<P> 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's older brother, Chris, was also a member of the Illinois football team, earning a varsity letter as a linebacker in 1994 . After six months in Australia and New Zealand, McPartlin moved to Southern California to pursue acting as a career . </P> <P> McPartlin spent years as an Abercrombie & Fitch model . McPartlin's first acting role was on The Nanny with Fran Drescher as a Leonardo DiCaprio - type character in a Titanic spoof . McPartlin has been mostly known for his role as Hank Bennett on the popular soap opera Passions replacing Dalton James from April 2001 until June 2004 and 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 playing her much younger live - in boyfriend . Living with Fran was canceled on May 17, 2006, after two seasons . McPartlin originally auditioned for the role of Clark Kent / Superman in the film Superman Returns, but lost the role to Brandon Routh . In 2008, Ryan participated in Mad Men, playing an affair of January Jones character, Betty Draper . </P> <P> McPartlin also played Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck from 2007 to 2012 . In mid-2011, McPartlin appeared in Sugarland's music video "Stuck Like Glue" as a man being stalked and abducted by lead singer Jennifer Nettles . McPartlin appears in commercials for Kate Walsh's perfume "Boyfriend". In March 2012, McPartlin began working with the website LiveLifeLocal to help promote active lifestyles and is filming a series of videos for the site . In 2014, he portrayed the recurring roles of police detective Dwayne Freeman on Mystery Girls and Billy the fireman on Bad Judge . </P> <P> McPartlin is a certified personal trainer . He has been married to actress Danielle Kirlin since October 26, 2002 and has two sons . McPartlin's hobbies include scuba diving, tennis, snowboarding and racquetball . </P>

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