Clarence John Ryan
Known For
Acting
Born
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.
Most Known For
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as Black Thumb
Wanted
as Hamish
The Newsreader
as Deano Prince
Stateless
as Sully
Blueback
as Briggs
Mystery Road: Origin
as Sputty
Territory
as Nolan Brannock
The Secret River
as Greybeard's Warrior #1
Blight
as Criminal
OtherLife
as Byron Finbar
Ghost
as Yawang
Kangaroo
as Nick
Dirt Tin
as Sam
Good Night
as Man
ANZAC Girls
as Private Billy Tinker
Reckless
as Roddy
Wrong Kind of Black
as Monty Pryor
The Moogai
as Ray Boy
KGB
as Jack
