Ryan Pinkston

Ryan James Pinkston (born February 8, 1988) is an American actor and model. He was a cast member on Punk'd, he played Arnold in the Spy Kids films, and played Billy Hunkee in Soul Plane.

Ryan Pinkston
Born
Ryan James Pinkston

(1988-02-08) February 8, 1988
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationActor, model
Years active2002–present
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Life and career

Pinkston was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the son of Linda and Mark Pinkston.[1] He is of partial Greek descent.[2][3] Pinkston appeared on Star Search at the age of twelve and was subsequently a cast member on Ashton Kutcher's MTV show Punk'd. (He bears no relation to Rob Pinkston, another Punk'd alumnus.)

He starred in the sitcom Quintuplets; his older brother, Aaron, made guest appearances on the show. He graduated from River Hill High School[4] in Clarksville, Maryland, in 2006.

Full of It opened on March 2, 2007; in the film, he plays a high school senior who lies to become popular. The film also premiered on ABC Family on September 16, 2007, and was released on DVD on September 25, 2007. He appeared in Lionsgate's College in 2008, alongside Drake Bell and Andrew Caldwell. He also appeared in Hannah Montana, which came out in 2008. His role is Connor, a friend of Oliver, and Miley falls for him, but later finds out how short he is and dumps him.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Arnold
2003 Bad Santa Shoplifter
2004 Soul Plane Billy Hunkee
2004 One Night in Ryan Ron Jeremy
2007 Full of It Sam "Chapstick/Bridge Cable" Leonard
2008 College Fletcher
2008 Foreign Exchange Dave
2008 Extreme Movie Mike
2009 Adventures in Online Dating Brando Direct-to-video
2010 I Owe My Life to Corbin Bleu Pinkston Direct-to-video
2010 BoyBand Greg
2011 Cougars, Inc. Jimmy Rissoli
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Arnold
2015 See You in Valhalla Pauly Paparazzo
2016 Undrafted Jonathan Garvey
2018 Delirium Keith

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Go Sick Little Timmy TV Movie
2003 Punk'd Himself
2004–2005 Quintuplets Patton Chase Main role
2006 Teachers Logan Episode: "Golf"
2006 Veronica Mars Danny Rossow Episode: "President Evil"
2007 How I Met Your Mother Kyle Episode: "First Time in New York"
2008 Out of Jimmy's Head Donny Ironsides Episode: "Stunt"
2008 Hannah Montana Connor Episode: "Killing Me Softly with His Height"
2009 Party Down Dennis Episode: "California College Conservative Union Caucus"
2009 Bones Eli Rounder Episode: "The Beaver in the Otter"
2009 In the Motherhood Syd Episodes: "Bully" and "Where There's a Will There's a Wake"
2010 10 Things I Hate About You Yearbook photographer 2 Episode: "Don't Trust Me"
2010 Tower Prep Gabe Forrest Main role, 13 episodes
2011 The Deefenders Doug Christensen Episode: "Nevada v. Doug the Mule"
2012 House of Lies Alex Katz-Nelson Episode: "Mini-Mogul"
2012 Ben and Kate Sam Episode: "Career Day"
2015 Clipped Ben Main role, 10 episodes
2016 The Skinny Stuart Episodes: "Squad", "Control" and "Bigger"
2016 Mary + Jane Trent Episode: "MarijuanaCon"
2016 Young & Hungry Leo Episode: "Young & Sofia"
2018–2019 Will & Grace Officer Drew 8 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2004 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast[upper-alpha 1] Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Nominated

Notes
  1. Shared with Bobby Edner, Courtney Jines, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega and Robert Vito

References
  1. Respers, Lisa (2 August 2000). "Youth wins talent contest in vote of Internet users He's found best in dance in Ed McMahon's search". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  2. Morrow, Terry (18 November 2004). "OnTV: Pinkston shoots from the lip on MTV series". Naples News. Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. "Ryan's Message Board". RyanPinkston.com. CompuVisions.net. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  4. Page, Lane (June 3, 2015). "Brothers, Howard natives, moved to Hollywood to follow their dreams". Baltimore Sun. Howard County Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018. He made friends and learned the showbiz routine, but he came home to graduate with his River Hill High School class.
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