
Ryan James Eggold was born on August 10, 1984 in the Southern California city of Lakewood and attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School there, where he participated in many school plays and graduated in 2002. He was subsequently accepted into the University of Southern California's School of Dramatic Arts and granted a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2006. His professional television debut came only months later on The WB's series "Related." Other television credits include FX's "Dirt" (2007) with Courteney Cox and a starring role as Tom Keen in the spin-off series "The Blacklist: Redemption." A feature-length film debut followed in 2011 with the release of "Sironia."
Eggold wrote, directed, produced and scored the film "Literally Right Before Aaron," which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was based on his 2011 short of the same name that follows a young man who attends the wedding of his ex-girlfriend. He would go on to play a supporting role in Spike Lee's "BlacKKKlansman." On stage, Eggold starred in a revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," opposite Alec Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf, at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall in East Hampton, N.Y.

BlacKkKlansman
2018 · as Walter Breachway

Fathers and Daughters
2015 · as John

My Secret Santa
2025 · as Matthew Layne

Evil Genius

The Single Moms Club
2014 · as Peter

Lucky Them
2013 · as Lucas Stone

Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020 · as Ted

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · as Guy from Club

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · as Guy from Club

A Jazzman's Blues
2022 · as Ira

First Dates
2010 · as Tom

Beside Still Waters
2014 · as Daniel

Queen
2010 · as Nikki Holiday

Yellow Face
2025 · as Marcus

Lovesong
2017 · as Leif

Phone Stack
2019 · as The Guy

Junction
2024 · as Jacob

Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021 · as Self