Draft:Ryan Ali

Ryan Ali (born April 23, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying pilot Reese on the Paramount+/CBC medical drama series SkyMed, as well as young Egyptian newcomer Nabil in the Canadian Screen Award-nominated drama film Queen Tut.

Born in Syria, Ryan would immigrate to Montreal, Canada twice – first as a child in 1998, then as a young adult in 2013.

Since then, Ryan has made a number of appearances in film and television productions including SyFy's drama miniseries Ascension (2014), the CTV police procedural 19-2 (2016), Kim Nguyen's thriller drama The Hummingbird Project (2018) and the Apple TV+ science fiction miniseries Foundation (2021-2023).

Acting career and education
After moving to Montreal in 2013, Ryan enrolled in an engineering program while simultaneously taking acting classes and taking part in local theatre productions.

His first credited on-screen appearance was on the SyFy miniseries Ascension in 2014. Ryan had to choose between a final exam in his engineering program and the role, and he ultimately chose to skip his exam to be able to play the part. He would later leave engineering to pursue his acting career full time.

His early breakthrough happened when he got cast alongside Salma Hayek, Alexander Skarsgård and Jesse Eisenberg in Kim Nguyen's dramatic thriller The Hummingbird Project, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

In July 2022, it was announced that Ryan would be starring in the feature film Queen Tut alongside Alexandra Billings.

The following year, Ryan joined the cast of the medical drama series SkyMed for their second season as a series regular.