Ryan de Villiers (born 30 November 1992) is a South African actor. He is known for his role as Dylan Stassen in the film ''

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'' (2019). He began his career on stage, earning Naledi and

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Early life

De Villiers is from

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and grew up between the

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and

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

. He is the son of conservationist Div and teacher Annette and has a sister. He attended Rivermead Preparatory School and

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. He was going to pursue Accounting and Economics, but switched to Drama with Politics and International Studies, graduating with a

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with distinctions from

Rhodes University Rhodes University is a public university, public research university located in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, ...

in 2015. He studied abroad in the United States at

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in Oregon.

Filmography

Stage

Awards and nominations

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Ryan de Villiers
at Artists One {{DEFAULTSORT:de villiers, ryan Living people 1992 births 21st-century South African male actors People from East London, Eastern Cape Rhodes University alumni South African male film actors South African male musical theatre actors