Jack Ryan (character)

Jack Ryan
Alec Baldwin portraying Jack Ryan
First appearance	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Created by	Tom Clancy
Portrayed by	Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October) Harrison Ford (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) Ben Affleck (The Sum of All Fears) Chris Pine (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit) John Krasinski (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan)
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Gender	Male
Occupation	U.S. President, U.S. Vice President, National Security Advisor, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Acting DDI, CIA Special Assistant to the DDI, CIA Analyst, Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, Certified Public Accountant and , USMC Second Lieutenant
Family	Special Agent Dominic "Enzo" Caruso, FBI (nephew) Captain Brian "Aldo" Caruso, USMC (nephew)
Spouse(s)	Caroline "Cathy" Muller/Ryan
Children	Olivia Barbara "Sally" Ryan John Patrick "Jack" Ryan, Jr. Kathleen "Katie" Ryan Kyle Daniel Ryan
Religion	Catholic

Dr John Patrick "Jack" Ryan, Sr., KCVO (Hon.), Ph.D. is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy who appears in many of his novels and their respective film adaptations.

Jack Ryan was born in Baltimore in 1950 and grew up there. He earned an NROTC commission in the Marines at Boston College. Medically discharged at the rank of 2ndLt following a helicopter crash, he worked as an investment broker. He met and married Caroline "Cathy" Mueller, a medical student and later an ophthalmic surgeon, with whom he had four children. He returned to academia, eventually accepting a position at the U.S. Naval Academy.

He was later recommended to the CIA, eventually spending a short period there writing a position paper, as well as developing a counter-espionage mechanism. He returned to the academy and, while on a history research trip to London, interrupted a kidnapping attempt on the royal family. After his return to the States, he eventually accepted a position with the CIA. He rose rapidly through the ranks in a variety of covert operations against the USSR, eventually becoming a Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. As DDI, he had political battles that led to him becoming President of the United States, serving two terms and dealing with international crises in the Pacific.

Ryan had his background established in Patriot Games and Red Rabbit. He was born in 1950, the son of Emmet William Ryan (1922–1974), a Baltimore Police Department homicide lieutenant, and World War II veteran. The elder Ryan had served with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division at the Battle of the Bulge. His mother, Catherine Burke Ryan (1923–1974), was a nurse. Without Remorse mentioned that he had a sister, who lived in Seattle.