Ryan Hansen

Ryan Hansen Biography

Ryan Hansen (born July 5, 1981) is an American actor, best known for having portrayed Dick Casablancas on Veronica Mars and Nolan in Friday the 13th. 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.

Early life

Hansen was born in Fountain Valley, California and raised in El Cajon, California, but has since moved with his wife Amy to Los Angeles.

Career

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".

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 and Bradley Cooper.

Personal life

Hansen and his wife, Amy, were former roommates of actress Kristen Bell at her house in the Hollywood Hills. Together, they have two children.

Hansen is involved in the campaign Invisible Children and has appeared in the online series The LXD, of which 50% of the profits is going to the Invisible Children Campaign.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Motocrossed	Entrant #1	Television film
2005	Death by Engagement	Michael Micelli
2006	'	Scottie	Direct-to-DVD
2007	Palo Alto	Anthony
2008	Sherman's Way	Kevin
2008	Superhero Movie	Lance Landers
2009	House Broken	Elliot Cathkart
2009	Friday the 13th	Nolan
2010	BoyBand	Tommy
2011	Brother's Justice'	Lance Jeung
2011	Bad Actress	Russell Pillage
2012	Hit and Run	Alan
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Grunt
2013	Last Call	Phil
2013	Friended to Death	Michael Harris	Post-production
2014	Veronica Mars	Dick Casablancas	Filming

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	'	Larry	Episode: "Hot Potato"
2001	Ally McBeal	Student MC	Episode: "The Wedding"
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"
2003	Hunter	Ron	Episode: "To Protect and Serve" (unaired)
2004	Like Family	Dell	2 episodes
2004	Las Vegas	Jared Brad (uncredited)	Episode: "The Strange Life of Bob" Episode: "The Family Jewels"
2004"2007	Veronica Mars	Dick Casablancas	Recurring (season 1); main cast (seasons 2"3); 39 episodes
2005"2006	That's So Raven	J.J.	2 episodes
2009"2010	Party Down	Kyle Bradway	Main cast
2009	Gossip Girl	Shep	Episode: "Valley Girls"
2011	Lovelives	Tim	Unsold NBC pilot
2011	Friends with Benefits	Ben Harrison	Main cast
2011	Childrens Hospital	Kyle Bradway	Episode: "Party Down"
2012	El Jefe	Josh Turkus	Unsold Fox pilot
2012	Before We Made It	Mitch	Unsold CBS pilot
2012	Happy Endings	Jeff Niebert	Episode: "Makin' Changes!"
2012	Key & Peele	A Tribe Called Quest shirt guy	Episode #1.6
2012	Best Friends Forever	Keith Kazakian	Episode: "Single and Lovin' It"
2012	Royal Pains	Brady Wilkerson	Episode: "Fools Russian"
2012	'	Ben	Episode: "The Freeze Out"
2012"2013	2 Broke Girls	Andy	10 episodes
2012	Wedding Band	Cooper	2 episodes
2013	Parenthood	Luke	Episode: "Keep on Rowing"
2013	Bad Teacher	Joel Kotsky	Main cast

Web series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Rockville, CA	Chambers	13 episodes
2010	'	Brendan Broman	2 episodes
2012"2013	Burning Love	Cowboy waiter, Blaze	18 episodes

Plays

Alice (2008) " Trevor McKnight/White Night

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