Ryan Hansen | |
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Hansen at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International
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Born |
Fountain Valley, California, U.S. |
July 5, 1981
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse(s) | Amy Russell (m. 2004) |
Children | 3 |
Ryan Albert Hansen (born July 5, 1981) is an American actor and comedian, known for having portrayed Dick Casablancas on Veronica Mars and Nolan in Friday the 13th (2009). He also played Kyle Bradway on the Starz show Party Down. In 2012 he appeared as a recurring character on 2 Broke Girls. Hansen also has a recurring role as bad boy contestant Blaze on the web series Burning Love.
Hansen was born in Fountain Valley, California and raised in El Cajon, California.
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.
In 2008, Hansen appeared in Superhero Movie, released on March 28. Also 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.
In 2011, Hansen portrayed Ben Lewis on the NBC sitcom Friends with Benefits.
BuddyTV ranked him #79 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".