Matt Ryan (actor)

Ryan was born in Swansea, Wales, as Matthew Darren Evans, the son of Steve and Maria Evans.^[2] He attended Penyrheol Comprehensive School before moving on to Gorseinon College,^[2] where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic^[2] in 2003 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004.^[3]

When he was 10,^[4] Ryan appeared as Gavroche in the West End production of Les Misérables. He played Mick Rawson on the CBS series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a character that had been introduced in the Criminal Minds episode "The Fight".^[1]

In 2013, he performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway in Ubisoft Montreal's video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.^[5][6][7] In February 2014, it was announced that Ryan was cast as John Constantine in NBC's pilot for Constantine,^[8] starring in all 13 episodes of the series' only season. He reprised his role in a crossover episode of The CW's Arrow,^[9] as well as the 2017 animated film Justice League Dark.^[10][11] On 8 January 2017, The CW announced an animated series, Constantine: City of Demons, on the CW Seed app, with Ryan confirmed to voice Constantine once again.^[12] Ryan later reprised the role in Legends of Tomorrow, initially appearing in several episodes of the third season,^[13][14] before he was promoted to series regular for the fourth season.^[15]

In the 2015 production of Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54, Ryan played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Gabriel Ebert.^[3][16] In August 2017, he appeared on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in the play Knives in Hens by David Harrower and directed by Yaël Farber.

In 2026, Ryan reprised his role as Edward Kenway in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, a remake of the 2013 video game, and hosted its worldwide reveal showcase.^[17][18]