Clarence John Ryan
Known for Acting
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.
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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
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · as Black Thumb
OtherLife
2017 · as Byron Finbar
Kangaroo
2025 · as Nick
Blueback
2022 · as Briggs
Good Night
2021 · as Man
He Ain't Heavy
2024 · as Daniel
Dirt Tin
2017 · as Sam
The Moogai
2024 · as Ray Boy
Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären
2006 · as Bataa
September
2007 · as Paddy Parker
We Are Still Here
2023 · as Ken
Killer Native
2019 · as Blackfella
Moon Rock for Monday
2021 · as Johnny
Blight
2017 · as Criminal
Dark Place
2019
Ghost
2016 · as Yawang
Twice Over
Nobody's Child
2017 · as Boxer