Ryan Kwanten: acting career and personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Golden Companion Award winner Kwanten is probably familiar to film buffs. He became famous for his role as Jason Stackhouse in the American mystical television series True Blood. However, the actor did not stop there. Increasingly, Ryan Kwanten takes on difficult, sometimes provocative roles. What only stirs up the interest of film critics and viewers in their work.

Childhood and youth

The actor was born on November 28, 1976 in Sydney (Australia) to Eddie and Chris Kwanten. His father was in the Australian maritime safety agency. Her mother worked for the charity trade organization Lifeline. The Kwanten couple have two more sons. The older Lloyd works as a therapist, the younger Mitchell, like his famous brother, chose a creative path, he is a musician.

Influenced by his father, who was a champion surfer in his younger years, Ryan Kwanten grew up to be a very athletic child. He excelled in sports such as golf, tennis,biathlon and surfing. Passion for the latter almost cost Ryan his life. At the age of 12, he was attacked by sharks. But this incident did not discourage Ryan from surfing, which he enjoys to this day.

Cinema

Kwanten was brought to cinema by chance. Unlike his younger brother, he did not dream of an acting career, but was going to link his life with sports. In places, paradoxically, everything was placed by confusion. Mother drove to an audition at Mitchell's acting agency. Chris was also in the car, because after the audition, everyone had to go to the pool. He went to the agency to support his brother while he was waiting. When the turn came, it turned out that Chris was standing closer to the door than his brother and the agency employee simply mixed them up, dragging the wrong Kwanten into the audition room. So, at the age of 15, Ryan Kwanten got into the acting environment, and a year later he already appeared in the TV series Primitive Practice. After leaving school, Ryan entered the University of Sydney, where he studied the basics of doing business, while continuing his acting career in parallel. While still a student, he appeared in his first significant role, playing Vinnie Patterson on the hit soap opera Home and Away. Kwanten was involved in this TV project from 1997 to 2002. And then he moved to California, where he was going to continue his acting career.

Ryan Kwanten Movies

Hollywood filmmakers did not immediately pay attention to the ambitious Australian actor. A few months Ryanbeat the thresholds of various castings until he received an episodic job in the television film "The Operative". In 2004, he was finally offered a key role in the TV series Everlasting Summer. This was followed by a small episode in the television project "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit". And in 2008, he played Jason Stackhouse in the mystical TV series True Blood. This role brought him popularity and critical acclaim. Lead roles in films followed:

• "Dead Silence" (Jamie Ashen).
• "Invisible Griff" (Griff).
• Red Hill (Shane Cooper).
• Don't Disappear (Jackson White).
• "Help me become a father" (Jonah).
• "Knights of the Realm of Cool" (Joe).
• Flight 7500 (Brad Martin).
• "The right kind of wrong" (Leo).
• Vikings (Conall).
• The Kidnapping of Freddie Heineken (Jan Bollard).
• "Who gets the dog?" (Clay Lonnegan).

At the moment, the actor has finished work in Rob Cohen's thriller Hurricane Heist, which will premiere in 2018. In addition to acting in films, Ryan Kwanten is actively involved in the development of production activities. Because he is sure that young talents need to be helped. Indeed, from his own experience, Ryan knows how not easy it is to break through to beginners. In addition to creativity, Kwanten manages to engage in various sports. As a professional instructor, he teaches yoga classes at his own sports club.

Ryan Kwanten: personal life

For several years, Kwanten has been living with hisAshley Sisino's girlfriend. The couple have a beautiful home in Los Angeles near Venice Beach. Lovers appear together at all social events. Journalists even noticed them in a children's clothing store and began to speculate. However, the actor prefers to remain silent about his personal life. Despite a long relationship with Ashley Cishino, Kwanten's sexual orientation continues to be questioned. After a frank bed scene in one of the seasons of True Blood, this has become one of the most discussed topics in Hollywood. The fact is that according to the script, Quenten's character makes love to the vampire Eric Northman. The scene is very compelling. And although the actor himself says that he treats various speculations of the public with humor, now he has not only fans, but also fans.