Ryan Christian Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series Summerland, portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond. In 2021, he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series Them as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in Kindred, a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name.
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Known For
Primitive War
2025
The Portrait
Alex
2023
Head Count
Sawyer
2023
Kindred
Thomas Weylin · (8 episodes)
2022
Section 8
Jake Atherton
2022
Glorious
Wes
2022
Loveland
Jack
2022
Them
George Bell · (10 episodes)
2021
2067
Jude Mathers
2020
Kill Chain
Ericson
2020
Creepshow
Alex (segment "The Right Snuff") · (1 episode)
2019
Supercon
Matt Wheeler
2018
The Oath
Steve Hammond · (18 episodes)
2018
The Hurricane Heist
Breeze
2018
Apollo Gauntlet
Superknife · (6 episodes)
2017
Who Gets the Dog?
Clay Lonnergan
2016
Edge
Harknett
2015
Blunt Force Trauma
John
2015
Blinky Bill the Movie
Blinky Bill (voice)
2015
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Jan 'Cat' Boellard
2015
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Conall
2014
Rio, I Love You
Jai Arnott (segment "Acho que Estou Apaixonado")
2014
True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps
Self
2014
Flight 7500
Brad Martin
2014
Reach Me
Jack Burns
2014
The Right Kind of Wrong
Leo Palamino
2013
Mystery Road
Pete Barry; William Smith
2013
Truth in Journalism
Eddie Brock / Venom
2013
Knights of Badassdom
Joe
2013
Not Suitable For Children
Jonah
2012
The Eric Andre Show
Self · (1 episode)
2012
New Girl
Oliver · (1 episode)
2011
Griff the Invisible
Griff
2011
Red Hill
Shane Cooper
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Kludd (voice)
2010
Don't Fade Away
Jackson White
2010
True Blood
Jason Stackhouse · (80 episodes)
2008
The Making of Dead Silence
Self
2007
Dead Silence
Jamie Ashen
2007
Flicka
Howard McLaughlin
2006
America Brown
America 'Ricky' Brown
2005
Summerland
Jay Robertson · (26 episodes)
2004
Tru Calling
Jake Voight · (1 episode)
2003
Liquid Bridge
Nick McCallum
2003
The Junction Boys
Claude Gearheart
2002
Devil Inside
The Handler
(1 episode)
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dominic Pruitt · (1 episode)
1999
Water Rats
Nipper · (1 episode)
1996
Echo Point
Nathan Potter · (5 episodes)
1995
Signal One
Kid
1994
Seven Snipers
Home and Away
Vinnie Patterson · (25 episodes)
1988