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Clarence John Ryan

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.

Known For

Acting

2025

Kangaroo as Nick

2024

The Moogai as Ray Boy
He Ain't Heavy as Daniel
Territory as Nolan Brannock

2023

2022

Blueback as Briggs

2021

Good Night as Man
The Newsreader as Deano Prince

2020

Stateless as Sully

2019

Killer Native as Blackfella
KGB as Jack

2018

The Decadent and Depraved as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter
Wrong Kind of Black as Monty Pryor

2017

Blight as Criminal
OtherLife as Byron Finbar

2016

Ghost as Yawang
Wanted as Hamish

2014

ANZAC Girls as Private Billy Tinker

2013

Yagan as Yagan

2007

September as Paddy Parker

2006