Tyson Ritter

Tyson Ritter is an American musician and actor, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the rock band The All-American Rejects, for which he plays bass and writes most of the lyrics. He met the musicians who became his bandmates at a high school party, and after Jesse Tabish left, the group brought in Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor, signed with Doghouse Records and DreamWorks, and eventually landed at Interscope, going on to release four albums. Ritter also built a screen career, playing himself on House in 2007, then Dane on Betas and rock musician Oliver Rome on Parenthood. His films include The House Bunny (2008), Miss You Already (2015) and Prisoner's Daughter (2023). In 2018 he took recurring parts on Preacher and Lodge 49, then moved into Preacher's main cast for its last season. He later started a side band whose first record came out in 2023.