me, Myself & I Mid-Life Justin Episode: "Home Alone"
Fresh Off the Boat Mr. Grant Episode: "Sub Standard"
2019 Adam & Eve Adam Television film
2020 Bless This Mess Matt Episode: "The Table"
2021–2022 A Million Little Things Camden Lamoureux 8 episodes
2023 Rick and Morty Episode: "Rickfending Your Mort"
2024 Night Court Jake season 2 episode 9 "Taught and Bothered"
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Rockville, CA Chambers 13 episodes
2010 The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers Brendan Broman 3 episodes
2012–2013 Burning Love Cowboy waiter, Blaze 27 episodes
2014 HelLA Ryan Episode: "LA House Parties"
Gentlemen Lobsters Yannie Boi (voice) Episode: "The Secret to Crushing at Titanfall: Wear Thom Browne Boxers"
Play It Again, Dick Himself / Dick Casablancas Main cast; 8 episodes
2017–2019 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television Himself Main cast, 16 episodes

Stage

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  • Alice (2008) – Trevor McKnight/White Night

References

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  1. ^ "This Day in History: Today's Birthdays". The Boston Globe. June 30, 2023. pp. D10. ProQuest 1977396243. Rock singer Jason Wade (Lifehouse) is 28. Actor Ryan Hansen is 27. Country musician Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum) is 26.
  2. ^ "Celebrity-Birthdays-Jul05". The Canadian Press. June 30, 2023. ProQuest 2832008763. Singer Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 43. Actor Ryan Hansen is 42. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady A is 41.
  3. ^ "NBC Unveils 2010-11 Primetime Schedule Accented by Five New Comedies, Seven New Dramas and New Alternative Program". The Futon Critic. May 16, 2010.
  4. ^ "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2011". BuddyTV. December 7, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. ^ "Ryan Hansen talks to us about starring in his new YouTube Red show, working with Samira Wiley, and loving Beyoncé". HelloGiggles. October 31, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  6. ^ Karpel, Ari (August 6, 2009). "Kristen Bell Keeps It Real". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Ryan Hansen – Open Book". A BOOK OF Magazine. March 15, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "MI.net: Ryan Hansen (Dick Casablancas)". www.marsinvestigations.net. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
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