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name: "Ryan Paynter"
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# Ryan Paynter

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor

## Biography

Ryan Paynter is an American actor, director and writer. He has appeared in guest roles on several television series, including as the Teen in the 2021 miniseries *Dopesick*, the Dying Teen in *Stranger Things* (2022 episode), and Patrick Cole in *Vice Principals* (2016).

Paynter's other credits include recurring roles in *Me* (2024) as Aleister Morris and *Murdaugh: Death in the Family* (2025) as Anthony Cook, as well as film appearances such as Young Ray in *The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat* (2024) and Ivan Brewer in *I Win* (2024). He wrote, directed and starred in the short film *A Dose of You* (2024), which won the People's Choice Award at the Fuquay Film Festival. He discovered an interest in performing through a community play while in elementary school.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dopesick* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Teen — [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)

## Also known for

- *Vice Principals* (2016), Patrick Cole

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