Ryan Kwanten

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Ryan Kwanten
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Kwanten in 2012
Born
Ryan Christian Kwanten

(1976-11-28) 28 November 1976 (age 47)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1991–present

Ryan Christian Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera Home and Away . After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series Summerland , portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood . From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond. In 2021 he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series Them as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in Kindred , a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name.

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Early life

Kwanten was born one of three brothers in Terrigal, New South Wales. The boys were raised by mother Kris, a Lifeline op shop coordinator, and father Eddie Kwanten, a worker at NSW Maritime. Eddie is Dutch. [1] Ryan's brothers are Mitchell, a musician, and Lloyd, a doctor. Ryan attended St Paul's Catholic College in Manly and later earned a degree in commerce from The University of Sydney. [1]

Career

Kwanten began acting on the television shows A Country Practice , Hey Dad..! and Spellbinder . In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away , playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father. Kwanten had previously guest starred on the serial as Robbie Taylor in 1994. Moving to the United States, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in Summerland (2004–05). He appeared in the films Flicka (2006), with Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, and Dead Silence (2007), a horror film in which he played the leading role, Jamie Ashen. [2]

Kwanten appeared in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode that aired on 2 December 2008, in which he portrayed Dominic Pruitt, a US Marine Corps Master Sergeant accused of raping and murdering a pregnant fellow Marine. In 2009, he starred in the film Don't Fade Away with Mischa Barton and Beau Bridges. [3] In 2010, Kwanten voiced the role of Kludd in the animated-epic film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole , although he was originally set to voice the film's protagonist Sorren before the role went to Jim Sturgess.

Kwanten played the role of Jason Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood , based on Charlaine Harris's The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels, which aired from 2008 until 2014. [4] In 2010 he starred in the psychological thriller Red Hill , which was directed by Patrick Hughes. [5] He won a lead role in the 2013 Joe Lynch comedy-horror film Knights of Badassdom along with Steve Zahn, Summer Glau and Peter Dinklage. [6] In October 2010, it was announced that Kwanten will play Charles Manson in an upcoming, yet-to-be-titled biopic, to be directed by Brad Anderson. [7] In 2012, he appeared in Joe Penna's video "Dual Action". In 2013, Kwanten played Marvel character "Venom" in the short film Truth in Journalism [8] and portrayed Conall in the 2014 action adventure film Northmen: A Viking Saga . [9]

In 2015, Kwanten voiced the role of Blinky Bill, a koala in Blinky Bill the Movie alongside Rufus Sewell, Toni Collette, Robin McLeavy, David Wenham, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, and Barry Humphries.

In 2019, Kwanten was a series regular in the second season of Blumhouse Television and Facebook Watch's Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones , playing the character of Peter Wolfe, an inmate and the estranged father of the series' protagonist, Elsie, played by Jordan Alexander. The series takes inspiration from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale as well as real-life murder cases. [10]

From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond.

His most recent roles include 2067 , an Australian-American science fiction film in which he plays Jude Mathers, 2021's Them , as milkman George Bell, and Kindred, a TV adaptation of Octavia Butler's Novel of the same name.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Signal One Kid
2002 The Junction Boys Claude GearheartTelevision film
2003 Liquid Bridge Nick McCallum
2004 America Brown Ricky Brown
2006 Flicka Howard McLaughlin
2007 Dead Silence Jamie Ashen
2010 Red Hill Shane Cooper
Griff the Invisible Griff
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Kludd (voice)
Don't Fade Away Jackson White
2012 Not Suitable for Children Jonah
2013 Mystery Road Pete Bailey
Truth in Journalism Eddie Brock / Venom Short film
The Right Kind of Wrong Leo Palamino
Knights of Badassdom Joe
2014 Flight 7500 Brad Martin
Rio, I Love You Jai ArnottSegment: "Acho Que Estou Apaixonado"
Northmen: A Viking Saga Conall
Reach Me Jack Burns
2015 Kidnapping Freddy Heineken Jan "Cat" Boellard
Blinky Bill the Movie Blinky Bill (voice)
Blunt Force Trauma John
2016 Who Gets the Dog? Clay Lonnergan
2018 Supercon Matt Wheeler
The Hurricane Heist Breeze
2019 Kill Chain Ericson
2020 2067 Jude Mathers
2022 Expired Jack
2022 Glorious Wes
2022 Section Eight Jake Atherton
2023 Head Count Sawyer
2023 The Portrait Alex

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Stagecoach driverUncredited; episode: "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"
1992 Home and Away Boogie boarderEpisode 1018
A Country Practice Ben Lloyd2 episodes
1993–94 G.P. Scott Browning2 episodes
1994 Home and Away Robbie TaylorEpisode 1451
Hey Dad..! RichardEpisode: "Rebel Without a Clue"
1995 Echo Point Nathan PotterUnknown episodes
1996 Water Rats NipperEpisode: "Iron Man"
1997 Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord Josh MorganMain cast; 26 episodes
1997–2002 Home and Away Vinnie Patterson Role held: 14 July 1997 – 1 March 2002
2003 The Handler BarnesEpisode: "Off the Edge"
2004 Tru Calling Jake VoightEpisode: "Closure"
2004–05 Summerland Jay RobertsonMain cast; 26 episodes
2008–14 True Blood Jason Stackhouse Main cast; 80 episodes
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Master Sgt. Dominic PruittEpisode: "PTSD"
2012 New Girl OliverEpisode: "Valentine's Day"
2014 Jake and the Never Land Pirates Brewster the Beast Trapper (voice)Episode: "Tick Tock Trap"
2014 The Eric Andre Show HimselfEpisode: "Ryan Kwanten; Béyoncé & Jay-Z"
2018–2019 The Oath Steve HammondMain role and producer
2019 Sacred Lies Peter Wolfe/HunterMain role
2019 Creepshow Alex ToomeyEpisode: “The Right Snuff/Sibling Rivalry”
2021 Them George Bell
2022 Kindred Tom WeylinMain cast

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2009 Scream Award Best Horror ActorTrue BloodNominated [11]
Satellite Award Best Ensemble, Television Won [12] [13]
2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [14] [15]
Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi Nominated [16] [17]
Australian Film Institute Award Best Actor Nominated
Australians in Film Breakthrough Award—Won [18]
2011 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Best ActorRed HillNominated
2015 Kids' Choice Award Favorite Voice in an Animated FilmBlinky Bill The MovieNominated

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