Ryan O'Quinn (born March 6, 1972) is an American film, television and voice actor, producer, author and comedian.

Life, Career and Trivia

O'Quinn was born in Grundy, Virginia, and graduated from

Grundy Senior High School Grundy High School is a public high school located east of Grundy, Virginia on Slate Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia. It is part of the Buchanan County Public Schools system. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's A Black ...

. He attended The College of William and Mary in Virginia where he performed with the improvisational comedy troupe I.T. (Improvisational Theatre). Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, O'Quinn booked a variety of television series including ''

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,'' '' Third Rock from the Sun'', and '' Beverly Hills, 90210'', where he played the innocent but accused rapist of Kelly, played by Jennie Garth. He is the founder and president of Damascus Road Productions, a Los-Angeles based film and television production company specializing in high quality family content. The company is located in Westlake Village, CA and has been featured in numerous magazines and entertainment publications. The site boasts a screening room, podcast studio, green screen soundstage, music editing suite and video editing bays. O'Quinn is also a voice actor and has provided voice-over and voice matching in a number of movies, television shows and cartoons. O'Quinn's improvisational comedy background led him to the world of online videos and he was a founding member of the comedy production group Very Angry Neighbors. His comedy shorts were featured on ''

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, Inside Edition, ''Bravo's'' Outrageous and Contagious Viral Videos, ''CW's'' Online Nation, Today Show,

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, Access Hollywood'', and many national television shows. He co-founded a comedy entertainment company called "DadDudes". Their most popular viral video is a parody of the

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song "

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" from the 2013 animated film ''

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''. The YouTube video, "Dads Respond to Disney's Frozen", has millions of hits and they appeared on a number of television talk shows and news programs. O'Quinn filmed a sitcom pilot called ''Dad Dudes'' where he starred as a father in suburban Los Angeles. His father on the series is played by Jerry Mathers. He has appeared on Fox's morning program ''

'' and other morning shows as a parenting expert following the release of two books, "Parenting Rules" and "Marriage Rules" He was named "YouTube Star of the Moment" and "YouTube Star of the Month" by G4 Network series ''

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''. O'Quinn is the lead actor in the film ''

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'' that was partially filmed in his hometown of Grundy, Virginia. The film was released theatrically nationwide in the United States on December 2, 2016. O'Quinn is the lead actor in the feature film '' Paul's Promise'', the true story of Paul Holderfield, Jr, a racist firefighter-turned-pastor in the height of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. He has won multiple awards for Best Actor for playing the role. The film was released theatrically in the U.S. in October 2022. In 2021 O'Quinn and his wife Heather produced the film "Little Angels" starring ''

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'' that will be released in 2023. The couple also launched "Integrity Releasing" a film and television distribution company. Press releases show O'Quinn as the host of an upcoming weekly talk show focusing on celebrity news, faith, sports, lifestyle and DIY segments.

Books

In December 2014 he released a comedy book on parenting called ''Parenting Rules! The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Parenthood''. The book became an Amazon number 1 bestseller in multiple categories.Parenting Rules Tops #1 Best Seller Lists
/ref> In December 2015 Ryan O'Quinn released ''Marriage Rules! The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Marriage'' from Broadstreet Publishing.

Footnotes

References / News

'Paul's Promise' Movie Shares Spiritual Journey of an Arkansas ex-Segregationsit
, ''Deadline'' 2021/10/25
Mike Ilitch Jr Pacts with Ryan O'Quinn's Damascus Road Productions
''Variety'' 2022/3/4
Damascus Road, Dean Cain to Develop Biopic Based on Christian Author Bob Fraley
''Deadline'' 2021/10/25
O'Quinn, Damascus Road to Produce Dean Cain Starrer
''Deadline'' 2021/6/30

''Sierra County Sentinel'' 2021/1/19

"Yahoo Finance" 2020/29/4

''Westlake Magazine'' 2018/11/1
Oscars: Academy Announces Songs for Original Score
''Variety'' 2016/12/13
Christmas Movie "Believe" Teaches Empathy to its Family-Friendly Audience
''The Huffington Post'' 2016/12/8
Believe Nominated for Best Film
''The Christian Film Review'' 2016/12/27

''Bristol Herald Courier'' 2016/4/4

''Bristol Herald Courier'' 2016/3/20

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'' 2016/3/15
Filming of ‘Believe’ transforms Grundy into a world of movie production
''Bluefield Daily Telegraph'' 2016/3/5

''Bristol Herald Courier'' 2016/2/28

''Bristol Herald Courier'' 2015/9/12 * ttp://malibutimes.com/articles/2007/07/11/life_and_arts/art2.txt Ryan O'Quinn Catches Comedy Virus ''The Malibu Times'' 11 July 2007

External links

RyanOQuinn.com
Official website *
DamascusRoadProds.com
Damascus Road Productions website {{DEFAULTSORT:Oquinn, Ryan 1972 births Living people People from Grundy, Virginia American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Virginia College of William & Mary alumni American male writers 21st-century American male actors 21st-century American writers 20th-century American male actors