Captain America Casting News. "Chucks" Captain Awesome As Steve Rogers? If you follow the NBC show Chuck then you know who Captain Awesome is. He is played by Ryan McPartlin. Ryan Told Moviehole that he recently auditioned for the role of shield-wielding Steve Rogers. I can only think of how many of young hollywood will be auditioning for this role. In an interview while promoting his work on the Hit TV show "Chuck" Rayn let this out of the bag. “The one thing I can't stand are these actors that are twittering about auditioning for Captain America. It's really tacky. With that said, it is in the casting process and like many other actors, I read for it, so we'll wait and see what happens. Regardless, I'm pretty psyched to be Captain Awesome for the time being.” Please Leave A Comment- Source- Moviehole