
Clarence John Ryan
Biography
Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor. Clarence Ryan is the nephew of Trevor Jamieson, which they discovered while filming Lockie Leonard in 2007. He has been acting since he was 14.
Ryan played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black, was a co-lead in September and featured in a segment of We Are Still Here.
He played a lead in Lockie Leonard, as well as in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, appeared in the second season of Cleverman and in the third series of Mystery Road.
Other featured roles include the film Blueback (film); the historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan; and the 2014 stage production of King Hit, which follows the life of Geoffrey Narkle, an Aboriginal man and a member of the Stolen Generations, and his boxing career during reflecting on culture, identity, and finding strength.
For his performance in September he was nominated for 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.
Known For

Film
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Black Thumb
2024

TV
The Newsreader
Deano Prince
2021

TV
Wanted
Hamish
2016

TV
Territory
Nolan Brannock
2024

TV
Stateless
Sully
2020

Film
Blueback
Briggs
2022

TV
ANZAC Girls
Private Billy Tinker
2014

Film
Moon Rock for Monday
Johnny
2021

TV
KGB
Jack
2019

Film
Kangaroo
Nick
2025

TV
Mystery Road: Origin
Sputty
2022

Film
OtherLife
Byron Finbar
2017

TV
The Secret River
Greybeard's Warrior #1
2015

TV
Reckless
Roddy
2025
TV
Guilt

TV
Wrong Kind of Black
Monty Pryor
2018

Film
Good Night
Man
2021

Film
September
Paddy Parker
2007

Film
Ghost
Yawang
2016

Film
The Moogai
Ray Boy
2024
Filmography
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