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Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor.

Early life and family

Clarence Ryan is the nephew of Trevor Jamieson, which they discovered while filming Lockie Leonard in 2007.

He has been acting since he was 14.

Career

Ryan was a co-lead in the 2007 film September and in the same year played a lead role in the TV series Lockie Leonard. He also starred in the 2012 historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan.

In 2014 he performed on stage in King Hit, which follows the life of Geoffrey Narkle, an Aboriginal man and a member of the Stolen Generations, and his boxing career during reflecting on culture, identity, and finding strength.

Ryan played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black, released in 2018 as a web series and telemovie, created, written, and narrated by the Aboriginal author and storyteller, Boori Monty Pryor, on whose life it is based.

He appeared in the second season of Cleverman in 2017. In 2020 he starred in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, and in 2022 he appeared in the third series of Mystery Road. On 23 November 2024, ABC had announced that a second season of Mystery Road: Origin was in production and Ryan would reprise his role as Sputty.

In 2022 he featured in a segment of We Are Still Here. and in 2023, in the film Blueback (film).

Ryan plays the mechanic Black Thumb in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, released in March 2024, and in October 2024 plays an ambitious Indigenous cattle station owner in the Netflix series Territory.

Accolades

For his performance in September he was nominated for the 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

1. "WA actor and Flickerfest star Trevor Jamieson on the unique power of storytelling". X-Press Magazine - Entertainment in Perth. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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3. Lowing, Rob (2 December 2007), "A delicate tale to savour of youth at crossroads - Reviews", The Sun Herald
4. Laurie, Victoria (16 June 2007), "Puberty blonde", The Australian
5. "Yagan brought to life", Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette, 27 November 2012
6. Prior, Flip (27 April 2012), "Documentary marks life of Noongar warrior", The West Australian
7. MacNaughton, Tanya (2 September 2014), "Actor packs a punch", Guardian Express
8. "King Hit packs a punch". The West Australian. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
9. King Hit | Interview with Clarence Ryan, 15 September 2014, retrieved 26 September 2023
10. "King Hit". Austlit. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
11. Latimore, Jack (5 August 2018), "Wrong Kind of Black: Boori Monty Pryor's quirky web series a return to 70s Australia", The Guardian
12. Scronin (29 June 2017), "Cleverman in a battle for survival", Sunshine Coast Daily
13. Knowles, Rachel (2 April 2020). "Hilarious and heartfelt: the searing new series from the Perth suburbs". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
14. Northover, Kylie (30 June 2022), "Five stars: ABC's new Mystery Road crime series is as cinematic as TV gets", The Sydney Morning Herald
15. Knox, David (23 November 2024). "Filming underway on Mystery Road: Origin S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
16. Stratton, David (18 February 2023), "Brief encounters just a taste", The Australian
17. Harvey, Dennis (21 January 2023), "'Blueback' Review: Mia Wasikowska and Radha Mitchell Lead an Aussie Drama Built on Inter-Species Friendship", Variety
18. Morgan, Stephen (29 May 2024). "'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' does little to address the franchise's frustrating attitude towards Australia's dark past". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024.
19. Gbogbo, Mawunyo (24 October 2024). "Netflix's Territory zeroes in on dysfunctional family dynasty". ABC News. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
20. French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
21. Vrajlal, Alicia. "Women Of Colour & First Nations People Are Finally Getting The Logies Recognition They Deserve". Refinery 29. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
22. Kelly, Vivienne (19 June 2023), "Logie Awards 2023: Full List of Nominees Revealed", Variety

External links

• Clarence Ryan at IMDb

• Living people
• Indigenous Australian male actors
• Australian male stage actors
• Australian male television actors
• Australian male film actors
• 21st-century Australian male actors