Colin Ryan (actor)
Colin Ryan | |
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Born |
Birmingham, England, UK | 23 June 1986
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Known for | Leonardo |
Colin Ryan (born 23 June 1986) is an English actor, best known for the BBC's series Leonardo[1] as a young Lorenzo de' Medici.
Early life and career
Ryan was born in Birmingham, England, on 23 June 1986. His father is from Birmingham and his mother is Thai and Chinese.[2]
Ryan trained at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduated in 2009. His first job after graduation was with Rufus Hound in sci-fi comedy Hounded for CBBC. He also did the pilot for BBC Switch comedy Shelfstackers.
Stage roles at drama school include Caiaphas the elder and Simon the Zealot in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Weinberl in On the Razzle and Ariel in The Tempest.
Other stage credits include the Ghost of Christmas Past at Birmingham REP and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, a contemporary opera at Theatre Royal Stratford East. The story takes place in the aftermath of the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles, and covers the reactions of all characters to the event. The main characters are seven young Americans all living in Los Angeles but from different social and ethnic backgrounds. In 2011, he was cast as Lorenzo de' Medici in the program Leonardo.[3] The first series of Leonardo was shot on location in South Africa throughout the second half of 2010. A second series was completed on location in Cape Town and aired in 2012.
Work
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Shelfstackers | Dan | Pilot |
Hounded | Barry/Buck | 13 episodes | |
2012 | Leonardo | Lorenzo de' Medici | 26 episodes (main character) |
2017 | Doctor Who | Harry | Episode: "Knock Knock" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | The Last Story | Yurick | Voice |
2015 | Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward | Alphinaud | Voice |
2017 | Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood | Alphinaud | Voice |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky | Rick | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
2012 | Deadkidsongs | Peter | Theatre Royal, Bath |
2013 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puck | Royal & Derngate |
2013 | The Lightning Child | Soldier | Shakespeare's Globe |
2013 | Macbeth | Donalbain/Fleance/Young Macduff | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2014 | Wendy & Peter Pan | Tom | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2015 | Love's Sacrifice | Giacapo | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2015 | The Jew of Malta | Don Mathias | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2015 | Volpone | Peregrine | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2017 | Snow in Midsummer | Handsome Zhang | Royal Shakespeare Company |
2017 | The Secret Theatre | Thomas Phelippes | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse |
References
- ↑ Mason, Tom. "Leonardo On CBBC". Comix 411. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ↑ Russell, Charlotte. "An Interview with Colin Ryan". Redbrick.
- ↑ BBC, Press Office. "Leonardo: Colin Ryan plays Lorenzo". Retrieved 28 March 2011.
External links
- Colin Ryan on IMDb