Blue Mountain State Cast & Character Guide

Summary Blue Mountain State is a college sitcom that depicts American state college culture, including partying and college football.

The show originally aired from 2010-2011 on Spike, gained a cult following on Netflix, and received a sequel movie in 2016.

The talented cast includes actors like The Bold and the Beautiful star Darin Brooks, Reacher star Alan Ritchson, and Chris Romano, who also co-created the series with Eric Falconer.

Created by Chris Romano and Eric Falconer, Blue Mountain State is a college sitcom about the rowdy misadventures of the titular university's football team, the Mountain Goats. Though fictional, Blue Mountain State embodies the typical American state college by embracing the raunchiest parts of the culture, including binge drinking, drugs, sex, and, of course, the phenomenon that is college football.

Blue Mountain State ran for three seasons from 2010-2011 and originally aired on Spike, but gained a cult following once it started streaming on Netflix. In 2016, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, a crowd-funded sequel movie centered on Alan Ritchson's titular character, was released that featured most of the series' principal cast members. Though the movie remained on the platform, all 39 episodes of Blue Mountain State were removed from Netflix in 2019. Five years later, Blue Mountain State returned to Netflix in May 2024, allowing a whole new audience to witness its talented cast in motion.

Blue Mountain State (2010-2011) Cast Actor Role Season(s) Darin Brooks Alex Moran 1-3 Alan Ritchson Thad Castle 1-3 Chris Romano Sammy Cacciatore 1-3 Ed Marinaro Coach Marty Daniels 1-3 Sam Jones III Craig Shilo 1 Page Kennedy Radon Randell 2 Gabrielle Dennis Denise Roy 1 Frankie Shaw Mary Jo Cacciatore 2-3 Denise Richards Debra Simon 2-3 Kwasi Songui Coach Jon Jon Hendrix 1-3 Omari Newton Larry Summers 1-3 Rob Ramsay Donnie Schrab 1-3 James Cade Harmon Tedesco 1-3

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Darin Brooks as Alex Moran

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Active Since: 2005

Actor: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Darin Brooks broke big as Max Brady in the NBC soap opera Days Of Our Lives in 2005. After Blue Mountain State, Brooks landed the role of Wyatt Spencer on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in 2013. From 2021-2023, Brooks also voiced the character of Guy in the animated TV series The Croods: Family Tree. After 11 years and two guest spots on fellow CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2021, Brooks made his final appearance as Wyatt on The Bold and the Beautiful in January 2024.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Days Of Our Lives TV Show 2005-2010 Max Brady The Bold and the Beautiful TV Show 2013-2024 Wyatt Spencer Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Movie 2016 Alex Moran The Young and the Restless TV Show 2021 Wyatt Spencer The Croods: Family Tree TV Show 2021-2023 Guy (Voice) Amber Brown TV Show 2022 Max

Character: Brooks played the main character, Alex Moran, in all three seasons of Blue Mountain State. Introduced as a proudly lazy and unmotivated second-string quarterback for the Mountain Goats in season 1, Alex was strictly focused on partying and having as much fun as possible in college. In season 3, Alex became starting quarterback and even served as acting Captain at the beginning of the season.

Alan Ritchson as Thad Castle

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Active Since: 2003

Actor: Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Alan Ritchson made his acting debut as Aquaman/Arthur Curry in Smallville in 2005. He had franchise roles like Gloss in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and Raphael in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot and the 2016 sequel. Alan Ritchson's other movies and TV shows include Blood Drive, Titans, and Fast X. Nowadays, Ritchson is best known for playing the titular Jack Reacher in the series Reacher on Amazon Prime Video. In 2024, Ritchson starred in the spy action comedy The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and the drama film Ordinary Angels.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Smallville TV Show 2005-2010 Aquaman/Arthur Curry The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Movie 2013 Gloss Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie 2014 Raphael Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Movie 2016 Raphael Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Movie 2016 Thad Castle Blood Drive TV Show 2017 Arthur Bailey Titans TV Show 2018-2021 Hank Hall/Hawk Reacher TV Show 2022-Present Jack Reacher Fast X Movie 2023 Agent Aimes The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Movie 2024 Anders Lassen Ordinary Angels Movie 2024 Ed Schmitt

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In all three seasons of Blue Mountain State, Ritchson played Thad Castle, the senior linebacker and Captain of the BMS Mountain Goats. Thad is an intense Captain and overall peculiar guy who often goes to extreme measures for the good of his team.

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Chris Romano as Sammy Cacciatore

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Active Since: 2000

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Also known as "Romanski," Chris Romano was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Romano and his producing partner, Eric Falconer, co-created Blue Mountain State and co-wrote the 2016 sequel movie, The Rise of Thadland, with Falconer and star Alan Ritchson. Romano played Ted's high school best friend Punchy in four episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother between 2008-2011 and voiced Plumber Joe in The Lego Movie (2014). Romano also starred in the Jake Szymanski sports mockumentaries 7 Days in Hell (2015) and Tour de Pharmacy (2017) with Andy Samberg.

