Matt Ryan (actor)
{{short description|Welsh actor (born 1981)}}
{{EngvarB|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Matt Ryan At Wales Comic-Con Homecoming Wrexham 2022.jpg
| caption = Ryan at Wales Comic-Con Homecoming Wrexham 2022
| name = Matt Ryan
| birth_name = Matthew Darren Evans
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|04|11}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| alma_mater = Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 2001–present
}}
Matthew Darren Evans (born 11 April 1981), known professionally as Matt Ryan, is a Welsh actor. He is known for portraying Edward Kenway in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, John Constantine in NBC's Constantine and The CW's Arrowverse, as well as voicing the character in the DC Animated Movie Universe and its spin-off web series Constantine: City of Demons.
Early life
Ryan was born in Swansea, Wales as Matthew Darren Evans, the son of Steve and Maria Evans.{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Price|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/welsh-actor-reunites-jude-law-6314089|title=Welsh actor reunites with Jude Law for major stage drama|publisher=walesonline.co.uk|date=18 November 2013|access-date=17 December 2017}} He attended Penyrheol Comprehensive School before moving on to Gorseinon College, where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic in 2003 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004.
Career
When he was 10,{{Cite web|url=http://sciencefiction.com/2019/01/07/matt-ryan-constantine/|title=Exclusive: 'Legends' star Matt Ryan talks Constantine, character's LGBTQ importance, and his passion for Shakespeare and the stage|date=2019-01-07|website=ScienceFiction.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-07}} 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".{{cite news|last=Price|first=Karen|title=Understudy ready to rise to the Hamlet challenge|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2009/06/29/understudy-ready-to-rise-to-the-hamlet-challenge-91466-24006690/|access-date=2 April 2011|newspaper=Western Mail|date=29 June 2009|location=Cardiff, Wales}}
He performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway in Ubisoft Montreal's video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkQ8aARr2M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/cWkQ8aARr2M |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=San Diego Comic-Con Panel Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag [North America]|author=AssassinsCreed|via=YouTube|date=26 July 2013|access-date=2 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite AV media|author = PlayStation|date = 30 August 2013|publisher = YouTube|title =
In the 2015 production of Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Gabriel Ebert.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/news/matt-ryan-judith-light-broadway-therese-raquin-1201515825 |title=Matt Ryan of Constantine, Judith Light Join Keira Knightley on Broadway |first=Gordon |last=Cox |work=Variety|date=10 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Therese-Raquin.aspx|title=Thérèse Raquin|publisher=Roundabout Theatre Company|access-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713144206/http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Therese-Raquin.aspx|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead}}
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.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2002
| Pocket Money | Johnny | Short film |
| 2004
| Junkie 2 | |
| 2007
| Seth | Direct-to-video |
| 2008
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Gerry | |
| 2011
| Flypaper | Rupert Gates | |
| 2013
| Edward Sterling | |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Heart of Lightness | Stranger | |
| 500 Miles North
| John Hogg | |
| 2015
| John Con Noir | John Constantine (voice) | Short film |
| 2016
| Away | Dex | |
| 2017
| John Constantine (voice) | |
| 2018
| Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie | John Constantine / Constantine Demons (voice) | |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Adverse | Jake | |
| Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
| rowspan="3" | John Constantine (voice) | |
| 2022
| Constantine: The House of Mystery | Short film |
| 2024
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Gilly | |
| 2004
| Tonker | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| {{sortname|The|Tudors}} | 3 episodes |
| Consenting Adults
| Charley Bullard | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Dale | Episode: "Meat" |
| HolbyBlue
| Frankie | Season 2, episode 7 |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Bugler | Television film |
| Collision
| Dave Brown | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| 2010
| rowspan="2" | Mick Rawson | Episode: "The Fight" |
| 2011
| Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | |
| 2014–2015
| rowspan="2" | John Constantine | Main role; 13 episodes |
| 2015
| Arrow | Episode: "Haunted" |
| 2017
| {{sortname|The|Halcyon}} | Joe O'Hara |
| rowspan="2" | 2017–2022
| rowspan="2" | Legends of Tomorrow | John Constantine | Recurring role (season 3);{{Cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2017/10/09/legends-of-tomorrow-constantine-matt-ryan-season-3/ |title=Legends of Tomorrow: Matt Ryan's Constantine to Visit in Season 3 |last=Gelman |first=Vlada |date=9 October 2017 |website=TVLine |access-date=2019-01-27}} main role (season 4–season 6); 47 episodes |
| Gwyn Davies
|Main role (season 7); 9 episodes |
| 2018–2019
| John Constantine / Constantine Demons (voice) | Web series; main role |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Batwoman | rowspan="3" | John Constantine | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two"{{cite magazine |last=Agard |first=Chancellor |title='Batwoman' crossover recap: DC's past and present collide in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' |url=https://ew.com/recap/batwoman-season-1-episode-9/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 9, 2019}} |
| {{sortname|The|Flash|dab=2014 TV series}}
| Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three" |
| 2022
| Episode: "It's a Swamp Thing"; voice role |
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Play
! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Role ! scope="col"| Theatre ! scope="col"| Director |
|---|
| scope="row"| Small Change
| align="center"| 2008 | Gerard |
| scope="row"| Hamlet
| align="center"| 2009 | Horatio | Donmar production at the Wyndham's Theatre |
| scope="row"| Look Back in Anger
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2012 | Cliff |
| scope="row"| The Tempest
| Caliban |
| scope="row"| Henry V
| align="center"| 2014 | Fluellen |
| scope="row"| Therese Raquin
| align="center"| 2015 | Laurent | Roundabout Theatre, Broadway | Evan Cabnet |
| scope="row"| Knives in Hens
| align="center"| 2017 | Gilbert | Donmar Warehouse |
Video games
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2013
|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag |Voice and motion capture |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Matt Ryan (actor)}}
- {{IMDb name|1790682|Matt Ryan}}
- {{Twitter|mattryanreal}}
- [https://anchor.fm/be-neil/episodes/John-constantine-actor-Matt-Ryan-biography-egjamc Matt Ryan] podcast
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Category:Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Category:Welsh male film actors
Category:Welsh male television actors
Category:British male television actors
Category:21st-century Welsh male actors
Category:Welsh male voice actors
Category:Welsh male video game actors
Category:British male video game actors
Category:Welsh male stage actors
Category:Male actors from Swansea