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==Early life== Ritter was born on February 17, 1980, in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], to actors [[Nancy Morgan]] and [[John Ritter]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The birth of Jason Ritter|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/jason_morgan_ritter_born_1980_14628090|access-date=2020-10-02|website=californiabirthindex.org}}</ref> He is a grandson of actors [[Tex Ritter]], who died six years before Ritter was born, and [[Dorothy Fay]]. His stepmother is actress [[Amy Yasbeck]]. Ritter has three siblings, including actor [[Tyler Ritter]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-john-ritter-children/|title=John Ritter's 4 Children: Everything to Know|website=People|first=Emily|last=St. Martin|date=September 11, 2023|access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref> Ritter appeared as a toddler in the opening credits of his father's show, ''[[Three's Company]]'', with [[Joyce DeWitt]] who played Janet. His appearance was unplanned, but the producers liked the added touch, so kept it.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jason-ritter|title=Jason Ritter Bio|journal=US Weekly |access-date=April 27, 2013}}</ref> He attended middle and high school at the [[Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)|Crossroads School]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], with [[Simon Helberg]], who became his roommate at [[New York University|NYU]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nerdist.com/2011/07/making-it-1-jason-ritter/|title=Making It #1: Jason Ritter|last=Lindhome|first=Riki|work=[[The Nerdist Podcast|Nerdist]]|access-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> Ritter attended and graduated from New York University's [[Tisch School of the Arts]], where he studied at the [[Atlantic Theater Company]]. He later studied at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jason-ritter|title=Jason Ritter|website=Emmys.com|access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref>
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