Ryan Kwanten
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Acting Credits
Biography
Ryan Christian Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series Summerland, portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond. In 2021, he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology serie...
Known For
Filmography
Seven Snipers
2026
as Phillips
Dead Howling
2026
as Reynolds
Primitive War
2025
as Baker
Head Count
2023
as Sawyer
The Portrait
2023
as Alex
Section 8
2022
as Jake Atherton
Glorious
2022
as Wes
Loveland
2022
as Jack
Kindred
2022
as Thomas Weylin
Them
2021
as George Bell
2067
2020
as Jude Mathers
Kill Chain
2019
as Ericson
Creepshow
2019
as Alex (segment "The Right Snuff")
Supercon
2018
as Matt Wheeler
The Hurricane Heist
2018
as Breeze
The Oath
2018
as Steve Hammond
Apollo Gauntlet
2017
as Superknife
Who Gets the Dog?
2016
as Clay Lonnergan
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
2015
as Jan 'Cat' Boellard
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
as Blinky Bill (voice)
Blunt Force Trauma
2015
as John
Edge
2015
as Harknett
Reach Me
2014
as Jack Burns
Flight 7500
2014
as Brad Martin
Knights of Badassdom
2014
as Joe
Northmen: A Viking Saga
2014
as Conall
Rio, I Love You
2014
as Jai
True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps
2014
as Self
The Right Kind of Wrong
2013
as Leo Palamino
Mystery Road
2013
as Pete Barry; William Smith
Not Suitable For Children
2012
as Jonah
The Eric Andre Show
2012
as Self
Griff the Invisible
2011
as Griff
New Girl
2011
as Oliver
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Kludd (voice)
Don't Fade Away
2010
as Jackson White
Red Hill
2010
as Shane Cooper
True Blood
2008
as Jason Stackhouse
Dead Silence
2007
as Jamie Ashen
The Making of Dead Silence
2007
as Self
Flicka
2006
as Howard McLaughlin
America Brown
2005
as America 'Ricky' Brown
Summerland
2004
as Jay Robertson
Liquid Bridge
2003
as Nick McCallum
The Handler
2003
Tru Calling
2003
as Jake Voight
The Junction Boys
2002
as Claude Gearheart
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dominic Pruitt
Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord
1997
as Josh
Water Rats
1996
as Nipper
Echo Point
1995
as Nathan Potter
Spellbinder
1995
as Josh
Signal One
1994
as Kid
Home and Away
1988
as Vinnie Patterson