Matthew Darren Evans (born 11 April 1981),
[ known professionally as Matt Ryan, is a Welsh actor. He is known for portraying ]Edward Kenway
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in the Ubisoft
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video game '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'', and John Constantine
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in NBC
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's ''Constantine
Constantine most often refers to:
* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
*Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
People
* Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...
'' and The CW
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's Arrowverse
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, as well as voicing the character in the DC Animated Movie Universe
DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to:
Places
* Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States
* Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia
* Dubai City, as distinct from th ...
and its CW spin-off web series '' Constantine: City of Demons.''
Early life
Ryan was born in Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
as Matthew Darren Evans, the son of Steve and Maria Evans.
He attended schools in Penyrheol before moving on to Gorseinon College,[ where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the ]Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a fin ...
[ in 2003 and joined the ]Royal Shakespeare Company
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in 2004.
Career
When he was 10, Ryan appeared as Gavroche in the West End production of ''Les Misérables
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In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
''. He played Mick Rawson on the CBS
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series '' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'', a character that had been introduced in the ''Criminal Minds
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'' episode "The Fight".
He performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway
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in Ubisoft Montreal
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The studio was founded in April 1997 as part of Ubisoft's growth into worldwide markets, with sub ...
's video game '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''. In February 2014, it was announced that Ryan was cast as John Constantine
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in NBC
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's pilot for ''Constantine
Constantine most often refers to:
* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
*Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
People
* Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...
''. He starred in all 13 episodes of the series' only season. He reprised his role in a crossover episode of The CW
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's ''Arrow
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'', as well as the 2017 animated film ''Justice League Dark
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''. On 8 January 2017, The CW announced an animated series of '' Constantine: City of Demons'' on the CW Seed
CW may stand for:
Science and technology
* centiwatt (cW), one hundredth of a watt
* Cω, a programming language
* CW complex, a type of topological space
* Carrier wave, in radio communications
* CodeWarrior, an integrated development environ ...
app with Ryan confirmed to reprise the character. He later reprised the role in several episodes of the third season of ''Legends of Tomorrow
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''. Ryan was promoted to series regular for the fourth season of ''Legends of Tomorrow''.
In the 2015 production of Helen Edmundson
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Early life
Edm ...
's adaptation of ''Thérèse Raquin
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'' at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54
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he played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley
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, Judith Light
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, and Gabriel Ebert
Gabriel Ebert is an American stage actor and singer.
Early life
Ebert was born and raised in Colorado. He attended high school at the Denver School of the Arts and graduated from Juilliard.
Career
Ebert made his Broadway debut as the understudy ...
.
In August 2017, he appeared on stage at the Donmar Warehouse
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Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Micha ...
in the play ''Knives in Hens'' by David Harrower and directed by Yaël Farber
Yaël Farber is a South African director and playwright.
Early life
Farber was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1971.
Books
''Molora'' was published by Oberon Books in 2008 . Genre drama. Farber wrote the book as an Ancient Greek type ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
Notes
References
External links
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Matt Ryan
podcast
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1981 births
Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Living people
Welsh expatriates in the United States
Welsh male film actors
Welsh male television actors
21st-century Welsh male actors
Welsh male voice actors
Welsh male video game actors
Welsh male stage actors
Male actors from Swansea
Royal Shakespeare Company members
Welsh male Shakespearean actors