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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.

Acting History

2025
Kangaroo
as Nick
The Newsreader
TVas Deano Prince1 eps
Reckless
TVas Roddy
2024
The Moogai
as Ray Boy
Territory
TVas Nolan Brannock
2022
Blueback
as Briggs
2020
Stateless
TVas Sully
2019
Killer Native
as Blackfella
KGB
TVas Jack
2018
The Decadent and Depraved
as Coen/Aboriginal Hunter
Wrong Kind of Black
TVas Monty Pryor
2017
OtherLife
as Byron Finbar
Blight
as Criminal
Dirt Tin
as Sam
2016
Ghost
as Yawang
Wanted
TVas Hamish
2015
The Secret River
TVas Greybeard's Warrior #12 eps
2014
ANZAC Girls
TVas Private Billy Tinker3 eps
2013
Yagan
as Yagan
2007
September
as Paddy Parker

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Gender
Male