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Jonathan Ryan, is an Irish actor

Jonathan has been a professional actor for 25 years, having made his debut playing ‘Dan’ opposite Lyn Redgrave and Dan O’Herlihy in A Better Place at the Gate Theatre in 1972. Since then he has worked extensively on stage, in TV, Film, Radio and is probably Ireland’s best known voiceover artist for over twenty years, Jonathan has recorded TV and Radio commericals for clients worldwide, winning numerous awards. ^[1]

• Stokes in The Outsider (1980) starring Sterling Hayden
• The priest in Bob Quinn's Budawanny (1987)
• Gibson in Taffin (1988) starring Pierce Brosnan
• Jimmy Reardon in Patriot Games (1992) starring Harrison Ford
• Scottish Prison Governor in In the Name of the Father (1993) starring Daniel Day Lewis
• Broken Harvest (1994) as Narrator
• Goldsmith in Moll Flanders starring Morgan Freeman and Robin Wright Penn
• Hamish MacDonald in Kidnapped starring Armand Assante
• Gerry Adams in Omagh (2004) starring Gerry McSorley
• The Major in John Vaughan's Valour (2006) starring Dave Duffy
• The Teacher in John Vaughan's My Dad (2007) starring Michael Liebmann and Jack Ryan
• The Father in The Portrait (2007) with Catherine Steadman

• Bosco as Himself (RTÉ)
• 'Schooner' Cooney in Bracken (RTÉ)
• Doctor Jerome Hickey in The Irish RM as (9 episodes, 1984-1985) Channel 4/RTE
• Randall McDonnell in The Year of the French (RTE)
• Heinz Fromme in Caught in a Free State (RTE)
• Sheridan in Summer Lightning (Channel 4)
• Against All Odds (BBC)
• 27 characters in Twink – RTÉ
• Tom Crowe in The Templewood Murder Mystery – RTÉ
• James Flanigan in Die Glückliche Familie for Süddeutscher Rundfunk (1987)
• Hochzeitreisen ‘Verliebt, Verlobt, Verheiratet’ for Norddeutscher Rundfunk
• Plunkett in Proof II (RTE)
• The Tudors (Showtime/BBC) Seasons 1, 2 and 3 as the French Ambassador
• Greg Hartnett in The Clinic (Season 5) RTE/Parallel Films
• Bill Taylor in Fair City (RTÉ)

• Night and Day as Jacob Milne - at the Abbey Theatre - Dublin Theatre Festival 1981
• The Silver Dollar Boys as Bob - at the Abbey Theatre
• Hamlet as Guildenstern - at the Abbey Theatre
• The Beaux Stratagem as Archer - at the Abbey Theatre
• The Death and Resurrection of Mister Roche as Miles - at the Abbey Theatre
• A Better Place as Bob - at the Gate Theatre
• The Glass Menagerie as The Gentleman Caller - at the Gate Theatre
• Innocence (The Life of Caravaggio) as Giovanni - at the Gate Theatre
• Peer Gynt as Aslak/Ballon - at the Gate Theatre
• Salomé as Tigellinus - at the Gate Theatre(Toured to the Edinburgh Festival and Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina)
• Oliver! as Bill Sikes (Noel Pearson/Cameron Mackintosh production) - at the Olympia Theatre
• Aladdin as Abanazar - at the Olympia Theatre
• Gigi! as Gaston - at the Gaiety Theatre
• Sweet Charity as Oscar - at the Gaiety Theatre
• Arsenic and Old Lace as Mortimer Brewster - at the Gaiety Theatre - Dublin Theatre Festival 1985
• Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam! as Bogart - at the Eblana Theatre
• Paddy Meegan's Kiss n'Tell as Marlowe - at the Andrew's Lane Theatre
• Liam Liar as Liam - at the Pavilion and Oscar Theatres
• I Do Not Like Thee Doctor Fell as Joe Fell - at the Oscar Theatre
• Stephen King’s Misery as Paul Sheldon with Helen Norton - on Irish national tour.

We Do It For Love, The Colleen Bawn, The Cuchulainn Cycle, The Evangelist, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Grease- at the [[Lyric_Theatre_(Belfast)|Lyric Theatre].

Romeo and Juliet as Benvolio in The Dublin Theatre Festival production on tour to the City Theatre Hong Kong.

Performed The Durkan Suite accompanied by composer Bill Whelan and the London Chamber Orchestra and played Adolf in Roger Doyle's Adolf Gebler Clarinettist with the RTE Concert Orchestra - both at the National Concert Hall Dublin

AWARDS

The Irish International Advertising Awards Festival: Premier (Individual) Craft Award - Individual Craft Award.

The Institute of Creative Advertising and Design ICAD Awards: Individual Craft Award for Best Performance on Radio or TV - Individual Award for Exceptional Merit - Individual Craft Award.