Biography
Ryan Kwanten is an Australian actor and producer. Born on 28 November 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales, he began his career in Australian television with roles in series including A Country Practice and Home and Away, in which he played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002.
After moving to the United States, he appeared in the teen drama series Summerland as Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014 he portrayed Jason Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood. He produced and starred as Steve Hammond in the crime drama series The Oath (2018–2019). Other credits include Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008), New Girl (2012), Them (2021) and Kindred (2022), as well as the films Dead Silence (2007) and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010).
