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Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976 ) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n actor
Acting

Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a Fictional character and, usually, Speech communication or singing the written text or Play ....
.

Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. He began acting on the television shows A Country Practice
A Country Practice

A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
 and Spellbinder
Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord

Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord is a teen, preteen and children's television series, and a sequel to Spellbinder . Both series deal with children travelling between parallel universes, although the only common characters between the two series are Ashka , and her sidekick Gryvon ....
. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
 Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
, playing lifeguard
Lifeguard

File:RedYellowFlag.jpgA lifeguard is a person responsible for overseeing the safety of the users of a body of water and its environs, such as a swimming pool, a water park, or a beach....
 Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol
Sex symbol

A sex symbol is a celebrity of either gender, typically an actor, musician, Supermodel, teen idol, or sports star who is found to be sexual attraction by the public or by a substantial niche audience....
. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father.

Moving to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in the Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin

Lori Anne Loughlin is an United States television actress. She is best known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis on the American Broadcasting Company family series Full House....
-starring series Summerland
Summerland (TV series)

Summerland is an United States television series that aired on the defunct television network The WB. The series ran from June 1, 2004 to July 18, 2005....
, which ran from 2004 to 2005.






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Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976 ) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n actor
Acting

Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a Fictional character and, usually, Speech communication or singing the written text or Play ....
.

Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. He began acting on the television shows A Country Practice
A Country Practice

A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
 and Spellbinder
Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord

Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord is a teen, preteen and children's television series, and a sequel to Spellbinder . Both series deal with children travelling between parallel universes, although the only common characters between the two series are Ashka , and her sidekick Gryvon ....
. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
 Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
, playing lifeguard
Lifeguard

File:RedYellowFlag.jpgA lifeguard is a person responsible for overseeing the safety of the users of a body of water and its environs, such as a swimming pool, a water park, or a beach....
 Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol
Sex symbol

A sex symbol is a celebrity of either gender, typically an actor, musician, Supermodel, teen idol, or sports star who is found to be sexual attraction by the public or by a substantial niche audience....
. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father.

Moving to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in the Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin

Lori Anne Loughlin is an United States television actress. She is best known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis on the American Broadcasting Company family series Full House....
-starring series Summerland
Summerland (TV series)

Summerland is an United States television series that aired on the defunct television network The WB. The series ran from June 1, 2004 to July 18, 2005....
, which ran from 2004 to 2005. He most recently appeared in the films Flicka
Flicka

Flicka is a 2006 in film film adapted from the 1941 children's novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara . The film is directed by Michael Mayer ....
, with Maria Bello
Maria Bello

Maria Elena Bello born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA,is a Golden Globe-nominated United States actor....
, Alison Lohman
Alison Lohman

Alison Marion Lohman is an United States actress. She made her mark on Hollywood in 2002 with a leading role in the drama White Oleander . She has since starred in several Hollywood films, including Matchstick Men , Big Fish and Flicka....
 and Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw

Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an United States country music singer and actor. With many of his albums and singles topping the country music charts, Tim has achieved total album sales in excess of 40 million units....
, and Dead Silence
Dead Silence

Dead Silence is a 2007 in film horror film from the creators of Saw , James Wan and Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as the main protagonist, Jamie Ashen, Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Jim Lipton and Judith Roberts as Mary Shaw....
, a horror movie in which he played the leading role. Kwanten has also been cast as Jason Stackhouse in True Blood
True Blood

True Blood is an Television in the United States Drama created and Executive producer#Television by Alan Ball . It is based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris....
, a television series based on Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris is a The New York Times New York Times Best Seller list author who has been writing Mystery fiction for over twenty years....
' Southern Vampire Mysteries, also starring Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin

Anna Helene Paquin is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-nominated, New Zealander actress. Her breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994....
, Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer

Stephen Moyer is an England actor. He may be best known for his current role as List_of_True_Blood_characters#Bill_Compton in the HBO series True Blood....
, Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsg?rd is a Swedish people actor and director. He is the son of My Guenther, a doctor, and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsg?rd, and a brother to Gustaf Skarsg?rd....
 and Sam Trammell. Ryan Kwanten also made an appearance in a Law and Order: SVU
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American drama television program about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department....
 episode that aired on December 2, 2008, in which he portrays US Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing Military power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver Marine Air-Ground Task Force....
 Master Sargeant Dominic Pruitt who is (falsely) accused of raping and murdering a fellow marine and her unborn baby.

Filmography

  • "Tru Calling
    Tru Calling

    Tru Calling is an United States television program, filmed in Vancouver, Canada, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company in October 2003....
    "
  • "The Handler"
  • The Junction Boys (2002) (TV) .... Claude Gearheart
  • "Water Rats
    Water Rats

    Water Rats may refer to:*the Australian TV series Water Rats *the animal Water Rat*the British charity Grand Order of Water Rats*a nickname given to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, during the Second World War...
    "
  • "Echo Point
    Echo Point

    Echo Point is an Australian television soap opera produced by Southern Star Productions for Network Ten in 1995.The series was devised as an attempt by the Ten Network to rival the opposition soap Home and Away on the Seven Network....
    " (1995) TV series .... Nathan Potter
  • "Hey Dad..!
    Hey Dad..!

    Hey Dad..! is an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network....
    "
  • "G.P."
  • "A Country Practice
    A Country Practice

    A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
    "
  • Signal One (1994), Kid
  • Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord
    Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord

    Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord is a teen, preteen and children's television series, and a sequel to Spellbinder . Both series deal with children travelling between parallel universes, although the only common characters between the two series are Ashka , and her sidekick Gryvon ....
     (1997), Josh Morgan
  • Home and Away
    Home and Away

    Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
     (1997-2002), Vinnie Patterson
    Vinnie Patterson

    Vincent 'Vinnie' Patterson was a fictional character on the Australian television soap opera series Home and Away. The character was played by actor Ryan Kwanten....
     – TV series
  • Liquid Bridge (2003), Nick McCallum
  • Summerland
    Summerland

    Summerland can refer to:...
     (2004-2005), Jay Robertson – TV series
  • America Brown (2005), Ricky Brown
  • Flicka
    Flicka

    Flicka is a 2006 in film film adapted from the 1941 children's novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara . The film is directed by Michael Mayer ....
     (2006), Howard McLaughlin
  • Dead Silence
    Dead Silence

    Dead Silence is a 2007 in film horror film from the creators of Saw , James Wan and Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as the main protagonist, Jamie Ashen, Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Jim Lipton and Judith Roberts as Mary Shaw....
     (2007), Jamie Ashen
  • Don't Fade Away
    Don't Fade Away

    Don't Fade Away is an upcoming 2009 in film coming of age drama film starring Ja Rule and Mischa Barton. The film has been produced by Origin Entertainment Group and was shot in New York and North Carolina....
     (2008), Jackson White
  • True Blood
    True Blood

    True Blood is an Television in the United States Drama created and Executive producer#Television by Alan Ball . It is based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris....
     (2008), Jason Stackhouse – TV series


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