Clarence John Ryan
ActingAlso Known As
Clarence Ryan, Κλάρενς Ράιαν
Biography
Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor. Clarence Ryan is the nephew of Trevor Jamieson, which they discovered while filming Lockie Leonard in 2007. He has been acting since he was 14. Ryan played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black, was a co-lead in September and featured in a segment of We Are Still Here. He played a lead in Lockie Leonard, as well as in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, appeared in the second season of Cleverman and in the third series of Mystery Road. Other featured roles include the film Blueback (film); the historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan; and the 2014 stage production of King Hit, 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. For his performance in September he was nominated for 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.
Movies
(21 total)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as Black Thumb
OtherLife
as Byron Finbar
Blueback
as Briggs
Kangaroo
as Nick
The Moogai
as Ray Boy
Moon Rock for Monday
as Johnny
September
as Paddy Parker
We Are Still Here
as Ken
He Ain't Heavy
as Daniel
Killer Native
as Blackfella
Good Night
as Man
Blight
as Criminal
The Decadent and Depraved
as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter
Ghost
as Yawang
Between Two Lines
as Burt
Nobody's Child
as Boxer
Dirt Tin
as Sam
TV Shows
(11 total)
Stateless
as Sully
Wanted
as Hamish
Territory
as Nolan Brannock
The Newsreader
as Deano Prince
Mystery Road: Origin
as Sputty
The Secret River
as Greybeard's Warrior #1
ANZAC Girls
as Private Billy Tinker
Wrong Kind of Black
as Monty Pryor
Reckless
as Roddy
KGB
as Jack