Thomas Jay Ryan
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{short description|American actor (born 1962)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Thomas Jay Ryan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|August 1, 1962}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| education = Carnegie Mellon University
| occupation = Actor
}}
Thomas Jay Ryan (born August 1, 1962){{citation needed|date=June 2023}} is an American actor.{{cite news|url=http://www.sdreader.com/php/mvdisplay.php?&id=HENRYFOO|title=Henry Fool|accessdate=May 18, 2007|author=Duncan Shepherd|author-link=Duncan Shepherd|year=1998|newspaper=San Diego Reader}} He may be best known for his starring role in the 1997 film Henry Fool.
Early life and education
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ryan attended Carnegie Mellon University and has worked in such theaters as the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. In addition, he has worked with avant garde playwright Richard Foreman and has played roles ranging from Dracula to Degas.{{cite web|url=http://www.devine-ent.com/shows/artists/d-degas.shtml|title=Thomas Jay Ryan: Edward Degas in "Degas and the Dancer"|accessdate=May 18, 2007|publisher=Devine Entertainment Corporation}}
Career
Ryan had supporting roles in a variety of films, including Teknolust, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Book of Life, Dream Boy, and the sequels to Henry Fool, Fay Grim (2007) and Ned Rifle (2014).{{IMDb name|id=0752876|name=Thomas Jay Ryan}}
He played pioneering gay activist Harry Hay in the initial production of the play The Temperamentals in 2009 in New York.{{cite web|last=BWW News Desk|title=Out Magazine 'Out 100' Includes Four TEMPERAMENTALS, Gavin Creel, Neil Patrick Harris & More|website=Broadway World|date=November 16, 2009|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Out_Magazine_Out_100_Includes_Four_TEMPERAMENTALS_20091116|accessdate=November 17, 2009}} In 2016, Ryan played Thomas Putnam in Ivo van Hove's production of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway.[http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/nytg16/crucible558028.htm "The Crucible sets new first preview and opening dates"] by Tom Millward, New York Theatre Guide, February 5, 2016 In 2019 he appeared in the off-Broadway play Eureka Day.{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2019 |title=Tina Benko Stars in Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day Off-Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/tina-benko-stars-in-jonathan-spectors-eureka-day-off-broadway |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=Playbill}}
From August 8-25 2023, Ryan performed as Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya, a off-off broadway production in an unmarked Manhattan loft. He replaced Bill Irwin, who had performed the role earlier in the summer. {{cite news |last1=Marks |first1=Peter |title=Review {{!}} In a busy New York summer, it's a Chekhov play that burns hottest |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2023/07/14/uncle-vanya-chekhov-new-york/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=14 July 2023}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1997
|Henry Fool | |
| 1998
| |
| 2000
|Spec Hammond | |
| 2001
|Dischord |Jimmy | |
| 2002
|New World Order |Zeus | |
| 2002
|Preacher | |
| 2004
|Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |Frank | |
| 2005
|Uncredited | |
| 2005
|The Pigs |Larry Wemuth | |
| 2006
|Henry Fool | |
| 2007
| |
| 2007
|Dr. Perry | |
| 2008
|Harland Davies | |
| 2008
|South of Heaven |Hood 2 | |
| 2009
|My Sweet Misery |Psychologist | |
| 2014
|Henry Fool | |
| 2014
|Sabbatical |Dan Keaton | |
| 2015
|Gideon | |
| 2015
|Stan Colvins | |
| 2016
|Dmitri Sokurov | |
| 2018
|Dedalus |Older unrequited lover |Part 2 of triptych |
| 2018
|My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea |Principal Grimm |Voice |
| 2020
|The Return of Tragedy |Chef de la police | |
| 2021
|Nicholas |Voice |
| 2021
|Scenes from an Empty Church |Father James | |
| 2021
|Ghostwritten |Martin | |
| 2024
|Arnot Pickens | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1998
|Degas and the Dancer | rowspan="2" |Edward Degas | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1999
|Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist |
| 2012
|Ken Whitman |Episode: "Dead Mans's Switch" |
| 2014
|{{N/a}} |Episode: "Rat on a Cheeto" |
| 2016
|Ed Janoway |Episode: "Targets" |
| 2017
|Judge Carter Metcalf |Episode: "Love Lost" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0752876|name=Thomas Jay Ryan}}
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- {{iobdb name|2121}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/theater/thomas-jay-ryan-embraces-a-comfortably-unpredictable-acting-career.html "Thomas Jay Ryan Embraces a Comfortably Unpredictable Acting Career"] by Alexis Soloski, The New York Times, October 11, 2015
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