After Romano's appearances as Punchy in seasons 3, 6, and 7, he and Falconer served as co-executive producers on season 8 of How I Met Your Mother.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Acceptable TV TV Show 2007 Various The Sarah Silverman Program TV Show 2007-2010 Various How I Met Your Mother TV Show 2008-2011 Adam "Punchy" Punciarello The Lego Movie Movie 2014 Plumber Joe (Voice0 7 Days in Hell Movie 2015 Streaker Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Movie 2016 Sammy Cacciatore Tour de Pharmacy Movie 2017 Jabin Dolchey

Character: Along with co-creating Blue Mountain State, Romano also played the role of Sammy Cacciatore, Alex's childhood best friend and roommate and the BMS Mountain Goats mascot, Billy. Sammy is often the butt of the joke and does tons of outlandish things without a care in the world.

Ed Marinaro as Coach Marty Daniels

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Active Since: 1978

Actor: Born in New York City, Ed Marinaro got his start as a professional football player. After retiring from the NFL in 1977 at the age of 27, Marinaro decided to pursue acting. He starred in several TV series and played Sonny St. Jaques on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley before landing the role of Officer Joe Coffey on the NBC '80s police procedural Hill Street Blues in 1981. After leaving Hill Street Blues in 1986, Marinaro did several TV movies before booking his next main role as Mitch Margolis on the NBC family drama Sisters in 1991.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Laverne & Shirley TV Show 1980-1981 Sonny St. Jaques Hill Street Blues TV Show 1981-1985 Officer Joe Coffey Falcon Crest TV Show 1987-1988 John Remick Sisters TV Show 1991-1994 Mitch Margolis Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Movie 2016 Coach Marty Daniels

Character: In Blue Mountain State, Marinaro played Marty Daniels, the head coach of the BMS Mountain Goats football team. Like Marinaro in real life, Coach Marty was a former NFL player.

Marinaro played running back for the Minnesota Vikings (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976) and the Seattle Seahawks (1977).

Sam Jones III as Craig Shilo

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Active Since: 1999

Actor: Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sam Jones III first gained recognition for playing Pete Ross in Smallville seasons 1-3, a role he reprised for one episode in season 7. Jones also played the titular roles in the films Snipes (2001) and Zig Zag (2002) and the character of Chaz Pratt on E.R. from 2005-2009. In 2006, Jones starred in the sports drama Glory Road, the war drama Home of the Brave, and the TV movie For One Night with Raven-Symoné.

In 2011, Jones was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess illegal drugs with the intent to distribute. After serving 10 months, he was released on October 12, 2012, and did three years probation before returning to acting in 2015.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Smallville TV Show 2001-2008 Pete Ross Snipes Movie 2001 Erik "Snipes" Zig Zag Movie 2002 Louis "ZigZag" Fletcher E.R. TV Show 2005-2009 Chaz Pratt Glory Road Movie 2006 Willie Worsley Home of the Brave Movie 2006 Billy Marsh For One Night Movie 2006 Brandon Williams Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Movie 2016 Craig Shilo

Character: Jones played Craig Shilo in Blue Mountain State season 1. A National High School Player of the Year from Columbus, Ohio, Craig was the Mountain Goats' starting running back and star freshman player in season 1. In season 2, it was revealed that Craig had left the team and transferred to Georgia.

Page Kennedy as Radon Randell

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Active Since: 2001

Actor: Born in Detroit, Michigan, Page Kennedy's first prominent acting role was playing Caleb Applewhite in Desperate Housewives season 2 before he was replaced by NaShawn Kearse. The following year, he landed the role of Louis "U-Turn" Wardell in Weeds seasons 2-3. Kennedy also played the role of DJ in the 2018 action movie The Meg and the 2023 sequel, Meg 2: The Trench. From 2021-2023, Kennedy had a recurring role in the Netflix sitcom The Upshaws as Duck.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Desperate Housewives TV Show 2005 Caleb Applewhite Weeds TV Show 2006-2007 Louis "U-Turn" Wardell Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland Radon Randell 2016 Radon Randell The Meg Movie 2018 DJ Meg 2: The Trench Movie 2023 DJ The Upshaws TV Show 2021-2023 Duck

Character: In Blue Mountain State season 2, Kennedy played Radon Randell, the new freshman starting quarterback for the BMS Mountain Goats. In the season 2 finale, Radon suffered what turned out to be a career-ending shoulder injury in the championship game and did not return for season 3.

