Ryan Johnson (actor)

For other people named Ryan Johnson, see Ryan Johnson (disambiguation).

Ryan Johnson
Ryan Johnson - Photo by Simon Cardwell
Born	1979 (age 45–46) Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Leah Da Gloria
Children	1

Ryan Johnson (born 1979) is an Australian actor.

Early life

Johnson attended Somerset College on the Gold Coast, and graduated from Queensland University of Technology in 1999. ^[1]

Career

He made his acting debut in 2000 featuring in performances on stage, television and film. His film credits include City Loop (2000), The Wannabes (2003), ^[1] Thunderstruck (2004), ^[1] All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007), ^[1] Monkey Puzzle (2008), ^[1] Jucy (2010) and Guardians of the Tomb (2018). He appeared in his first major television role in the short-lived Head Start in 2001, followed by roles in successful Australian drama series, including All Saints , ^[1] The Secret Life of Us , ^[1] Underbelly , ^[1] Sea Patrol , Rake , Love Child and House Husbands . In 2007, he guested in an episode of CSI: New York . ^[1]

In October 2011, it was announced Johnson had joined the main cast of US drama Fairly Legal for its second season, as trial attorney Ben Grogan. ^[2] The series was cancelled at the end of the season due to low ratings. ^[3]

For five seasons, Johnson played Matt Knight in the drama series Doctor Doctor (2016–2021). ^[4] For his performance, he earned a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2017. ^[5]

Johnson played Paulie Rosetta, brother of Angelo Rosetta (Luke Jacobz), in the television soap opera Home and Away in 2010. ^[6] In April 2022, he rejoined the cast as wealthy gambler and villain Peter "PK" King. ^[6]

Johnson was announced to return for the final season of Stan series Bump. ^[7]

Personal life

Johnson lives with his wife Leah Da Gloria, a fashion designer, and has one child, a daughter, with tv writer, Tamara Asmar. ^{[8] [9]}

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	All Saints	Nick Patterson	"Food for Thought" (S3E12)
	Beastmaster	Reon	"Heart Like a Lion" (S2E9)
2001	Head Start	Kyle Richter	Season 1, all 40 episodes
2002	Dossa and Joe	Bobby Bailey	Season 1, all 6 episodes
	Young Lions	Alex Brooks	"Boy School Bullies" (S2E5)
2003	White Collar Blue	Jared 'Mungo' Muntz	Season 2, Episodes 2 & 17
2005	The Secret Life of Us	Zelko Milanovic	Season 4, 10 episodes
2007	All Saints	Conrad Hagan	"Back on Track" (S10E7)
	CSI: NY	Bob Smith	"What Schemes May Come" (S3E20)
2008	Underbelly	Rocco Arico	Season 1, Episodes 4-6
	Out of the Blue	Ian 'Stavva' Jones	79 episodes
2009	The Chaser's War on Everything	Marco	"The Chaser's Waster of Taxpayer's Money" (S3E3)
2009	All Saints	Jake	"The Two of Us" (S12E35)
2009	My Place	PC Moroney	"1938 Colum" (S1E8)
2010	Satisfaction	Steve	Season 3, Episodes 6 & 7
	Sea Patrol	Darryl	"Rawhide" (S4E10)
	Home and Away	Paulie Rosetta
	Rake	Marty	"R vs Marx" (S1E2)
2011	Laid	Dave	Season 1, Episodes 1 & 6
	SLiDE	Rob	Season 1, Episode 4
2011–15	One Step Closer to Home	Paul 'Pauly' Shaw	Web series; Seasons 1–2, all 19 episodes
2012	Dance Academy	Dr Dave	Season 3, Episodes 12 & 13
	Fairly Legal	Ben Grogan	Season 2, 13 episodes
2013	Mr & Mrs Murder	Michael Gorman	"Keeping Up Appearances" (S1E11)
2014	INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Gary Morris	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2014	Love Child	Phillip Paige	Season 1,,5 episodes
2014	House Husbands	Will Stevens	Season 3, 8 episodes
2015	Hiding	Ash Adamo	Season 1, 4 episodes
2015	Ready for This	Dave	"Shadow Boxing" (S1E4)
2016–21	Doctor Doctor	Matt Knight	Seasons 1–5, all 48 episodes
2016	Rake	Raymond	Season 4, Episodes 2 & 3
2016	Brock	Tim 'Plastic' Pemberton	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2017	Kiki and Kitty	Brandon	Web series; Season 1, 3 episodes
2020	Operation Buffalo	Agent Martin	Season 1, 3 episodes
2022	Upright	Tocca (voice)	1 episode
2021-24	Bump	Tim	11 episodes
2022	Home and Away	PK	8 episodes
2023	The Claremont Murders	Bradley Robert Edwards	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2025	Love Divided By Eleven	TBA	TV series

