Name
Clarence John Ryan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
(56 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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- 2007 September as Paddy Parker
- 2006 Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären as Bataa
- 2023 We Are Still Here as Ken
- 2024 The Moogai as Ray Boy
- 2021 Good Night as Man
- 2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Black Thumb
- 2024 He Ain't Heavy as Daniel
- 2017 Blight as Criminal
- 2017 OtherLife as Byron Finbar
- 2018 The Decadent and Depraved as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter
- 2016 Ghost as Yawang
- 2019 Between Two Lines as Burt
- 2019 Dark Place
- 2019 Killer Native as Blackfella
- 2017 Nobody's Child as Boxer
- 2013 Yagan as Yagan
- 2021 Moon Rock for Monday as Johnny
- 2022 Blueback as Briggs
- 2025 Kangaroo as Nick
- 2017 Dirt Tin as Sam
- Soon Twice Over
- 2018 Wrong Kind of Black ( 4 episodes ) as Monty Pryor
- 2019 KGB ( 5 episodes ) as Jack
- 2022 Mystery Road: Origin ( 6 episodes ) as Sputty
- 2016 Wanted ( 5 episodes ) as Hamish
- 2020 Stateless ( 6 episodes ) as Sully
- 2014 ANZAC Girls ( 3 episodes ) as Private Billy Tinker
- 2024 Territory ( 6 episodes ) as Nolan Brannock
- 2021 The Newsreader ( 1 episode ) as Deano Prince
- Soon Guilt ( 1 episode )
- 2015 The Secret River ( 2 episodes ) as Greybeard's Warrior #1
- 2025 Reckless ( 4 episodes ) as Roddy
