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 Misérables. 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.

In the 2015 production of Thérèse 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

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	Mick Rawson
2014-15	Constantine	John Constantine	Lead role; 13 episodes
2015	Arrow	John Constantine	Guest role; 1 episode

Video games

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

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