Clarence John Ryan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Black Thumb
- Territory as Nolan Brannock
- The Moogai as Ray Boy
- He Ain't Heavy as Daniel
2023
- We Are Still Here as Ken
2022
- Mystery Road: Origin as Sputty
- Blueback as Briggs
2021
- The Newsreader as Deano Prince
- Moon Rock for Monday as Johnny
- Good Night as Man
2020
- Stateless as Sully
2019
- KGB as Jack
- Between Two Lines as Burt
- Dark Place
- Killer Native as Blackfella
2018
- Wrong Kind of Black as Monty Pryor
- The Decadent and Depraved as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter
2017
- OtherLife as Byron Finbar
- Nobody's Child as Boxer
- Dirt Tin as Sam
- Blight as Criminal
2015
- The Secret River as Greybeard's Warrior #1
2014
- ANZAC Girls as Private Billy Tinker
2013
- Yagan as Yagan
2007
- September as Paddy Parker
2006
- Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären as Bataa