Tyson Jay Ritter (born April 24, 1984) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is the co-founder, frontman, bassist, and primary lyricist of the rock band The All-American Rejects. As an actor, Ritter appeared as himself on the seventeenth episode of season three in the Fox drama series House, which aired in April 2007; appeared as Dane on Amazon Video's Betas; recurred as rock musician Oliver Rome in the NBC drama series Parenthood; and has had supporting roles in multiple films, including The House Bunny (2008) and Miss You Already (2015). In 2018, Ritter played recurring characters on two television series on AMC, Preacher and Lodge 49. Ritter joined the main cast of Preacher for its final season in 2019.
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Early life
Ritter was born on April 24, 1984, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Tim and Tracy Ritter (née Lyons), his mother is an employee at Stillwater Public Schools. He graduated from Stillwater High School.
Career
Ritter met his bandmates while he was at a party in high school. After Jesse Tabish quit the band, and with the additions of Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor, The All-American Rejects were picked up by Doghouse Records, and later DreamWorks Records, and subsequently signed with the major label Interscope Records. In early 2018, the band left Interscope. As of July 2019, they are signed to Epitaph Records. The All-American Rejects have released four albums, and have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and 4 million singles.