Gabrielle Dennis as Denise Roy

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Active Since: 1990

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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Gabrielle Dennis' first major acting role was playing Janay Brice in the CW series The Game, a spinoff of the 2000s sitcom Girlfriends. During her run on The Game from 2008-2012, Dennis starred in the fifth Bring It On film, Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, in 2009. After Blue Mountain State, she starred in the TV series Justified as Gloria and Rosewood as Pippy Rosewood. She had minor roles in Insecure and Luke Cage before starring as a main cast member on A Black Lady Sketch Show from 2019-2024.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role The Game TV Show 2008-2012 Janay Brice Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Movie 2009 Treyvonetta Justified TV Show 2014 Gloria Rosewood TV Show 2015-2017 Pippy Rosewood Girls Trip Movie 2017 Gabrielle Dennis Insecure TV Show 2017-2018 Candice Luke Cage TV Show 2019 Tilda Johnson A Black Lady Sketch Show TV Show 2019-2024 Various The Upshaws TV Show 2021-2024 Tasha Lewis A Madea Homecoming Movie 2022 Laura The Big Door Prize TV Show 2023-Present Cass

Character: In Blue Mountain State season 1, Dennis played Denise Roy, Craig Shilo's girlfriend and a student at BMS University. Denise and Craig were high school sweethearts who were saving themselves for marriage until he broke up with her after finding out she was cheating on him. Dennis did not return as Denise for seasons 2 or 3.

Frankie Shaw as Mary Jo Cacciatore

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Active Since: 2005

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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Shaw is best known for creating and starring in the Showtime comedy SMILF (2017-2019), based on her 2015 short film of the same name. Prior to this, she played Fabienne in the ABC sitcom Mixology (2014) and had a recurring role as Shayla Nico in Mr. Robot season 1 (2015). She also had a minor role in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) and starred in the Jake Gyllenhaal biopic Stronger (2017) and Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021).

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Mixology TV Show 2014 Fabienne SMILF Short Film 2015 Bridgette Bird Mr. Robot TV Show 2015 Shayla Nico Good Girls Revolt TV Show 2016 Naomi SMILF TV Show 2017-2019 Bridgette Bird Stronger Movie 2017 Gail Hurley Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Movie 2019 Prosecutor No Sudden Move Movie 2021 Paula Cole

Character: In Blue Mountain State season 2, Shaw joined the cast as Mary Jo Cacciatore, Sammy's oddball younger sister and cheerleader for the BMS Mountain Goats. Shaw returned as Mary Jo in a recurring role in season 3.

Denise Richards as Debra Simon

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Active Since: 1989

Actor: Born in Downers Grove, Illinois, Denise Richards broke big in Starship Troopers (1997) and Wild Things (1998). In 1999, Richards played a Bond Girl in The World Is Not Enough and starred in Drop Dead Gorgeous. In 2003, Richards made her first appearance in then-husband Charlie Sheen's sitcom Two and a Half Men. That same year, she had a cameo in Scary Movie 3 with Sheen and a minor role in Love Actually. Richards played Shauna Fulton on The Bold and the Beautiful from 2018-2022 and was a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills seasons 9-10.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Title Type Year(s) Role Starship Troopers Movie 1997 Carmen Ibañez Wild Things Movie 1998 Kelly Lanier Van Ryan The World Is Not Enough Movie 1999 Dr. Christmas Jones Drop Dead Gorgeous Movie 1999 Rebecca "Becky" Ann Leeman Friends TV Show 2001 Cassie Geller Scary Movie 3 Movie 2003 Annie Logan Love Actually Movie 2003 Carla Two and a Half Men TV Show 2003-2004 2011 (Uncredited) Lisa Madea's Witness Protection Movie 2012 Kate Needleman The Bold and the Beautiful TV Show 2018-2022 Shauna Fulton The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reality Show 2015-2024 Self

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In Blue Mountain State season 2, Richards had a recurring role as Marty's ex-wife, Debra Simon. The two rekindle their flame at the end of season 2, and Richards was bumped up to a starring role in season 3.

Blue Mountain State Supporting Cast & Characters

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Kwasi Songui as Coach Jon Jon Hendrix: Kwasi Songui plays Jon Jon Hendrix, assistant coach for the BMS Mountain Goats football team and Coach Marty's loyal right-hand man, in all three seasons of Blue Mountain State. Songui has done voice work for a ton of video games and has acting credits in projects like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Being Human (2014) and Beau is Afraid (2023).

Omari Newton as Larry Summers: Omari Newton plays Larry Summers, the starting defensive back for the BMS Mountain Goats football team and Thad's best friend, in all three seasons of Blue Mountain State. Newton is best known for playing Lucas Ingram in the Canadian sci-fi series Continuum (2012-2015).

Rob Ramsay as Donnie Schrab: Rob Ramsay plays BMS Mountain Goats starting center, Donnie Schrab, in all three seasons of Blue Mountain State. Ramsay previously starred in the Disney XD series Aaron Stone (2009-2010) and went on to have appearances in The Thundermans and Anne with an E. He also played a nurse in It Chapter Two (2019).

James Cade as Harmon Tedesco: James Cade plays BMS Mountain Goats starting kicker, Harmon Tedesco, in all three seasons of Blue Mountain State. Cade is best known for playing real-life musician Marc Bolan in the David Bowie biopic Stardust (2020). He also appeared in the season 5 premiere of Schitt's Creek.