Ryan Hurst
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ryan Hurst
| image = Ryan Hurst in 2017.jpg
| caption = Hurst in 2017
| birth_name = Ryan Douglas Hurst
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|19}}
| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1993–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Molly Cookson|2005}}
| parents = Rick Hurst (father)
}}
Ryan Douglas Hurst, also known as Gobind Seva Singh{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-23-et-stage23-story.html|title=Same inmates, different asylum in this 'Nest'|work=Los Angeles Times|first=F. Kathleen|last=Foley|date=July 23, 2004}} (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans (2000) and Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012). He portrayed the Norse god Thor in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination.{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/games/awards/2023-nominations|title=2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations|publisher=BAFTA|date=2 March 2023|access-date=2 March 2023}} He also portrayed "Lil Foster" Farrell in the Outsiders (2016–2017) and Beta in the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2019–2020).
Early life
Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, who currently runs the Candace Kaniecki (Herman) Acting School, and Rick Hurst, an actor best known for playing "Deputy Cletus Hogg" in The Dukes of Hazzard.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/95/Ryan-Hurst.html|title=Ryan Hurst Biography (1976-)|publisher=FilmReference.com|access-date=January 13, 2016}} He attended Santa Monica High School.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1803242657/bio|title=Ryan Hurst Biography|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=January 13, 2016}}
Career
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class.{{cite web|url=http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/ryan-hurst/biography.html|title=Ryan Hurst Biography|publisher=Yahoo! Movies Canada|access-date=January 13, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102002347/https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/ryan-hurst/biography.html|archive-date=January 2, 2015}} In the 1998 epic war film Saving Private Ryan, Hurst portrayed Michaelson, a paratrooper who, despite a temporary hearing loss, is able to communicate to Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) the approximate location of Private Ryan. In 2000, Hurst followed this with a role in Rules of Engagement and the central supporting role of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans. Additionally, he appeared in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002) as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium.
Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy. Originally a recurring cast member in the first season, he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to SAMCRO to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango. He also stars in the WGN America series Outsiders. In August 2018, it was announced that he would star as Beta on AMC's The Walking Dead.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-ryan-hurst-cast-as-beta-1137739|title='The Walking Dead' Adds 'Sons of Anarchy' Star as Key Comic Book Villain|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Josh|last=Wigler|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018}} His debut episode, "Guardians", premiered on March 3, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-walking-dead-ryan-hurst-beta-interview/|title=The Walking Dead{{'}}s Ryan Hurst Breaks Down Beta's Imposing Arrival|work=TV Guide|first=Liam|last=Mathews|date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019}}
In 2022, Hurst voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and also provided the motion-capture.
In December 2024, Hurst was announced as a cast member in independent drama Out Come The Wolves based on the Rancid 1995 album of the same name.{{cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, Taryn Manning, Ryan Hurst Join Punk Indie Drama ‘Out Come the Wolves’ (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/giancarlo-esposito-harold-perrineau-out-come-the-wolves-1236084175/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=December 11, 2024}}
Personal life
Hurst and Molly Cookson met in 1994 and married in May 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.icouldlivehere.org/2013/07/a-tour-of-ryan-hursts-woodland-hills.html|title=A Tour of Ryan Hurst's Woodland Hills House|publisher=ICouldLiveHere.org|date=July 26, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/26/sons-of-anarchy-ryan-hurst-opie/|title='Son of Anarchy' star Ryan Hurst shaves his beard on camera for fans|work=Entertainment Weekly|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=November 26, 2012}} Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes.{{cite web|url=http://www.zillow.com/blog/sons-of-anarchy-star-buys-woodland-hills-home-127631/|title='Sons of Anarchy' Star Buys Woodland Hills Home|publisher=Zillow.com|first=Catherine|last=Sherman|date=July 18, 2013}} In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California, for $1.71 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/18/sons-of-anarchy-ryan-hurst-new-house-million/|title='Sons of Anarchy' Star Ryan Hurst - Drops $1.7 Million ... On Mansion To Die For|publisher=TMZ|date=July 18, 2013}}
He converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/rambodonkeykong/|title=Ryan Hurst Instagram with Sikh name|publisher=Instagram|access-date=January 13, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thethings.com/ryan-hurst-sons-of-anarchy-facts/|title = 10 Things You Didn't Know About Ryan Hurst on Sons of Anarchy|date = September 16, 2020}}
Filmography
=Film=
| snowfall class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| Eddie March | |
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| Neil | |
| Saving Private Ryan
| Paratrooper Michaelson | |
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Captain Hustings | |
| Remember the Titans
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Perfect Lover | Guy | |
| Venus and Mars
| Roberto | |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Sgt. Ernie Savage | |
| Lone Star State of Mind
| Tinker | |
| 2004
| Lump Hudson | |
| 2006
| Noble Things | Kyle Collins | |
| 2008
| Ross Franklin | |
| 2011
| Rango | Jedidiah |Voice |
| 2013
| CBGB | Mad Mountain | |
| 2018
| Hank | |
| 2020
| Lobo |Voice |
| 2023
| Larry | |
| TBA
| {{Pending film|The Odyssey}} | | Filming |
{{pending films key}}
=Television=
| snowfall class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Crunch Grabowski | 2 episodes |
| 1994
| Student Actor | Episode: "Divas" |
| 1995–1996
| Wayne Simko | 9 episodes |
| 1995
| JAG | Dirk Grover | Episode: "Shadow" |
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| Nikolai | 2 episodes |
| Wings
| Barry | Episode: "Too Beautiful for You" |
| 1999
| Kevn Raives | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Doug | Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel" |
| John Doe
| Elvis Braithwaite | Episode: "Mind Games" |
| Taken
| Adult Tom Clarke | 5 episodes |
| 2004
| Steve | Episode: "All In" |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| House | Sam McGinley | Episode: "The Mistake" |
| Wanted
| Agent Jimmy McGloin | 13 episodes |
| 2005–2007
| Medium | Michael Benoit | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Everwood | Ed Carnahan | Episode: "Across the Lines" |
| CSI: Miami
| Detective Michael Lloyd | Episode: "Curse of the Coffin" |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Raines | Marco | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Heartland
| Mark Evans | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008–2012
| 54 episodes |
| 2011
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Doug Loveless | Episode: "Bombshell" |
| 2013
| Edgar Roy | 10 episodes |
| 2015–2017
| Chick Hogan | 15 episodes |
| 2015
| Axe Cop | Chupacabra | Voice, episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter" |
| 2016–2017
| Li'l "Foster" Farrell | 26 episodes |
| 2019
| Bosch | Hector Bonner | 8 episodes |
| 2019–2020
| rowspan="2" | Beta | Recurring (Season 9) |
| 2019
| Episode: "Today and Tomorrow" (uncredited){{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/was-beta-country-singer-walking-dead-2019-10|title='Fear TWD' had a huge hint about Beta's mysterious identity hiding in plain sight and 'Walking Dead' fans think they’ve already solved who he was before the zombie apocalypse|last=Acuna|first=Kirsten|website=Insider|access-date=December 19, 2019}} |
| 2020–2022
| S.W.A.T. | Terry Luca | 4 episodes |
| 2021–present
| Oliver Ostergaard | TV spinoff of American Satan |
| 2021–2022
| The Mysterious Benedict Society | Milligan | Main role |
| TBA
| TBA | Recurring role |
=Video games=
| snowfall class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2022
| Thor |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{IMDb name|403652}}
{{Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor Series Miniseries or Television Film}}
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