Clarence Ryan

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Clarence Ryan
Other namesClarence John Ryan
OccupationActor
Years active2006 - Present

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 played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black , [3] was a co-lead in September [4] and featured in a segment of We Are Still Here . [5]

He played a lead in Lockie Leonard , [6] as well as in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, [7] appeared in the second season of Cleverman [8] and in the third series of Mystery Road . [9]

Other featured roles include the film Blueback (film) ; [10] the historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan; [11] [12] and the 2014 stage production of King Hit, [13] [14] [15] 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. [16]

Accolades

For his performance in September he was nominated for 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor [17] and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor. [18] [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Lapislazuli - Im Auge des BärenBataa
2007 September PaddyNominated for Best Young Actor in 2008 AFI Awards
2013Yagan Yagan Documentary
2017 OtherLife Byron Finbar
2018The Decadent and DepravedCoen
2019 Dark Place Blackfella
2020 Moon Rock for Monday Johnny
2022 We Are Still Here Ken
2022 Blueback Briggs
2023He Ain't HeavyTBAPost-Production
2024 The Moogai Ray Boy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black Thumb

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007-2010 Lockie Leonard Egg
2009 Stormworld Llargh1 episode
2010 Dead Gorgeous Tom Kelly4 episodes
2013 Serangoon Road Young Robbo1 episode
2014 Anzac Girls Private Billy Tinker3 episodes
2015 The Secret River Greybeard's Warrior #12 episodes
2017 Cleverman Jarli6 episodes
2017 Wolf Creek Patrick1 episode
2018 Wrong Kind of Black Monty Pryor Miniseries
2018 Wanted Hamish5 episodes
2019KGBJack
2019Single LadiesMike the Bartender1 episode
2020 Stateless SullyMiniseries
2022Mystery Road: OriginSputtyNominated Most Outstanding Supporting Actor 2023 Logie Awards

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Bourke BoyRussell
2014Rat TaleBrock
2014Wongi WarriorJim
2014One Fine DayMan
2015The Tender DarkJoey
2016We Were HereStranger
2016GhostYawang
2017Dirt TinSam
2017BlightCriminal
2017Leroy's DreamLeroy
2017Nobody's ChildBoxer
2019Between Two LinesBurt
2019Jadai- The Broome BrawlerJadai
2021Good NightMan

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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