
Clarence John Ryan
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Reckless as Roddy
2025Kangaroo as Nick
2024The Moogai as Ray Boy
2024Territory as Nolan Brannock
2024He Ain't Heavy as Daniel
2024Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Black Thumb
2023We Are Still Here as Ken
2022Blueback as Briggs
2022Mystery Road: Origin as Sputty
2021Good Night as Man
2021The Newsreader as Deano Prince
2021Moon Rock for Monday as Johnny
2020Stateless as Sully
2019KGB as Jack
2019Dark Place
2019Killer Native as Blackfella
2019Between Two Lines as Burt
2018Wrong Kind of Black as Monty Pryor
2018The Decadent and Depraved as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter
2017OtherLife as Byron Finbar
2017Blight as Criminal
2017Dirt Tin as Sam
2017Nobody's Child as Boxer
2016Ghost as Yawang
2016Wanted as Hamish
2015The Secret River as Greybeard's Warrior #1
2014ANZAC Girls as Private Billy Tinker
2013Yagan as Yagan
2007September as Paddy Parker
2006Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären as Bataa
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