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Hailing from County Dublin, Ireland, award-winning actor and filmmaker, Kevin J. Ryan, first appeared on Irish television series "Chance to Dance", a dance-orientated show where he was recognized as being a remarkable talent by many well-known peers in the Irish entertainment industry. The experience, he has said, "kicked off a dream to become a working actor," and shortly after he started his training. Prior to the television series, Ryan worked vigorously as a professional dancer taking lead roles in numerous stage shows and productions.

In 2003, Kevin packed his bags, moved to Los Angeles and within weeks he was booking roles on independent productions which he gave promising performances. During this time Kevin was introduced to world-renowned acting teacher, Aaron Speiser, who recognized his natural talent. In 2004, he delved deeply into his craft and technique, including intense formal training with the Stanislavsky method, under Aaron, who he still works with to this day.

A few months passed, "progress", he has said, "was happening organically." Yet, while keeping focused on technique with Aaron, Kevin wanted to broaden his character range and was introduced to a sought-after private voice coach, Erica Schaffer, where he eventually spent three years working under her mastering various American accents. By doing so, having the endless determination and drive that he does has paid off for this budding Irishman as in 2008 he was cast in NBC's award-winning show "Days of Our Lives" playing an Irish 'badboy' who was involved in a kidnapping plot with the shows central characters. From there Ryan filmed Caravaggio: The Search directed by Maureen Murphy. In this 'period film' Ryan thrives as a character actor at his portrayal of the unnamed sexual lead character 'Cleopatra's Lover' which he spoke in flawless Latin hitting theaters in 2010.

2009 has proved to be an even more successful year for Ryan as he landed a role in Unbalanced, a coming of age comedy based around the ups and downs of the Hollywood film industry and Behind the Palisades, a feature length comedy where he plays a temperamental music video director in an obscure sub-city of Los Angeles, both of which are set for theatrical release in 2010. Throughout 2009 Kevin not only starred in but collaborated as a writer-producer and collected four awards for his short film Laredo.

Using a flawless standard American accent he lunged into an ex-professional killers mind with a split personality disorder where the ruggedly handsome Ryan generated further attention leading him to be cast in the feature film Tripping Tommy. Directed by Philippe Caland, and starring opposite Sarah Carter and Caland, Ryan takes the lead in this mystery thriller playing Ben Turner, a 'down and out' character mixed up in drugs and alcohol who can't keep his life together. This will be Ryan's first feature film with a theatrical release premiering February 2010.

Though being away from family and friends, Ryan has a mass following back home and has twice been recognized as one of Ireland's "Sexiest Irishmen" by Social & Personal Magazine (2008 and 2009).