Ryan Clark (actor)

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Clark was raised in the Sydney beachside suburb of Bronte.{{cite web|title=Interview With Ryan Clark… The Boy From Bronte|url=http://thebeast.com.au/people/interview-ryan-clark-boy-bronte/|publisher=The Beast|date=27 September 2013}} He was a member of Bronte Surf Club as a child.

Clark is best known for his role as Sam Marshall in the soap opera Home and Away. He auditioned for the series and secured the role in 1991, shortly after joining an actors agency at the age of seven.{{cite web|url=http://homeandaway.seven.com.au/actors/ryan_clark.asp|title=Ryan Clark|work=Home and Away|publisher=(Seven Network)|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000525213835/http://homeandaway.seven.com.au/actors/ryan_clark.asp|archive-date=25 May 2000}}{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Chad|title=Board-silly soapie star surfed & turfed|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Ryan+Clark&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=NCH0103235UTEI2NALNA|work=The Newcastle Herald|publisher=(Fairfax Media)|access-date=16 January 2012|author2=Barnier, Linda |date=23 March 2001}} Clark was surprised at having been cast, as he had never undertaken acting classes. He was only allowed to film three days a week, so he could continue to attend school. However, he was provided with a tutor on set so he could keep up with his schoolwork.

Clark decided to leave the serial in 2000 in order to pursue a surfing career. He returned to the role in a guest capacity in 2001. In 2005, Clark reprised the role alongside several past cast members to celebrate the serial's 4000th episode.{{cite news |title=Home and Away celebrates 4000 episodes with a special episode to air on Friday |newspaper=The Gold Coast Bulletin |publisher=News Limited|page=6|date=30 June 2005}}{{cite web|url=http://www.backtothebay.net/characters/marshall_sam.shtml|title=Sam Marshall|publisher=Back to the Bay|accessdate=7 February 2010}}

Clark appeared as Pete, an Australian surfer in the 2000 direct-to-video film Our Lips Are Sealed, featuring the Olsen Twins. In 2003, he made a guest appearance in an episode of White Collar Blue,{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/whitecollarblue/series2.html|title=White Collar Blue: episode guide|work=australiantelevision.net|accessdate=9 March 2019|quote=Guest cast: [...] Ryan Clark as Michael Spencer...}} and in 2008, he played a minor role in the Australian film The Black Balloon.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164467/|title=Ryan Clark|work=imdb.com|accessdate=9 March 2019}} In May 2024 after more than a decade away from acting, Clark was named as part of the cast for feature film Kangaroo.{{Cite web |last=Slatter |first=Sean |date=2024-05-15 |title=Ryan Corr, Lily Whiteley hop to it in the NT as Kate Woods' 'Kangaroo' begins production |url=https://if.com.au/ryan-corr-lily-whiteley-hop-to-it-in-the-nt-as-kate-woods-kangaroo-begins-production/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=IF Magazine |language=en-AU}}

In 2003, Clark began working as a Waverley Council lifeguard on Bondi Beach, and since 2006, has featured in the factual television programme Bondi Rescue. As a lifeguard, he is better known by his nickname 'Whippet'.{{cite news|title=Bondi stars love local beaches|url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2009/11/14/bondi-stars-reveal-surfsides-inside/|publisher=Sunshine Coast Daily|date=14 November 2009}}

Clark married wife Gina Brackenridge on 1 September 2012 and together they have three children.{{cite web|last=Davies|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a341252/bondi-rescues-ryan-clark-engaged-to-gina-brackenridge/|title='Bondi Rescue's Ryan Clark engaged to Gina Brackenridge|work=Digital Spy|date=20 September 2011|accessdate=9 March 2019}}{{cite web|last=Lyall|first=Amy|url=https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/entertainment/celebrity-news/the-one-life-skill-bondi-rescues-ryan-clarke-wants-his-kids-to-learn/news-story/fb960d17b34db6dd301c1526af2920bf|title=The one life skill Bondi Rescue's Ryan Clark wants his kids to learn|work=kidspot.com|date=13 March 2018|accessdate=9 March 2019}}

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• [https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/bondi-rescue/cast/ryan-clark Ryan Clark] at tenplay.com.au

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Category:1983 births

Category:Male actors from Sydney

Category:Australian male film actors

Category:Australian male child actors

Category:Australian male soap opera actors

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