Ryan McPartlin joined "Passions" in 2001, playing Hank Bennett until exiting in 2004. After a few TV guest spots, he was cast opposite Fran Drescher in sitcom "Living with Fran," something of a full-circle experience. "My first professional acting job was as a guest on 'The Nanny,'" he told the Spokane Spokesman-Review. "Fast-forward a few years, and here I am, not only working with Fran again, but I'm playing her lover." After that show ended in 2007, he was cast in NBC spy series "Chuck," playing Devon Woodcomb, a.k.a. Captain Awesome, throughout its five-season run
Since exiting "Passions," McPartlin has cut a wide swath through the television landscape, guest-starring in numerous series before being cast in "L.A.'s Finest," the "Bad Boys" spinoff series starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba. In 2022, he starred alongside fellow "Passions" alum Eva Tamargo in the Hallmark mystery movie "Cut, Color, Murder." "Eva and I go way back since our 'Passions' days. 'Passions' is great, it is just classic," he told Digital Journal.
Looking back on his soap roots, McPartlin told Soap Opera Digest that he'd seen a shift in how former soap actors were being regarded in Hollywood. "When I talk to casting directors, it's not like, 'Oh, you have a stigma.' It's like, 'Really? What soap were you on?' It's great training. It's really well-respected, like I think it hasn't been before, to be honest," he said.
ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEpaCsrF6YvK57kGxubG5gZ3y4tMCtZKGZoKWyr7HDZpqaq6RivKd5z5qqrKGfo8Bw