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Jonathan Ryan
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Occupation
Actor
Years active
1972–present
Name
Jonathan Ryan
Role
Actor
Movies and TV shows
Grabbers, Patriot Games, In the Name of the Father, The Irish RM, An Inside Job
Similar People
Jon Wright, Jim Sheridan, Phillip Noyce, Edith Somerville
Jonathan Ryan is an Irish actor, best known to television audiences as Bill Taylor in the soap opera Fair City.
Ryan has also played Gerry Adams and Proinsias De Rossa on screen.
Biography
As a pupil at C.B.C. Monkstown in 1963, Jonathan performed rhythm guitar and vocals in a covers band known as Rootzgroop, whose lineup later included Paul Brady.
Jonathan’s acting career began while still a full-time student, making his debut playing ‘Dan’ opposite Lynn Redgrave and Dan O'Herlihy in A Better Place at Dublin's Gate Theatre in 1972. He turned full-time in 1978 and since then has worked extensively on stage, in TV, film and radio and has been one of Ireland's busiest voiceover artists for almost thirty years. He has recorded TV and radio commercials for clients worldwide, winning several awards for his work in this field.
Filmography
Stokes in The Outsider (1980), starring Sterling Hayden
The priest in Bob Quinn's Budawanny (1987)
Gibson in Taffin (1988), starring Pierce Brosnan
Jimmy Reardon in Patriot Games (1992), starring Harrison Ford
Scottish Prison Governor in In the Name of the Father (1993), starring Daniel Day-Lewis
Broken Harvest (1994) as Narrator
Goldsmith in Moll Flanders (1996), starring Morgan Freeman and Robin Wright Penn
Hamish MacDonald in Kidnapped, starring Armand Assante
Gerry Adams in Omagh (2004), starring Gerry McSorley
The Major in John Vaughan's Valour (2006), starring Dave Duffy
The Teacher in John Vaughan's My Dad (2007), starring Michael Liebmann and Jack Ryan
The Father in The Portrait (2007), with Catherine Steadman
Proinsias De Rossa in Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust (TV movie)
Sergeant Kenefick in Grabbers 2012 (post-production), starring Richard Coyle
Howard Wakefield in Chasing Leprechauns 2012 (TV movie) (post-production)
Television
Bosco as Bosco (in the pilot series) and Himself as a presenter(RTÉ)
'Schooner' Cooney in Bracken (RTÉ)
Doctor Jerome Hickey in The Irish RM (9 episodes, 1984–1985) Channel 4/RTÉ
Randall McDonnell in The Year of the French (RTÉ)
Heinz Fromme in Caught in a Free State (RTÉ)
Sheridan in Summer Lightning (Channel 4)
Against All Odds (BBC)
27 characters in Twink – RTÉ
Tom Crowe in The Templewood Murder Mystery – RTÉ
James Flanigan in Die Glückliche Familie for Süddeutscher Rundfunk (1987)
Hochzeitreisen ‘Verliebt, Verlobt, Verheiratet’ for Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Plunkett in Proof II (RTÉ)
The French Ambassador in Seasons 1 - 3 of The Tudors (Showtime/BBC)
Greg Hartnett in The Clinic (Season 5) RTÉ/Parallel Films
Bill Taylor in Fair City (RTÉ)
Iron Islands Priest in Game of Thrones (HBO)
Nobleman in Vikings (TV series) (History Channel)
Theatre
Jacob Milne in Night and Day - at the Abbey Theatre - Dublin Theatre Festival 1981
Bob in The Silver Dollar Boys - at the Peacock and Abbey Theatres
Guildenstern in Michael Bogdanov's production of Hamlet - at the Abbey Theatre
Archer in The Beaux Stratagem - at the Abbey Theatre
Miles in The Death and Resurrection of Mister Roche - at the Abbey Theatre
Dan in A Better Place - at the Gate Theatre
The Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie - at the Gate Theatre
Giovanni in Innocence (The Life of Caravaggio) - at the Gate Theatre
Aslak and Balloon in Peer Gynt - at the Gate Theatre
Tigellinus in Salomé - at the Gate Theatre (Toured to the Edinburgh Festival and Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina)
Bill Sikes in the Noel Pearson/Cameron Mackintosh production of Oliver! - at the Olympia Theatre
Abanazar in Aladdin - at the Olympia Theatre
Gaston Laschailles in Gigi! - at the Gaiety Theatre
Oscar Lindquist in Sweet Charity - at the Gaiety Theatre
Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace - at the Gaiety Theatre - Dublin Theatre Festival 1985
Bogart in Woody Allen's Play it again, Sam - at the Eblana Theatre
Marlowe in Paddy Meegan's Kiss n'Tell - at the Andrew's Lane Theatre
Liam in Liam Liar - at the Pavilion and Oscar Theatres
Joe Fell in I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell - at the Oscar Theatre
Mister Toad in Toad of Toad Hall - at the Oscar Theatre
Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery, with Helen Norton - on Irish national tour.
We Do It for Love, The Colleen Bawn, The Cuchulainn Cycle, The Evangelist, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Grease - all at the Lyric Theatre Belfast.
Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, with The Dublin Theatre Festival production on tour to the City Theatre Hong Kong.
Performed The Durkan Suite, accompanied by composer Bill Whelan and the London Chamber Orchestra.
Adolf in Roger Doyle's Adolf Gebler Clarinettist, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra - both at the National Concert Hall Dublin
Awards
The Irish International Advertising Awards Festival: Premier (Individual) Craft Award - Individual Craft Award.
The Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD) Awards: Individual Craft Award for Best Performance on Radio or TV - Individual Award for Exceptional Merit - Individual Craft Award.
