Jonathan Ryan
Jonathan Ryan | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Jonathan Ryan is an Irish actor, best known to television audiences as Bill Taylor in the soap opera Fair City.
Ryan has also played Gerry Adams and Proinsias De Rossa on screen.
Biography
As a pupil at C.B.C. Monkstown in 1963, Jonathan performed rhythm guitar and vocals in a covers band known as Rootzgroop, whose lineup later included Paul Brady.[1]
Jonathan’s acting career began while still a full-time student, making his debut playing ‘Dan’ opposite Lynn Redgrave and Dan O'Herlihy in A Better Place at Dublin's Gate Theatre in 1972. He turned full-time in 1978 and since then has worked extensively on stage, in TV, film and radio and has been one of Ireland's busiest voiceover artists for almost thirty years.[2] He has recorded TV and radio commercials for clients worldwide, winning several awards for his work in this field.[3]
Filmography
- Stokes in The Outsider (1980), starring Sterling Hayden
- The priest in Bob Quinn's Budawanny (1987)
- Gibson in Taffin (1988), starring Pierce Brosnan
- Jimmy Reardon in Patriot Games (1992), starring Harrison Ford
- Scottish Prison Governor in In the Name of the Father (1993), starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- Broken Harvest (1994) as Narrator
- Goldsmith in Moll Flanders (1996), starring Morgan Freeman and Robin Wright Penn
- Hamish MacDonald in Kidnapped, starring Armand Assante
- Gerry Adams in Omagh (2004), starring Gerry McSorley
- The Major in John Vaughan's Valour (2006), starring Dave Duffy
- The Teacher in John Vaughan's My Dad (2007), starring Michael Liebmann and Jack Ryan
- The Father in The Portrait (2007), with Catherine Steadman
- Proinsias De Rossa in Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust (TV movie)
- Sergeant Kenefick in Grabbers 2012 (post-production), starring Richard Coyle
- Howard Wakefield in Chasing Leprechauns 2012 (TV movie) (post-production)
Television
- Bosco as Bosco (in the pilot series) and Himself as a presenter(RTÉ)
- 'Schooner' Cooney in Bracken (RTÉ)
- Doctor Jerome Hickey in The Irish RM (9 episodes, 1984–1985) Channel 4/RTÉ
- Randall McDonnell in The Year of the French (RTÉ)
- Heinz Fromme in Caught in a Free State (RTÉ)
- Sheridan in Summer Lightning (Channel 4)
- Against All Odds (BBC)
- 27 characters in Twink – RTÉ
- Tom Crowe in The Templewood Murder Mystery – RTÉ
- James Flanigan in Die Glückliche Familie for Süddeutscher Rundfunk (1987)
- Hochzeitreisen ‘Verliebt, Verlobt, Verheiratet’ for Norddeutscher Rundfunk
- Plunkett in Proof II (RTÉ)
- The French Ambassador in Seasons 1 - 3 of The Tudors (Showtime/BBC)
- Greg Hartnett in The Clinic (Season 5) RTÉ/Parallel Films
- Bill Taylor in Fair City (RTÉ)
- Iron Islands Priest in Game of Thrones (HBO)
- Nobleman in Vikings (TV series) (History Channel)
Theatre
- Jacob Milne in Night and Day - at the Abbey Theatre - Dublin Theatre Festival 1981
- Bob in The Silver Dollar Boys - at the Peacock and Abbey Theatres
- Guildenstern in Michael Bogdanov's production of Hamlet - at the Abbey Theatre
- Archer in The Beaux Stratagem - at the Abbey Theatre
- Miles in The Death and Resurrection of Mister Roche - at the Abbey Theatre
- Dan in A Better Place - at the Gate Theatre
- The Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie - at the Gate Theatre
- Giovanni in Innocence (The Life of Caravaggio) - at the Gate Theatre
- Aslak and Balloon in Peer Gynt - at the Gate Theatre
- Tigellinus in Salomé - at the Gate Theatre (Toured to the Edinburgh Festival and Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina)
- Bill Sikes in the Noel Pearson/Cameron Mackintosh production of Oliver! - at the Olympia Theatre
- Abanazar in Aladdin - at the Olympia Theatre
- Gaston Laschailles in Gigi! - at the Gaiety Theatre
- Oscar Lindquist in Sweet Charity - at the Gaiety Theatre
- Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace - at the Gaiety Theatre - Dublin Theatre Festival 1985
- Bogart in Woody Allen's Play it again, Sam - at the Eblana Theatre
- Marlowe in Paddy Meegan's Kiss n'Tell - at the Andrew's Lane Theatre
- Liam in Liam Liar - at the Pavilion and Oscar Theatres
- Joe Fell in I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell - at the Oscar Theatre
- Mister Toad in Toad of Toad Hall - at the Oscar Theatre
- Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery, with Helen Norton - on Irish national tour.
- We Do It for Love, The Colleen Bawn, The Cuchulainn Cycle, The Evangelist, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Grease - all at the Lyric Theatre Belfast.
- Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, with The Dublin Theatre Festival production on tour to the City Theatre Hong Kong.
- Performed The Durkan Suite, accompanied by composer Bill Whelan and the London Chamber Orchestra.
- Adolf in Roger Doyle's Adolf Gebler Clarinettist, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra - both at the National Concert Hall Dublin
Awards
The Irish International Advertising Awards Festival: Premier (Individual) Craft Award - Individual Craft Award.
The Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD) Awards: Individual Craft Award for Best Performance on Radio or TV - Individual Award for Exceptional Merit - Individual Craft Award.