Thomas Jay Ryan

Thomas Jay Ryan
Born	(1962-08-01) August 1, 1962 (age 63) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation	Actor

Thomas Jay Ryan (born August 1, 1962)^{[ citation needed ]} is an American actor. ^[1] He may be best known for his starring role in the 1997 film Henry Fool .

Early life and education

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ryan attended Carnegie Mellon University and has worked in such theaters as the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. In addition, he has worked with avant garde playwright Richard Foreman and has played roles ranging from Dracula to Degas. ^[2]

Career

Ryan had supporting roles in a variety of films, including Teknolust , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , The Book of Life , Dream Boy , and the sequels to Henry Fool , Fay Grim (2007) and Ned Rifle (2014). ^[3]

He played pioneering gay activist Harry Hay in the initial production of the play The Temperamentals in 2009 in New York. ^[4] In 2016, Ryan played Thomas Putnam in Ivo van Hove's production of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. ^[5] In 2019 he appeared in the off-Broadway play Eureka Day . ^[6]

From August 8-25, 2023, Ryan performed as Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya, an off-off broadway production in an unmarked Manhattan loft. He replaced Bill Irwin, who had performed the role earlier in the summer. ^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Henry Fool	Henry Fool
1998	The Book of Life	Satan
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Spec Hammond
2001	Dischord	Jimmy
2002	New World Order	Zeus
2002	Teknolust	Preacher
2004	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Frank
2005	The Dying Gaul	Uncredited
2005	The Pigs	Larry Wemuth
2006	Fay Grim	Henry Fool
2007	Strange Culture	Steve Kurtz
2007	The Attic	Dr. Perry
2008	Dream Boy	Harland Davies
2008	South of Heaven	Hood 2
2009	My Sweet Misery	Psychologist
2014	Ned Rifle	Henry Fool
2014	Sabbatical	Dan Keaton
2015	Equals	Gideon
2015	The Missing Girl	Stan Colvins
2016	Burn Country	Dmitri Sokurov
2018	Dedalus	Older unrequited lover	Part 2 of triptych
2018	My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea	Principal Grimm	Voice
2020	The Return of Tragedy	Chef de la police
2021	Cryptozoo	Nicholas	Voice
2021	Scenes from an Empty Church	Father James
2021	Ghostwritten	Martin
2024	Darla in Space	Arnot Pickens

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Degas and the Dancer	Edward Degas	Television film
1999	Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist
2012	Elementary	Ken Whitman	Episode: "Dead Mans's Switch"
2014	Nurse Jackie	—N/a	Episode: "Rat on a Cheeto"
2016	The Good Wife	Ed Janoway	Episode: "Targets"
2017	Blue Bloods	Judge Carter Metcalf	Episode: "Love Lost"

References

1. Duncan Shepherd (1998). "Henry Fool". San Diego Reader . Retrieved May 18, 2007.
2. "Thomas Jay Ryan: Edward Degas in "Degas and the Dancer"". Devine Entertainment Corporation. Retrieved May 18, 2007.
3. Thomas Jay Ryan at IMDb
4. BWW News Desk (November 16, 2009). "Out Magazine 'Out 100' Includes Four TEMPERAMENTALS, Gavin Creel, Neil Patrick Harris & More". Broadway World. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
5. "The Crucible sets new first preview and opening dates" by Tom Millward, New York Theatre Guide, February 5, 2016
6. "Tina Benko Stars in Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day Off-Broadway". Playbill. August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
7. Marks, Peter (July 14, 2023). "Review | In a busy New York summer, it's a Chekhov play that burns hottest". Washington Post.

External links

• Thomas Jay Ryan at IMDb
• Thomas Jay Ryan at the Internet Broadway Database
• Thomas Jay Ryan at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• "Thomas Jay Ryan Embraces a Comfortably Unpredictable Acting Career" by Alexis Soloski, The New York Times , October 11, 2015