
Clarence John Ryan
Clarence Ryan is an Australian actor. Clarence Ryan is the nephew of Trevor Jamieson, which they discovered while filming Lockie Leonard in 2007. He has been acting since he was 14.
Ryan played the lead role in Wrong Kind of Black, was a co-lead in September and featured in a segment of We Are Still Here.
He played a lead in Lockie Leonard, as well as in KGB, an Australian comedy series following two rookie detectives through Perth, appeared in the second season of Cleverman and in the third series of Mystery Road.
Other featured roles include the film Blueback (film); the historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan; and the 2014 stage production of King Hit, which follows the life of Geoffrey Narkle, an Aboriginal man and a member of the Stolen Generations, and his boxing career during reflecting on culture, identity, and finding strength.
For his performance in September he was nominated for 2008 AFI Award for Best Young Actor and for his performance in Mystery Road: Origin he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.
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Credits
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Kangaroo 2025Nick★ NR
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The Moogai 2024Ray Boy★ NR
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Territory 2024Nolan Brannock★ 6.9
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He Ain't Heavy 2024Daniel★ 7
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Black Thumb★ 7.5
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We Are Still Here 2023Ken★ 4.3
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Blueback 2022Briggs★ 6.5
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Mystery Road: Origin 2022Sputty★ 7.6
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Good Night 2021Man★ NR
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The Newsreader 2021Deano Prince★ 7.7
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Moon Rock for Monday 2021Johnny★ 6.3
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Stateless 2020Sully★ 6.5
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KGB 2019Jack★ NR
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Dark Place 2019★ 5.3
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Killer Native 2019Blackfella★ 6
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Between Two Lines 2019Burt★ NR
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Wrong Kind of Black 2018Monty Pryor★ 6.2
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Coen/Aboriginal Hunter★ NR
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OtherLife 2017Byron Finbar★ 6.4
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Blight 2017Criminal★ NR
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Nobody's Child 2017Boxer★ NR
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Ghost 2016Yawang★ NR
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Wanted 2016Hamish★ 7
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ANZAC Girls 2014Private Billy Tinker★ 6.6
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Yagan 2013Yagan★ 7.5
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September 2007Paddy Parker★ 5.9
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Bataa★ 5