---
name: "Ryan McParland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ryan-mcparland"
fi1m_id: "ryan-mcparland"
imdb_id: "nm3130001"
tmdb_id: 1291970
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T01:06:31.118386+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ryan McParland

## Identity

Ryan McParland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ryan-mcparland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ryan-mcparland
- **IMDb ID:** nm3130001
- **TMDB ID:** 1291970
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3130001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291970

Actor. Born in Northern Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (3), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3130001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291970

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Survivalist*](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ryan McParland is an Irish actor from Northern Ireland. He began performing in youth theatre and made his professional stage debut in Belfast. In 2014 he was nominated for Best Actor at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for his role in David Ireland’s *Summertime* at the MAC.

His screen credits include the raider in *The Survivalist* (2015), a lackey in *Tale of Tales* (2015), Fangs in *Good Vibrations* (2012), Jonjo in *Derry Girls* (2018), Needles in *Calm with Horses* (2020), Dr Adun Saly in *Halo* (2022), and roles in *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017) and *The Gentlemen* (2024). Recent work includes Chaïm Soutine in *Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness* (2024) and appearances in *Say Nothing* (2024) and the forthcoming *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, belfasttelegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Feargal — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *Halo* (2022), Fi1m 52, as Dr. Adun Saly — [page](https://film.one/tv/halo.md)
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Needles — [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Derry Girls* (2018), Fi1m 83, as Jonjo — [page](https://film.one/tv/derry-girls.md)
- *The Survivalist* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Crossbow Raider — [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)
- *Good Vibrations* (2012), Fi1m 77, as Fangs — [page](https://film.one/film/good-vibrations.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), series, as Feargal — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *Pushers* (2025), series, as Ewen
- *Old Guy* (2024), as Doug
- *Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness* (2024), as Chaïm Soutine
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, as Zammo
- *Grime Kids* (2023), series, as Cuz
- *Ballywalter* (2023), as Pizza Phil
- *Disability Benefits* (2022), as Ewen
- *Halo* (2022), series, as Dr. Adun Saly — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/halo.md)
- *Gateway* (2021), as Tex
- *Rough* (2020), Actor
- *The Invisible Boy* (2020), Actor
- *Cold Courage* (2020), series, as Sam
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), as Needles — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Doing Money* (2019), as Robbie
- *Kissing Candice* (2018), as Conor
- *Derry Girls* (2018), series, as Jonjo — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/derry-girls.md)
- *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), as Patrick
- *Boots on the Ground* (2017), as Swiftee
- *Daphne* (2017), as Jay
- *My Mother and Other Strangers* (2016), series, as Mickey Joe Hanlon
- *Fractured City* (2016), Actor
- *Cuffs* (2015), series, as Jez Glough
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), as Lackey
- *Hunters Fall* (2015), as Xav
- *The Survivalist* (2015), as Crossbow Raider — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)
- *SLR* (2013), as Anorak
- *Good Vibrations* (2012), as Fangs — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/good-vibrations.md)
- *6Degrees* (2012), series, as Christopher Leech
- *Eleven Missing Days*, Actor

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