Actor profile

Ryan Kwanten

28th November 1976 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Acting

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 series Them as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in Kindred, a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Kwanten, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

36 Movies 17 TV Shows 1 In Production 55 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Seven Snipers poster

Seven Snipers 30th April 2026 as Phillips

Primitive War poster

Primitive War 21st August 2025 as Baker

The Portrait poster

The Portrait 20th October 2023 as Alex

Head Count poster

Head Count 29th September 2023 as Sawyer

Section 8 poster

Section 8 23rd September 2022 as Jake Atherton

Glorious poster

Glorious 21st July 2022 as Wes

Loveland poster

Loveland 17th March 2022 as Jack

2067 poster

2067 1st October 2020 as Jude Mathers

Kill Chain poster

Kill Chain 20th February 2020 as Ericson

Supercon poster

Supercon 27th April 2018 as Matt Wheeler

The Hurricane Heist poster

The Hurricane Heist 28th February 2018 as Breeze

Who Gets the Dog? poster

Who Gets the Dog? 13th September 2016 as Clay Lonnergan

Edge poster

Edge 5th November 2015 as Harknett

Blunt Force Trauma poster

Blunt Force Trauma 5th October 2015 as John

Blinky Bill the Movie poster

Blinky Bill the Movie 21st August 2015 as Blinky Bill (voice)

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken poster

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken 12th March 2015 as Jan 'Cat' Boellard

Northmen: A Viking Saga poster

Northmen: A Viking Saga 23rd October 2014 as Conall

Rio, I Love You poster

Rio, I Love You 12th September 2014 as Jai Arnott (segment "Acho que Estou Apaixonado")

True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps poster

True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps 15th June 2014 as Self

Flight 7500 poster

Flight 7500 16th May 2014 as Brad Martin

Reach Me poster

Reach Me 14th March 2014 as Jack Burns

Knights of Badassdom poster

Knights of Badassdom 21st January 2014 as Joe

The Right Kind of Wrong poster

The Right Kind of Wrong 11th October 2013 as Leo Palamino

Mystery Road poster

Mystery Road 15th August 2013 as Pete Barry; William Smith

Not Suitable For Children poster

Not Suitable For Children 12th July 2012 as Jonah

Griff the Invisible poster

Griff the Invisible 1st March 2011 as Griff

Red Hill poster

Red Hill 5th November 2010 as Shane Cooper

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 10th July 2010 as Kludd (voice)

Don't Fade Away poster

Don't Fade Away 2nd February 2010 as Jackson White

The Making of Dead Silence poster

The Making of Dead Silence 26th June 2007 as Self

Dead Silence poster

Dead Silence 16th March 2007 as Jamie Ashen

Flicka poster

Flicka 20th October 2006 as Howard McLaughlin

America Brown poster

America Brown 28th October 2005 as America 'Ricky' Brown

Liquid Bridge poster

Liquid Bridge 22nd May 2003 as Nick McCallum

The Junction Boys poster

The Junction Boys 14th December 2002 as Claude Gearheart

Signal One poster

Signal One 24th October 1994 as Kid

Kindred poster

Kindred 13th December 2022 as Thomas Weylin

Them poster

Them 9th April 2021 as George Bell

Creepshow poster

Creepshow 26th September 2019 as Alex (segment "The Right Snuff")

The Oath poster

The Oath 8th March 2018 as Steve Hammond

Apollo Gauntlet poster

Apollo Gauntlet 8th July 2017 as Superknife

The Eric Andre Show poster

The Eric Andre Show 20th May 2012 as Self

New Girl poster

New Girl 20th September 2011 as Oliver

True Blood poster

True Blood 7th September 2008 as Jason Stackhouse

Summerland poster

Summerland 1st June 2004 as Jay Robertson

Tru Calling poster

Tru Calling 30th October 2003 as Jake Voight

The Handler poster

The Handler 26th September 2003

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Dominic Pruitt

Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord poster

Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord 1st September 1997 as Josh

Water Rats poster

Water Rats 12th February 1996 as Nipper

Echo Point poster

Echo Point 5th June 1995 as Nathan Potter

Spellbinder poster

Spellbinder 9th January 1995 as Josh

Home and Away poster

Home and Away 18th January 1988 as Vinnie Patterson

Dead Howling poster

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Dead Howling 30th October 2026 as Reynolds