Mr. Ritter has worked consistently in film and television as an actor and voice-over artist. He has had the privilege of collaborating with many venerated directors, including Harmony Korine, Louis Letterier, Renny Harlin, and John Leguizamo. He can be seen on screen as Matthew McConaughey and Isla Fisher’s son-in-law in The Beach Bum and in a recurring role as Carl "Roy" Hutmacher in National Geographic's exclusive Disney+ series, The Right Stuff. Other principal credits include roles in films Critical Thinking, Across the Rails, and Love Map. Television credits include Burn Notice, Graceland, Tycoon, and Life’s Rewards, among others. In addition to film and television, Mr. Ritter is a principal performer in dozens of national and regional commercials for Autonation, Florida Lottery, Wawa, Hanes, Taylormade, and OrangeTheory Fitness. His voice-over credits include ads for Coca-Cola, Canon, Wyndham Hotels, AutoNation, and more.
In 2012, Mr. Ritter’s sons, Noah and Aidan, were born eleven weeks premature— marking the start of his journey as a father of special needs twins. Under the mentorship of author Mayra David, Mr. Ritter started writing humorous stories and essays about the challenges of fulfilling his role as an inexperienced primary caregiver to children with multiple diagnoses. His essay Falling Down was a finalist for the Perkoff Prize from The Missouri Review and his story You Must Let Go of the Trapeze was awarded First Prize in the Soul-Making Keats Humor Competition and Third Place in the Seven Hills Literary Non-Fiction Contest. His other works earned an Honorable Mention for The Deanna Tulley Multimedia Competition (audio version), two Finalist positions for the Third Wednesday Flash Fiction Contest, and the short list for The Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction. He is currently assembling these and other pieces into a full-length book, a project which was a Finalist for the coveted Kenyon Review Developmental Editing Fellowship. His essays serve as the framework for his first one man show, Adventures in Baby-Hitting!, which was developed in collaboration with the show’s director, Ms. David. The two projects serve as companion pieces chronicling the humorous and heartbreaking world of caring for children whose future, development, and support are undefined, misunderstood, and under siege.