Ryan McCartan

Ryan Jerome McCartan (born June 14, 1993) is a German-American/Slovak-American/Irish-American/Czech-American/Polish-American actor, singer & public speaker. He portrays the character Diggie Smalls in the Disney Channel Original Comedy Series, Liv and Maddie.

Life & Career
Ryan McCartan is a Minnetonka High School graduate from Excelsior, Minnesota and a Triple Threat Award-winning participant in Hennepin Theatre Trust’s SpotLight Musical Theatre Program, and was named Best Actor at the June 27, 2011, National High School Musical Theater Awards held at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway in New York City. McCartan was one of two students to receive a Jimmy Award, the top honor in the program. He performed Jason Robert Brown’s “Someone to Fall Back On” as his solo. Shauni Ruetz of Rochester, NY was named Best Actress. McCartan and Ruetz received $10,000 scholarship awards and consideration for other professional advancement opportunities. He also was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He is one of 20 high school students nationally to receive the award, and one of only two winners in theater. It is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an artistically talented graduating senior. Selection was based on academic, civic and artistic achievement. His sister, Alison is also an actor and toured the U.S. with the musical version of Shrek. He briefly attended the University of Minnesota's Guthrie BFA Program before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He has been cast by Disney Channel to play Diggie in the show Liv and Maddie.

Trivia

 * Ryan's German-American, Slovak-American, Irish-American, Czech-American & Polish-American on Pam's side and Irish-American on Conn's side.
 * Ryan was 22 when he & Dove got engaged.
 * Ryan was 23 when he & Dove split.
 * Ryan was 24 when he & Samantha began dating.
 * Ryan has a lot of theatre experience, much like his Liv and Maddie cast-mates Dove, Kaili and Shelby.
 * Ryan has done a lot of spoken word and live stage performances.
 * He was in a Broadway Disney musical titled Night School Musical.
 * He is in 13 of the 21 episodes of Season 1 of Liv and Maddie.
 * He plays Diggie in the hit Disney Channel show, "Liv and Maddie".
 * Ryan is currently dating Samantha Fekete
 * He loved acting with his co-star/girlfriend, Dove Cameron.
 * He and Dove broke up in 2016
 * He has acted in a filmography with the name Ryan.