Colin Ryan (actor)

Colin Ryan (born 23 June 1986) is an English actor, best known for the BBC's series Leonardo[1] as a young Lorenzo de' Medici.

Colin Ryan
Born (1986-06-23) 23 June 1986
Birmingham, England, UK
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
Known forLeonardo

Early life and education

Ryan was born in Birmingham, England, on 23 June 1986. His father is from Birmingham and his mother is Thai and Chinese.[2]

Ryan trained at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduated in 2009. His first job after graduation was with Rufus Hound in sci-fi comedy Hounded for CBBC. He also did the pilot for BBC Switch comedy Shelfstackers.

Career

Stage roles at drama school include Caiaphas the elder and Simon the Zealot in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Weinberl in On the Razzle and Ariel in The Tempest.

Other stage credits include the Ghost of Christmas Past at Birmingham REP and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, a contemporary opera at Theatre Royal Stratford East. The story takes place in the aftermath of the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles, and covers the reactions of all characters to the event. The main characters are seven young Americans all living in Los Angeles but from different social and ethnic backgrounds. In 2011, he was cast as Lorenzo de' Medici in the program Leonardo.[3][4] The first series of Leonardo was shot on location in South Africa throughout the second half of 2010. A second series was completed on location in Cape Town and aired in 2012.

Work

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010ShelfstackersDanPilot
HoundedBarry/Buck13 episodes
2012LeonardoLorenzo de' Medici26 episodes (main character)
2017Doctor WhoHarryEpisode: "Knock Knock"
2021Death in ParadiseJamie Santisuk1 episode: Episode 7

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Last Story Yurick Voice
2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Alphinaud Voice
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Alphinaud Voice
2019 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Alphinaud Voice

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2010 I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky Rick Theatre Royal Stratford East
2012 Deadkidsongs Peter Theatre Royal, Bath
2013 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Royal & Derngate
2013 The Lightning Child Soldier Shakespeare's Globe
2013 Macbeth Donalbain/Fleance/Young Macduff Shakespeare's Globe
2014 Wendy & Peter Pan Tom Royal Shakespeare Company
2015 Love's Sacrifice Giacapo Royal Shakespeare Company
2015 The Jew of Malta Don Mathias Royal Shakespeare Company
2015 Volpone Peregrine Royal Shakespeare Company
2017 Snow in Midsummer Handsome Zhang Royal Shakespeare Company
2017 The Secret Theatre Thomas Phelippes Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
2019 Edward II Spencer Junior[5] Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

References
  1. Mason, Tom. "Leonardo On CBBC". Comix 411. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. Russell, Charlotte. "An Interview with Colin Ryan". Redbrick. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. "Leonardo - Behind the Scenes with Colin Ryan". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. BBC, Press Office. "Leonardo: Colin Ryan plays Lorenzo". Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  5. "Edward II: Cast & Creatives". Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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