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Matthew Darren Evans (born 11 April 1981),[1] known professionally as Matt Ryan, is a Welsh actor. He is known for portraying Edward Kenway in the Ubisoft video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and John Constantine in NBC's Constantine and The CW's Arrowverse, as well as voicing the character in the DC Animated Movie Universe and its CW spin-off web series Constantine: City of Demons.

Matt Ryan
Ryan at Wales Comic-Con Homecoming Wrexham 2022
Born	Matthew Darren Evans (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981 (age 41) Swansea, Wales
Alma mater	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Early life

Ryan was born in Swansea as Matthew Darren Evans, the son of Steve and Maria Evans.[2]

He attended schools in Penyrheol before moving on to Gorseinon College,[2] where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic[2] in 2003 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004.[3]

Career

When he was 10,[4] Ryan appeared as Gavroche in the West End production of Les Misérables. He played Mick Rawson on the CBS series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a character that had been introduced in the Criminal Minds episode "The Fight".[1]

He performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway in Ubisoft Montreal's video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.[5][6][7] In February 2014, it was announced that Ryan was cast as John Constantine in NBC's pilot for Constantine.[8] He starred in all 13 episodes of the series' only season. He reprised his role in a crossover episode of The CW's Arrow,[9] as well as the 2017 animated film Justice League Dark.[10][11] On 8 January 2017, The CW announced an animated series of Constantine: City of Demons on the CW Seed app with Ryan confirmed to reprise the character.[12] He later reprised the role in several episodes of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow.[13][14] Ryan was promoted to series regular for the fourth season of Legends of Tomorrow.[15]

In the 2015 production of Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Gabriel Ebert.[3][16]

In August 2017, he appeared on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in the play Knives in Hens by David Harrower and directed by Yaël Farber.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Pocket Money	Johnny	Short film
2004	Layer Cake	Junkie 2
2007	Blood Monkey	Seth	Direct-to-video
2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Gerry
2011	Flypaper	Gates
2013	Armistice	Edward Sterling
2014	Heart of Lightness	Stranger
	500 Miles North	John Hogg
2016	Away	Dex
2017	Justice League Dark	John Constantine (voice)
2018	Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie	John Constantine / Constantine Demons (voice)
2020	Adverse	Jake
	Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	John Constantine (voice)
2022	Constantine: The House of Mystery		Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Nuts and Bolts	Gilly
2004	Mine All Mine	Tonker	2 episodes
2007	The Tudors	Richard Pace	3 episodes
	Consenting Adults	Charley Bullard	Television film
2008	Torchwood	Dale	Episode: "Meat"
	HolbyBlue	Frankie	Season 2, episode 7
2009	Wild Decembers	Bugler	Television film
	Collision	Dave Brown	Miniseries; 5 episodes
2010	Criminal Minds	Mick Rawson	Episode: "The Fight"
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior		Main role; 13 episodes
2014–2015	Constantine	John Constantine
2015	Arrow		Episode: "Haunted"
2017	The Halcyon	Joe O'Hara	Main role; 8 episodes[17]
2017–2022	Legends of Tomorrow	John Constantine	Recurring role (season 3);[18] main role (season 4–season 6); 47 episodes
		Gwyn Davies	Main role (season 7); 9 episodes
2018–2019	Constantine: City of Demons	John Constantine / Constantine Demons (voice)	Web series; main role
2019	Batwoman	John Constantine	Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two"[19]
	The Flash		Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three"
2022	Harley Quinn		Episode: "It's a Swamp Thing"; voice role

Theatre

Play	Year	Role	Theatre	Director
Small Change	2008	Gerard	Donmar Warehouse	Peter Gill
Hamlet	2009	Horatio	Donmar production at the Wyndham's Theatre	Michael Grandage
Look Back in Anger	2012	Cliff	Royal Court Theatre	Polly Stenham
The Tempest		Caliban	Theatre Royal, Bath	Adrian Noble
Henry V	2014	Fluellen	Noel Coward Theatre	Michael Grandage
Therese Raquin	2015	Laurent	Roundabout Theatre, Broadway	Evan Cabnet
Knives in Hens	2017	Gilbert	Donmar Warehouse	Yaël Farber

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Edward Kenway	Voice and motion capture

Notes

References

External links

• Matt Ryan at IMDb
• Matt Ryan on Twitter
• Matt Ryan podcast

На других языках

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[de] Matt Ryan (Schauspieler)

Matthew Ryan (* 11. April 1981 in Swansea, Wales) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Seine Eltern sind Steve und Maria Evans. Er machte 2003 seinen Abschluss an der Bristol Old Vic Schauspielschule und ging 2004 zur Royal Shakespeare Company. Dort spielte er drei Jahre lang unter den renommierten Regisseuren Rupert Goold und Greg Doran (seit 2012 Intendant des Ensembles) in den Stücken Spanish Golden Age Season und Gunpowder Plot Season. Anschließend wechselte er zum kleineren Ensemble des Donmar Warehouse und erhielt kleinere Rollen in britischen Fernsehserien, darunter Die Tudors und Torchwood. Es folgte der Umzug in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo er seither hauptsächlich lebt und arbeitet. 2011 spielte er eine Hauptrolle als Mick Rawson im Criminal Minds-Spin-off Criminal Minds: Team Red, das nach einer Staffel eingestellt wurde. 2014 und 2015 spielte er die titelgebende Hauptrolle der kurzlebigen Fernsehserie Constantine. Diese Figur stellte er auch in einer Episode der Serie Arrow dar. Vereinzelt kehrt er jedoch für Theaterrollen nach Großbritannien zurück, so stand er zuletzt 2017 noch einmal mit dem Ensemble des Donmar Warehouse für eine Inszenierung von Knives in Hens auf der Bühne.

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[es] Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan (también conocido como Matthew Evans, Swansea, Gales, 11 de abril de 1981)[1] es un actor galés.

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[ru] Райан, Мэтт

Мэ́ттью Да́ррен Э́ванс (англ. Matthew Darren Evans), также известный как Мэтт Ра́йан (англ. Matt Ryan, род. 11 апреля 1981, Суонси) — валлийский актёр. Наиболее известен по роли Джона Константина в американских телесериалах «Константин», «Легенды завтрашнего дня», «Стрела», «Флэш» и «Бэтвумен»; также озвучивал Константина в мультфильмах Warner Bros. Animation и DC Comics. Голосом Райана говорит Эдвард Кенуэй в компьютерной игре Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag от компании Ubisoft.

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