Ryan Kwanten

Biography

Ryan Christian Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series Summerland, portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond. In 2021, he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series Them as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in Kindred, a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Kwanten, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Seven Snipers

New Girl

True Blood

Home and Away

Tru Calling

Water Rats

Primitive War

All Movies (38)

• Dead Howling2026 · as Reynolds
• Seven Snipers2026 · as Phillips
• Primitive War2025 · as Baker
• The Portrait2023 · as Alex
• Head Count2023 · as Sawyer
• Section 82022 · as Jake Atherton
• Glorious2022 · as Wes
• Loveland2022 · as Jack
• 20672020 · as Jude Mathers
• Kill Chain2020 · as Ericson
• Supercon2018 · as Matt Wheeler
• The Hurricane Heist2018 · as Breeze
• Who Gets the Dog?2016 · as Clay Lonnergan
• Edge2015 · as Harknett
• Blunt Force Trauma2015 · as John
• Blinky Bill the Movie2015 · as Blinky Bill (voice)
• Kidnapping Mr. Heineken2015 · as Jan 'Cat' Boellard
• Northmen: A Viking Saga2014 · as Conall
• Rio, I Love You2014 · as Jai Arnott (segment "Acho que Estou Apaixonado")
• True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps2014 · as Self
• Flight 75002014 · as Brad Martin
• Reach Me2014 · as Jack Burns
• Knights of Badassdom2014 · as Joe
• The Right Kind of Wrong2013 · as Leo Palamino
• Mystery Road2013 · as Pete Barry; William Smith
• Not Suitable For Children2012 · as Jonah
• Griff the Invisible2011 · as Griff
• Red Hill2010 · as Shane Cooper
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010 · as Kludd (voice)
• Don't Fade Away2010 · as Jackson White
• The Making of Dead Silence2007 · as Self
• Dead Silence2007 · as Jamie Ashen
• Flicka2006 · as Howard McLaughlin
• America Brown2005 · as America 'Ricky' Brown
• Liquid Bridge2003 · as Nick McCallum
• The Junction Boys2002 · as Claude Gearheart
• Signal One1994 · as Kid
• Devil Inside—

All TV Shows (17)

• Kindred2022 · as Thomas Weylin
• Them2021 · as George Bell
• Creepshow2019 · as Alex (segment "The Right Snuff")
• The Oath2018 · as Steve Hammond
• Apollo Gauntlet2017 · as Superknife
• The Eric Andre Show2012 · as Self
• New Girl2011 · as Oliver
• True Blood2008 · as Jason Stackhouse
• Summerland2004 · as Jay Robertson
• Tru Calling2003 · as Jake Voight
• The Handler2003
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dominic Pruitt
• Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord1997 · as Josh
• Water Rats1996 · as Nipper
• Echo Point1995 · as Nathan Potter
• Spellbinder1995 · as Josh
• Home and Away1988 · as Vinnie Patterson