Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor.

Early life and family

Clarence Ryan is the nephew of

Trevor Jamieson Trevor Jamieson (born 7 March 1975) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actor, playwright, dancer, singer and didgeridoo player. Early life Trevor Jamieson was born on 7 March 1975 in Subiaco, Western Australia (WA). He grew up in th ...

, which they discovered while filming '' Lockie Leonard'' in 2007. He has been acting since he was 14.

Career

Ryan was a co-lead in the 2007 film ''

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'' and in the same year played a lead role in the TV series '' Lockie Leonard''. He also starred in the 2012 historical documentary ''Yagan'', about the

Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...

warrior

Yagan Yagan (; – 11 July 1833) was an Aboriginal Australian warrior from the Noongar people. Yagan was pursued by the local authorities after he killed Erin Entwhistle, a servant of farmer Archibald Butler. It was an act of retaliation aft ...

. In 2014 he performed on stage in ''King Hit'', which follows the life of Geoffrey Narkle, an Aboriginal man and a member of the

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, and his boxing career during reflecting on culture, identity, and finding strength. Ryan played the lead role in ''

Wrong Kind of Black ''Wrong Kind of Black'', originally titled ''Maybe Today'', is an Australian four-part comedy drama series originally released as a telemovie and web series in 2018, and on streaming services in 2020. It was created, written and narrated by the ...

'', released in 2018 as a web series and telemovie, created, written, and narrated by the Aboriginal author and storyteller,

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, on whose life it is based. He appeared in the second season of ''

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'' in 2017. In 2020 he starred in ''KGB'', an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through

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, and in 2022 he appeared in the third series of ''

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''. On 23 November 2024, ABC had announced that a second season of ''Mystery Road: Origin'' was in production and Ryan would reprise his role as Sputty. In 2022 he featured in a segment of '' We Are Still Here''. and in 2023, in the film ''

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''. Ryan plays the mechanic Black Thumb in '' Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'', released in March 2024, and in October 2024 plays an ambitious Indigenous

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owner in the Netflix series ''

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''.

Accolades

For his performance in ''

'' he was nominated for the 2008

AFI Award The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, ...

for Best Young Actor and for his performance in '' Mystery Road: Origin'' he was nominated for the

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for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Clarence Living people Indigenous Australian male actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Australian male film actors 21st-century Australian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)