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English actor
Jonathan Ryan
Born Irish
Occupation Actor Years active 1972–present
Jonathan Ryan is an Irish actor.
Ryan has also played
Gerry Adams and
Proinsias De Rossa on screen.
Biography
As a pupil at
C.B.C. Monkstown in 1963, Jonathan played rhythm guitar and shared vocals in the Rhythm & Blues band ROOTZGROOP, with
Robbie Brennan , Rodney Williams, Dave McAnaney and
Paul Brady .
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Ryan's acting career began while still a full-time student, making his debut playing ‘Dan’ opposite
Lynn Redgrave and
Dan O'Herlihy in A Better Place at Dublin's
Gate Theatre in 1972. He turned full-time in 1978 and since then has worked extensively on stage, in TV, film and radio and has been one of Ireland's busiest voiceover artists for forty-two years.
[2] He has recorded TV and radio commercials for clients worldwide, winning several awards for his work in this field.
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Filmography
Stokes in
The Outsider (1980), starring
Sterling Hayden
The priest in
Bob Quinn 's
Budawanny (1987)
Gibson in
Taffin (1988), starring
Pierce Brosnan
Jimmy Reardon in
Patriot Games (1992), starring
Harrison Ford
Scottish Prison Governor in
In the Name of the Father (1993), starring
Daniel Day-Lewis
Broken Harvest (1994) as Narrator
Goldsmith in
Moll Flanders (1996), starring
Morgan Freeman and
Robin Wright Penn
Hamish MacDonald in
Kidnapped , starring
Armand Assante
Gerry Adams in
Omagh (2004), starring Gerry McSorley
The Major in John Vaughan's Valour (2006), starring Dave Duffy
The Teacher in John Vaughan's My Dad (2007), starring
Michael Liebmann and Jack Ryan
The Father in
The Portrait (2007), with
Catherine Steadman
Proinsias De Rossa in Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust (TV movie)
Sergeant Kenefick in
Grabbers 2012 (post-production), starring
Richard Coyle
Howard Wakefield in Chasing Leprechauns 2012 (TV movie) (post-production)
Television
Theatre
Jacob Milne in
Night and Day – at the
Abbey Theatre –
Dublin Theatre Festival 1981
Bob in
The Silver Dollar Boys – at the Peacock and Abbey Theatres
Guildenstern in
Michael Bogdanov 's production of
Hamlet – at the Abbey Theatre
Archer in
The Beaux Stratagem – at the Abbey Theatre
Miles in
The Death and Resurrection of Mister Roche – at the Abbey Theatre
Dan in
A Better Place – at the
Gate Theatre
The Gentleman Caller in
The Glass Menagerie – at the Gate Theatre
Giovanni in Innocence (The Life of Caravaggio) – at the Gate Theatre
Aslak and Balloon in
Peer Gynt – at the Gate Theatre
Tigellinus in
Salomé – at the Gate Theatre (Toured to the
Edinburgh Festival and
Spoleto Festival USA in
Charleston , South Carolina)
Bill Sikes in the Noel Pearson/Cameron Mackintosh production of
Oliver! – at the Olympia Theatre
Abanazar in
Aladdin – at the
Olympia Theatre
Gaston Laschailles in
Gigi! – at the
Gaiety Theatre
Oscar Lindquist in
Sweet Charity – at the Gaiety Theatre
Mortimer Brewster in
Arsenic and Old Lace – at the Gaiety Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival 1985
Bogart in
Woody Allen 's
Play it again, Sam – at the Eblana Theatre
Marlowe in
Paddy Meegan 's Kiss n'Tell – at the Andrew's Lane Theatre
Liam in
Liam Liar – at the
Pavilion and
Oscar Theatres
Joe Fell in
I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell – at the Oscar Theatre
Mister Toad in
Toad of Toad Hall – at the Oscar Theatre
Paul Sheldon in
Stephen King 's
Misery , with
Helen Norton – on Irish national tour.
We Do It for Love ,
The Colleen Bawn ,
The Cuchulainn Cycle , The Evangelist ,
A Midsummer Night's Dream and
Grease – all at the
Lyric Theatre Belfast.
Benvolio in
Romeo and Juliet , with The Dublin Theatre Festival production on tour to the City Theatre Hong Kong.
Performed
The Durkan Suite , accompanied by composer
Bill Whelan and the
London Chamber Orchestra .
Adolf in
Roger Doyle 's
Adolf Gebler Clarinettist , with the
RTÉ Concert Orchestra – both at the
National Concert Hall Dublin
Awards
The Irish International Advertising Awards Festival :
Premier (Individual) Craft Award –
Individual Craft Award.
The Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD) Awards :
Individual Craft Award for Best Performance on Radio or TV –
Individual Award for Exceptional Merit –
Individual Craft Award.
References
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