Ryan McPartlin

Ryan McPartlin was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Steve and Lois McPartlin. He was raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), and attended Glenbard South High School.

McPartlin graduated with a degree in speech communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a member of the Illinois Fighting Illini football team as a walk-on tight end from 1993-95.

McPartlin spent years as an Abercrombie and Fitch model. McPartlin's first acting role was on The Nanny, alongsideFran Drescher, as a Leonardo DiCaprio-type character in a Titanic spoof.

Here is a commercial that Ryan features in

 

McPartlin has been mostly known for his role as Hank Bennett on the popular soap opera Passions, replacing Dalton James from April 2001 until April 2004. He made a brief appearance in the series L.A. 7 as "Ryan".

 

McPartlin worked with Drescher again as Riley Martin on the television sitcom Living with Fran. He played her much younger live-in boyfriend.

He also played Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck.

Today he gets the MBD Sexy Stamp. Ladies, do you agree?