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Nowhere to Land	Chad	TV movie
2000	City Loop	Misha	Feature film
2001	Jet Set	Young Tourist	Short film
2002	Stuffed Bunny	Marcus	Short film [10]
2002	The Junction Boys	Mike Hess	TV movie
2003	The Wannabes	Hammer	Feature film
2003	Ned	Henchman Shanahan	Feature film
2004	Thunderstruck	Lloyd	Feature film
2004	Book Em	Warren	Short film [11]
2004	Kevin Needs to Make New Friends: Because Everyone Hates Him for Some Reason	Stewart	Short film
2005	Europe	European man	Short film [12]
2005	Son of the Mask	Chad	Feature film
2007	Ghost Rider	Waiter	Feature film
2007	All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane	Tyson	Feature film
2007	Fallers	Kenneth	Short film
2008	Monkey Puzzle	Dylan	Feature film
2010	Jucy	Alex	Feature film
2010	Nic & Shauna	Nicholai	Short film
2011	Family Values	Tom	Short film
2012	Gull	Teddy	Short film
2012	Two Flies	Ryan	TV movie
2014	Carlotta	Peter	TV movie
2016	Perry	Ben	Short film
2018	Concern for Welfare	Sambo	Short film
2018	Enter the Wild	Dylan
2018	Guardians of the Tomb	Ethan	Feature film
2022	How to Please a Woman	Anthony	Feature film

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	Ray Dooley	Bridge Theatre Coniston, Playhouse Canberra with Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney [13]
2004	Men, by Brendan Cowell		Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh [14]
2005	Ninja, by Tamara Asmar	As Director	Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney [15]
2007	Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train	Angel Cruz	Belvoir Street Downstairs, Sydney [16]
2008	Rabbit	Tom	Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company [17]
2009	The Lonesome West	Father Welsh	Belvoir Street Downstairs, Sydney [18]
2016	80 Minutes No Interval	Louis	Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney [19]

References

1. Yallamas, Lisa (5 March 2008). "Brissie bloke Ryan Johnson works his tail off". The Courier-Mail . Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
2. Andreeva, Nellie (28 October 2011). "Ryan Johnson Joins USA Drama 'Fairly Legal' As New Regular". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
3. Andreeva, Nellie (1 November 2012). "USA's 'Fairly Legal' Cancelled, 'Burn Notice' Nears 13-Episode Seventh-Season Renewal". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 3 June 2022.
4. Gavin, Rachael (30 April 2021). "Why Doctor Doctor Season 5 helped Ryan Johnson get through lockdown". Nine.com.au . Retrieved 23 May 2022.
5. Knox, David (26 March 2017). "Logie Awards 2017: nominees". TV Tonight . Retrieved 23 May 2022.
6. Harvey, Kerry (19 May 2022). "Home And Away star gambles on shedding his nice guy image". Stuff . Retrieved 21 May 2022.
7. Knox, David (18 November 2024). "Returning: Bump | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
8. Lacey, Stephen (4 August 2017). "Ryan Johnson on writer wife Tamara Asmar: 'She's never written me a sex scene'". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
9. "Doctor Doctor star Ryan Johnson's sweet tribute to daughter". New Idea . 10 September 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
10. "Stuffed Bunny (2002)". ryanjohnsonactor.info. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
11. "Book Em (2004)". ryanjohnsonactor.info. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
12. "Europe (2005)". ryanjohnsonactor.info. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
13. "The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh. Sydney Theatre Company at The Playhouse". Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
14. "Ryan Johnson". app.showcase.com.au. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
15. Brendan Doyle (19 January 2005). "Two small boys, one big dream". Green Left Weekly.
16. Bryce Hallett (20 September 2007). "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train". Sydney Morning Herald.
17. Barry, Helen (15 December 2008). "Rabbit Sydney Theatre Company". australianstage.com.au. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
18. Jason Blake (24 August 2009). "The Lonesome West". Sydney Morning Herald.
19. Bryant, Sarah (9 March 2016). "Five Minutes with Ryan Johnson from 80 Minutes No Interval". thebrag.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

External links

• Ryan Johnson at IMDb