Kevin Ryan (actor)
Irish actor (born 1984)
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Kevin John Ryan (born 20 June 1984) is an Irish actor, known for his television roles in the TV series Copper and Crossbones.
Early life
Ryan was born in Dublin, Ireland,[1][2] He comes from a family of stonecutters, as a young man, Ryan completed a stonecutting apprenticeship, but his own interests were in the dramatic arts.[2] He attended Terenure College.[2]
Career
Initially Ryan was a professional dancer, but decided to pursue acting.[2] He moved to Hollywood, where he trained in the Stanislavski system of method acting.[2] His most notable roles are Francis Maguire in Copper, Finnegan in Crossbones and Patrick Ryan in Guilt.[1][2] He also played John Pitcairn in History Channel's show “Sons of Liberty”
Personal life
Ryan was married to Dedee Pfeiffer from 2009 to 2012.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Bully | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Entourage | Ed Thomas | TV series – Episode: "Aquamom" (scenes deleted, as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2007 | Young Folks | Steve | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2008 | Days of Our Lives | Sean | TV series – Two episodes (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2008 | Greg and Emilia | Carter | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2009 | The Tub | n/a | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2009 | Laredo | Charlie | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2010 | Life-ers | TV movie (as Kevin J. Ryan) | |
| 2010 | ForePlay: The Movie | Evan | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2011 | Tumbling | Steven | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2011 | 1 Nighter | Gerry | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2012 | Raw | Chris | TV series (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2012 | Songs For Amy | J.J. Fitzgerald | Independent film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2012 | Paddy's in the Boot | Connor Quinn | Short film (as Kevin J. Ryan) |
| 2012–2013 | Copper | Detective Francis Maguire | TV series |
| 2014 | Crossbones | John Finnegan | TV series |
| 2014 | The Guru & the Gypsy | Ben | Film (as Kevin J. Ryan) (post-production) |
| 2015 | Sons of Liberty | John Pitcairn | miniseries |
| 2016 | Guilt | Patrick Ryan | TV series |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time | Robert | TV series |
Awards
Ryan was voted one of Ireland's sexiest Irish men (he was voted #70 in Social & Personal's sexiest Irish men 2008 and voted #59 in 2009).