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Jay Ryan
Ryan at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Jay Bunyan (1981-08-29) 29 August 1981 (age 43) Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Dianna Fuemana
Children	1

Jay Ryan (born Jay Bunyan; 29 August 1981) is a New Zealand actor. He is best known for his roles as Jack Scully in Neighbours (2002–2005), Able Seaman Billy 'Spider' Webb in Sea Patrol (2007–2009), Kevin in Go Girls (2009–2012), Vincent Keller in Beauty & the Beast (2012–2016), Detective Ben Wesley in Mary Kills People (2017–2019) and Bobby in Creamerie (2021–2023).

Ryan made his feature film breakthrough playing adult Ben Hanscom in It Chapter Two (2019), a sequel to the 2017 horror film It, based on the 1986 novel of the same name.

Career

Under the name Jay Bunyan, he appeared as "Glen" in Scallywag Pirates (2000) and had a minor role in Xena: Warrior Princess. He is known for his portrayal of Jack Scully in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from late 2002 until January 2005.

From 2007 to 2009, Ryan played Seaman William "Billy" Webb a.k.a. Spider in the popular Australian drama, Sea Patrol.

From a theatre background, Ryan has shared the stage with the likes of John Cleese and toured internationally with The Packer, an acclaimed solo show written by NZ/Niuean playwright Dianna Fuemana.

From 2009 to 2012, Ryan played Kevin in the New Zealand comedy/drama series Go Girls.^[1] In 2011, he joined the cast of the Australian comedy/drama series Offspring.^[2] Also in 2011, Ryan guest starred on the American science fiction series Terra Nova, playing a murderer. For this role, Ryan used an American accent.

In 2012, Ryan was cast as the male lead in the CW's Beauty & the Beast pilot.^[3] The CW officially announced the series at the May 2012 Up Fronts in New York.^[4]

Ryan starred as the adult Ben Hanscom in the 2019 horror film It Chapter Two, the sequel to It (2017). He shares the character with Jeremy Ray Taylor.

Personal life

Ryan has a daughter (born 2013) with his wife, the playwright and director, Dianna Fuemana. In March of 2023, Ryan became a Canadian citizen^[5]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Lou	Cosmo
2019	It Chapter Two	Ben Hanscom	Shared role with Jeremy Ray Taylor
2020	The Furnace	Shaw
2022	Muru	Gallagher
2025	Wolf Creek: Legacy	TBA	^[6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Young Hercules	Cadet	Episode: "Keeping Up with the Jasons"
1999	Xena: Warrior Princess	Zortis (uncredited)	Episode: "Fallen Angel"
2002	The Tribe	Blue (uncredited)	2 episodes
	Being Eve	Sam Hooper	Series regular; 13 episodes
	Superfire	Dennis	Television film
2002–2005	Neighbours	Jack Scully	Series regular (as Jay Bunyan)
2003	You Wish!	Charles	Television film
2005	Interrogation	Police Constable Dean Salmon	Guest role; 3 episodes
2007–2009	Sea Patrol	Seaman Billy "Spider" Webb	Series regular; 39 episodes
2009–2012	Go Girls	Kevin	Series regular; 46 episodes
2010	Legend of the Seeker	Alastair	Episode: "Eternity"
2011	Offspring	Fraser King	6 episodes
2011	Terra Nova	Curran	3 episodes
2012–2016	Beauty & the Beast	Vincent Keller / Alistair in S2 episode set in 1854	Series regular
2013	Top of the Lake	Mark Mitcham	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2017–2019	Mary Kills People	Detective Ben Wesley	Series regular
2018	Fighting Season	Sgt Sean Collins	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2021	Together Forever Tea	Matt Slater	Television film
2021	My Life Is Murder	Joe Gorman	Episode: "Crushed Dreams"
2021–2023	Creamerie	Bobby	Series regular
2023	No Escape	Aaron	7 episodes^[7]^[8]
2023	Scrublands	Byron Swift	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2024	Territory	Campbell Miller	6 episodes
2025	North of North	TBA	Post-production^[9]

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Result
2003	Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent	Neighbours	Nominated
2014	Equity Ensemble Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie	Top of the Lake	Won

References

^ "Go Girls | Television New Zealand | Television | TV One, TV2, U, TVNZ 7". Tvnz.co.nz. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ "The Return". Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
^ Ausiello, Michael (2 March 2012). "Scoop: Terra Nova Stud Cast Opposite Kristin Kreuk in The CW's Beauty and the Beast Pilot". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ "A look at CW's new series: 'Beauty and the Beast' [Video]". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ Leon, Anya (August 2013). "Jay Ryan Welcomes Daughter Eve". People Magazine. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ Wiseman, Andreas (30 August 2024). "Horror Franchise 'Wolf Creek' Getting Third Movie In Which American Tourists Are Hunted In The Outback; 2025 Shoot Planned & John Jarratt Back As Killer Mick Taylor — TIFF Market". Deadline. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
^ Warner, Sam (13 April 2023). "Tin Star and Honour stars in first-look trailer of new thriller No Escape". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ Goldbart, Max (7 March 2022). "Paramount+ Greenlights Fourth UK Original 'The Blue'; Filming To Commence In Thailand Later This Year". Deadline. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ Slingerland, Calum (14 March 2024). "Mary Lynn Rajskub, Tanya Tagaq Join Cast of Arctic Comedy 'North of North'". Exclaim. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017): Demitriades; Dimitriades; Hayes; Molloy; Peirse; Porter; Samuel; Walsman; Weaving

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