Clarence Ryan
Actor
Clarence Ryan’s latest screen roles include MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN 2 and the feature film KANGAROO.
His recent film and television credits are plenty including: ABC’S THE NEWSREADER; Netflix series TERRITORY; and feature films FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA; THE MOOGAI directed by Jon Bell; and, HE AIN’T HEAVY directed by David Vincent Smith.
He has also been seen in BLUEBACK directed by Robert Connolly and the ABC series MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN, for which he was nominated for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 2023 Logie Awards.
In 2007, he starred opposite Mia Wasikowska in the inaugural Tropfest feature film, SEPTEMBER, directed by Peter Carstairs. Clarence’s performance as‘ Paddy’in the film earned him an AFI Young Actor Award nomination.
His other feature film credits are THE DECADENT AND DEPRAVED and OTHERLIFE. His short film credits include MOON ROCK FOR MONDAY, KILLER NATIVE which premiered at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, JADAI, BETWEEN TWO LINES,BLIGHT, BOURKE BOY, YOU’LL DO and THE TENDER DARK.
Clarence earned the NZWebFest International Narrative Award for Best Actor for his role in the International Emmy nominated series THE WRONG KIND OF BLACK for the ABC. His other television credits include STATELESS, WANTED, KGB, Stan’s series WOLF CREEK, CLEVERMAN, THE SECRET RIVER, ANZAC GIRLS, STORMWORLD, DEAD GORGEOUS, SERANGOON ROAD,YAGAN and LOCKIE LEONARD. Clarence won Best Newcomer and was nominated for Best Actor at the Performing Arts of Western Australia Awards for his performance in the Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s KING HIT and was named as one of the Casting Guild of Australia’s Rising Stars for 2021.
