Clarence Ryan

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Clarence Ryan
Born
Australia
Other namesClarence John Ryan
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Family Trevor Jamieson (uncle)

Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor.

Early life and family

Clarence Ryan is the nephew of Trevor Jamieson, which they discovered while filming Lockie Leonard in 2007. [1]

Contents

He has been acting since he was 14. [2]

Career

Ryan was a co-lead in the 2007 film September [3] and in the same year played a lead role in the TV series Lockie Leonard . [4] He also starred in the 2012 historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan. [5] [6]

In 2014 he performed on stage in King Hit, [7] [8] [9] which follows the life of Geoffrey Narkle, an Aboriginal man and a member of the Stolen Generations, and his boxing career during reflecting on culture, identity, and finding strength. [10]

Ryan played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black , released in 2018 as a web series and telemovie, created, written, and narrated by the Aboriginal author and storyteller, Boori Monty Pryor, on whose life it is based. [11]

He appeared in the second season of Cleverman in 2017. [12] In 2020 he starred in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, [13] and in 2022 he appeared in the third series of Mystery Road . [14] On 23 November 2024, ABC had announced that a second season of Mystery Road: Origin was in production and Ryan would reprise his role as Sputty. [15]

In 2022 he featured in a segment of We Are Still Here . [16] and in 2023, in the film Blueback (film) . [17]

Ryan plays the mechanic Black Thumb in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , [18] released in March 2024, and in October 2024 plays an ambitious Indigenous cattle station owner in the Netflix series Territory . [19]

Accolades

For his performance in September he was nominated for the 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor [20] and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor. [21] [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Lapislazuli - Im Auge des BärenBataa
2007 September PaddyNominated for Best Young Actor in 2008 AFI Awards
2013Yagan Yagan Documentary
2014Wongi WarriorJim
2017 OtherLife Byron Finbar
2018The Decadent and DepravedCoen
2019 Dark Place Blackfella
2020 Moon Rock for Monday Johnny
2022 We Are Still Here Ken
Blueback Briggs
2024 The Moogai Ray Boy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black Thumb
He Ain't HeavyDaniel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–2010 Lockie Leonard Egg52 episodes
2009 Stormworld LlarghEpisode: "Three Sun Day"
2010 Dead Gorgeous Tom Kelly4 episodes
2013 Serangoon Road Young RobboEpisode #1.9
2014 ANZAC Girls Private Billy Tinker3 episodes
2015 The Secret River Greybeard's Warrior #12 episodes
2017 Cleverman Jarli6 episodes
Wolf Creek PatrickEpisode: "Singing"
2018 Wrong Kind of Black Monty Pryor Miniseries; 4 episodes
Wanted Hamish5 episodes
2019KGBJack5 episodes
Single LadiesMike the BartenderEpisode: "Community Standards"
2020 Stateless SullyMiniseries; 6 episodes
2022-present Mystery Road: Origin Sputty6 episodes
Nominated Most Outstanding Supporting Actor 2023 Logie Awards
2024 Territory Nolan Brannock6 episodes

Stage

YearTitleRoleProduction CompanyNotes
2015King HitGeoffrey Narkle Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Won Best Newcomer and Nominated Best Actor at Performing Arts of Western Australia Awards

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  8. ↑ "King Hit packs a punch". The West Australian. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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