Who Is Alan Ritchson’s Wife? Meet the ‘Reacher’ Star’s Longtime Love Catherine Ritchson

Alan Ritchson‘s marriage to wife Catherine Ritchson has stood the test of time. They first met in high school during a ballet class and have been together ever since 2006. “I don’t know why she sticks around, dude. She deserves better,” Alan joked during a February 18, 2025, appearance on The Late Show while promoting season 3 of Reacher. Closer takes a deep dive into how Alan and Catherine met, what she does for a living and more.

Alan Ritchson and Wife Catherine Ritchson Met in a Dance Class

Alan was 17 years old, and Catherine was 16 years old when they met in a Florida high school ballet class.

“I was in it for her and out as soon as we had it, we had it in the bag,” he joked on The Late Show about how the quit ballet as soon as they started dating.

Alan went on to explain how he was dually enrolled in college at the time while pursuing a degree in music theater. A prerequisite for the theater program was that he took dance classes, and it resulted in him meeting Catherine. “Anyway, we hit it off and long story short, now we have three kids,” he explained with a laugh.

According to Catherine, it wasn’t that simple, as they broke up and later reconnected.

“I’ll never forget seeing him for the first time in the [dance] studio. I turned to my friend Miriam, and I said, ‘Who is that?’ “ she recalled during a September 2023 appearance on “The Road to Wisdom” podcast. “He, at some point, came up to me and we just got chatting.”

Catherine claimed Alan broke up with her after their first summer together as he thought they were just having a “fling.”

“I’ve made him pay for it ever since,” she joked. “He still justifies it. He’s like, ‘You lived 30 minutes away, I couldn’t afford gas.’”

Catherine went on to attend the University of Florida starting in 2002. She and Alan reconnected in 2004 through a mutual friend while he was on a modeling shoot in Miami, Florida. The couple married on May 12, 2006.

Catherine Ritchson Is a College Graduate

Catherine graduated from the University of Florida in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Russian. While in college, she worked as a financial teaching assistant and spent the summer of 2004 working as a development intern at Comedy Central.

What Does Catherine Ritchson Do for a Living?

Catherine worked as a financial analyst for the talent agency International Creative Management from July 2006 through March 2014, according to her LinkedIn profile.

She served as the executive producer of Alan’s 2017 film Treehouse Time Machine, which he wrote and directed as well as starred in.

Alan Ritchson and Wife Catherine Ritchson Share 3 Children

The couple are parents to three sons. They welcomed Calem in 2012, Edan in 2015, and Amory in 2015.

The Blue Mountain State star shared an adorable Instagram post when Catherine gave birth to Amory, marking the first time Alan ever shared a photo of any of his children.

“Most of you probably have no idea that I’m married and have two amazing little boys (Calem 3yrs and Edan 1.5yrs.) But today, the strongest person I know, @catritchson gave birth to our newest addition, Amory Tristan Ritchson. Say hello!” he wrote in the caption of a December 6, 2015, photo smiling and cradling the newborn.

Alan added, “He weighs in at a cool 7lbs 12ozs and is only allowed to be a football player or a rapper. Love you Amory. Say hi to a world in need of more joy, innocence and love, like you.”

Catherine Ritchson Is a Huge Supporter of Alan Ritchson’s Career

After attending the season 1 red carpet premiere for Amazon’s Reacher in February 2022, Catherine gushed about how her husband landed the role that made him a household name.

“The moment after Alan got off a phone call, he came into our bedroom and stared at me as if he had seen a ghost; no words,” she wrote in the caption of a photo showing their red carpet moment.”I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ and I could see his eyes were starting to well up with tears. Becoming terrified, I asked ‘Are all the boys okay?’ He nodded yes.⁣ Then I gasped ‘You got Reacher?!!??’ And he nodded with a smile. And tears came and we jumped and screamed and jumped and screamed. Actually, I did all the jumping and screaming, but it was all directly in his ear, so it was a fully immersive experience for us both,” Cathrine continued.

“To say ‘I’m so proud of him’ won’t ever grasp it,” she raved about her husband. “I hope you love this series as much as Alan loved making it. Because my goodness did he put his all into making it.⁣”