Ryan Kelley

Ryan Kelley Biography

Ryan Jonathan Kelley (born August 31, 1986) is an American actor who is known for his roles in Mean Creek, Prayers for Bobby, and as Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm. His most recent role is as Deputy Jordan Parrish on Teen Wolf

Early life

Kelley was born and raised in a western suburb of Chicago, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He is the fifth eldest of 15 siblings (9 daughters and 6 sons), and was raised as a Lutheran.

When he was two, his mother took him and five of his siblings to Chicago to meet an agent. Kelley started appearing in commercials and gained his first role in a movie when he was in first grade. Due to his job, he was home schooled during his last two years of high school. When he turned 18, he moved to Los Angeles.

Career

In 2002, he had a supporting role in Stolen Summer, which was a film made during Project Greenlight. He also played the role of Ryan James in two episodes of Smallville.

Kelley won an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Mean Creek in 2004. Also in 2004 he played a lead role in the movie The Dust Factory. In 2006, Kelley appeared in the film Letters from Iwo Jima as a marine. He also played Roy, a great-nephew of Butch Cassidy, in Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy.

He played a leading role in the movie Prayers for Bobby alongside Sigourney Weaver, which premiered in January 2009 on Lifetime. In November, he played the role of Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm. In January 2012, Kelley was in the TV movie Sexting in Suburbia, with Liz Vassey and Jenn Proske. In 2014 Kelley joined the cast of the MTV show Teen Wolf as Jordan Parrish, a young deputy whose supernatural nature sparked an ongoing media buzz as neither audience nor Kelley himself knows what sort of creature Parrish is but later found out that he is a Hellhound in the summer finale of season five.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Roommates	Mo
1999	Charming Billy	10-year-old Duane
2002	Stolen Summer	Seamus O'Malley
2002	Stray Dogs	J. Fred Carter
2004	Mean Creek	Clyde
2004	The Dust Factory	Ryan Flynn
2006	Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy	Roy Parker
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima	Marine #2
2007	Still Green	Alan
2015	War Pigs	William York
2016	Lucifer	Peter Matheson
2017	Realms	Bobby	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Early Edition	Tom Stone	Episode: "The Quality of Mercy"
2002	Smallville	Ryan James	guest role; 2 episodes
2005	Boston Legal	Stuart Milch	Episode: "Let Sales Ring"
2008	Cold Case	Curt Fitzpatrick	Episode: "Sabotage"
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Young Derek Reese	Episode: "What He Beheld"
2008	Women's Murder Club	Charlie Gifford	Episode: "And the Truth Will (Sometimes) Set You Free"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Devin Bancroft	Episode: "Life on the Line"
2009	Prayers for Bobby	Bobby Griffith	Television film
2009	Ben 10: Alien Swarm	Ben Tennyson	Television film
2009	Mending Fences	Chuck Bentley	Television film
2009	Law & Order: SVU	Enzo Cook	Episode: "Users"
2009	Destroy Build Destroy	Himself	Episode: "Ben 10: Alien Swarm vs. Dude, What Would Happen"
2012	Sexting in Suburbia	Mark Carey	Television film
2013	Twisted Tales	Buddy	Episode: "Bite"
2014-present	Teen Wolf	Jordan Parrish	Recurring role, 44 episodes
2016	Before You Say I Do	Mike Pryce	Television film

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work
2005	Independent Spirit Awards	Special Distinction Award	Mean Creek
2007	Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival	Best Ensemble	Still Green
2009	Online Film & Television Association Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Prayers for Bobby

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