Matt Ryan


Matt Ryan Biography

Matt Ryan (born Matthew Darren Evans; 11 April 1981) is a British actor from Swansea, Wales, best known as Edward Kenway in the Ubisoft video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and John Constantine in the NBC series Constantine and The CW series Arrow, as well as voicing the character in the 2017 film Justice League Dark.

Early life

Ryan was born in Swansea, the son of Steve, a postman turned record producer, and Maria Evans, a dance teacher. He attended schools in Penyrheol before moving on to Gorseinon College, where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic in 2003 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004.

Career

As a child, Ryan appeared as Gavroche in the West End production of Les Misrables. He played Mick Rawson on the CBS series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a character that had been introduced in the Criminal Minds episode "The Fight". He performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway in Ubisoft Montreal's video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. In February 2014, it was announced that Ryan was cast as John Constantine in NBC's pilot for Constantine. He starred in all 13 episodes of the first and only season. He reprised his role in a crossover episode of Arrow. On January 8th, 2017, the CW announced an animated series of Constantine on the CW Seed app with Ryan confirmed to reprise the character.

In the 2015 production of Thrse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Gabriel Ebert.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2002 Pocket Money Johnny
2004 Layer Cake Junkie 2
2007 Consenting Adults Charley Bullard
2007 Blood Monkey Seth
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Gerry
2009 Wild Decembers Bugler
2011 Flypaper Gates
2012 Armistice Edward Sterling
2013 500 Miles North John Hogg
2017 Justice League Dark John Constantine (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Nuts and Bolts Gilly
2004 Mine All Mine Tonker Season 1, episode 2
2007 The Tudors Richard Pace 2 episodes
2008 HolbyBlue Frankie Season 2, episode 7
2008 Torchwood Dale "Meat"
2010 Criminal Minds Mick Rawson Episode: "The Fight"
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Series Regular; 13 episodes
2014-15 Constantine John Constantine Lead role; 13 episodes
2015 Arrow Guest role; 1 episode
2017 The Halcyon Joe O'Hara 8 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Edward Kenway Voice and motion capture



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