Ryan Pinkston

Ryan Pinkston
Born Ryan James Pinkston
(1988-02-08) February 8, 1988
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation Actor, model
Years active 2002-present
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Ryan James Pinkston (born February 8, 1988) is an American actor and model. He was a cast member on Punk'd and played Billy Hunkee in Soul Plane.

Life and career

Pinkston was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the son of Linda and Mark Pinkston.[1][2] He is of partial Greek descent.[3][4] Pinkston appeared on Star Search at the age of twelve and was subsequently a cast member on Ashton Kutcher's MTV show Punk'd. (He bears no relation to Rob Pinkston, another Punk'd alumnus.)

He starred in the sitcom Quintuplets; his older brother, Aaron, made guest appearances on the show. He graduated from River Hill High School[5] in Clarksville, Maryland, in 2006.

Full of It opened on March 2, 2007; in the film, he plays a high school senior who lies to become popular. The film also premiered on ABC Family on September 16, 2007, and was released on DVD on September 25, 2007. He appeared in Lionsgate's College in 2008, alongside Drake Bell and Andrew Caldwell. He also appeared in Hannah Montana, which came out in 2008. His role is Connor, a friend of Oliver, and Miley falls for him, but later finds out how short he is and dumps him.

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Arnold
Bad Santa Shoplifter
2004 Soul Plane Billy Hunkee
One Night in Ryan Ron Jeremy
2007 Full of It Samuel "Sam/Chapstick/Bridge Cable" Leonard
2008 College Fletcher
Foreign Exchange Dave
Extreme Movie Mike
2010 BoyBand Greg
2011 Cougars, Inc. Jimmy Rissoli
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Arnold
2016 Undrafted Jonathan Garvey
Television films
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Go Sick Little Timmy
Straight-to-DVD
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Adventures in Online Dating Brando
2010 I Owe My Life to Corbin Bleu Pinkston
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004–2005 Quintuplets Patton Chase Main cast
2010 Tower Prep Gabe Forrest
2015 Clipped Ben
Television guest appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Punk'd Himself
2006 Teachers Logan
Veronica Mars Danny Rossow
2007 How I Met Your Mother Kyle (1 episode) "First Time in New York"
2008 Out of Jimmy's Head Donny Ironsides (1 episode) "Stunt"
Hannah Montana Connor (1 episode) "Killing Me Softly with His Height"
2009 Party Down Dennis
Bones Eli Rounder (1 episode) "The Beaver in the Otter"
In the Motherhood Syd
2010 10 Things I Hate About You Yearbook photographer 2
2012 House of Lies Alex Katz-Nelson (1 episode) "Mini-Mogul"
2018 Will & Grace Officer Drew (3 episodes) "The Wedding", "Staten Island Fairy", "One Job"

References

  1. ↑ Youth wins talent contest in vote of Internet users He's found best in dance in Ed McMahon's search; accessed January 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ Your guide to Howard County, Maryland, baltimoresun.com; accessed January 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "OnTV: Pinkston shoots from the lip on MTV series". M.naplesnews.com. 2004-11-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  4. ↑ Ryan's Message Board Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine., CompuVisions.net; accessed January 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Page, Lane (June 3, 2015). "Brothers, Howard natives, moved to Hollywood to follow their dreams". Howard County Times. Retrieved 2018-04-20. He made friends and learned the showbiz routine, but he came home to graduate with his River Hill High School class.
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