Portrait of Clarence John Ryan

Clarence John Ryan

Acting

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.

Filmography

2025
Kangaroo

as Nick

2024
The Moogai

as Ray Boy

2024
Territory

as Nolan Brannock

2024
2024
2022
Blueback

as Briggs

2021
2021
The Newsreader

as Deano Prince

2020
Stateless

as Sully

2019
KGB

as Jack

2019
Killer Native

as Blackfella

2018
Wrong Kind of Black

as Monty Pryor

2018
The Decadent and Depraved

as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter

2017
OtherLife

as Byron Finbar

2017
Blight

as Criminal

2017
Dirt Tin

as Sam

2017
2016
Ghost

as Yawang

2016
Wanted

as Hamish

2015
The Secret River

as Greybeard's Warrior #1

2014
ANZAC Girls

as Private Billy Tinker

2007
September

as Paddy Parker