Clarence John Ryan
Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor. 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.
Ryan played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black, was a co-lead in September and featured in a segment of We Are Still Here.
He played a lead in Lockie Leonard, as well as in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, appeared in the second season of Cleverman and in the third series of Mystery Road.
Other featured roles include the film Blueback (film); the historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan; and the 2014 stage production of 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.
For his performance in September he was nominated for 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.
Acting
Movie
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as Black Thumb
2024
Movie
OtherLife
as Byron Finbar
2017
TV
Stateless
as Sully
2020
TV
Wanted
as Hamish
2016
TV
Territory
as Nolan Brannock
2024
TV
The Newsreader
as Deano Prince
2021
Movie
Blueback
as Briggs
2022
Movie
Kangaroo
as Nick
2025
TV
Mystery Road: Origin
as Sputty
2022
TV
The Secret River
as Greybeard's Warrior #1
2015
Movie
The Moogai
as Ray Boy
2024
TV
ANZAC Girls
as Private Billy Tinker
2014
Movie
Moon Rock for Monday
as Johnny
2021
TV
Wrong Kind of Black
as Monty Pryor
2018
Movie
September
as Paddy Parker
2007
Movie
Dark Place
2019
Movie
Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären
as Bataa
2006
Movie
We Are Still Here
as Ken
2023
Movie
He Ain't Heavy
as Daniel
2024
TV
Reckless
as Roddy
2025
Movie
Killer Native
as Blackfella
2019
Movie
Yagan
as Yagan
2013
Movie
Good Night
as Man
2021
Movie
Blight
as Criminal
2017