Ryan Hurst

Ryan Hurst
Hurst at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International.
Born	Ryan Douglas Hurst (1976-06-19) June 19, 1976 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Ryan Douglas Hurst (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor who perhaps most notably starred as Harry "Opie" Winston, an outlaw motorcycle club member in Kurt Sutter's FX production Sons of Anarchy through season 1 until mid season 5. And as Allison's half-brother, Michael, in the show Medium. He also played the role of football player Lump Hudson in The Ladykillers, appeared in the movie We Were Soldiers as Sgt. Savage, and starred in the TNT show Wanted. In Saving Private Ryan, Hurst portrays a paratrooper who, because of temporary hearing loss, cannot understand Captain Miller's questions about sighting Private Ryan which forces Miller (played by Tom Hanks) to ask the questions in writing.

Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, and Rick Hurst, an actor. Hurst attended Santa Monica High School.

Filmography

• The Postman (1997) - Eddie March
• Patch Adams (1998) - Neil
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Paratrooper Michaelson
• Rules of Engagement (2000) - Captain Hustings
• Remember the Titans (2000) - Gerry Bertier
• Venus and Mars (2001) - Roberto
• We Were Soldiers (2002) - Sgt. Ernie Savage
• Lone Star State of Mind (2002) - Tinker
• The Ladykillers (2004) - Lump Hudson
• Noble Things (2006) - Kyle Collins
• Chasing the Green (2008) - Ross Franklin
• Rango (2011) - Jedidiah

Television appearances

• Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) - Crunch Grabowski
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994) - Student Actor
• Campus Cops (1995) - Wayne Simko
• JAG (1995) - Dirk Grover
• Boston Common (1996) - Nikolai
• Wings (1996) - Barry
• L.A. Doctors - Kevn Raives
• The Woman Every Man Wants - Guy
• Taken (2002) - Tom Clarke
• Touched by an Angel (2002) - Doug
• John Doe (2002) - Elvis Braithwaite
• Dr. Vegas (2004) - Steve
• House (2005) - Sam
• Wanted (2005) - ATF Field Agent Jimmy McGloin
• Medium (2005, 2006, 2007) - Michael 'Lucky' Benoit
• Everwood - Ed Carnahan
• CSI: Miami - Miami Dade Police Officer - Episode 506 "Curse of the Coffin"
• Raines (2007) - Marko
• Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012) - Opie Winston
• Mad TV (2008)
• Law and Order: SVU (2011) Doug Loveless - Episode 267 "Bombshell

External links

• Ryan Hurst at IMDb
• RamboDonkeyKong on Twitter