Ryan James Eggold (born August 10, 1984) is an American actor. He is known for playing Ryan Matthews on the CW teen drama series '' 90210'' and Tom Keen on the NBC crime drama series '' The Blacklist'' and its short-lived spin-off series '' The Blacklist: Redemption''. Eggold appears as hospital director Dr. Max Goodwin, a main character on the NBC drama series ''

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'', which began in September 2018.

Early life and education

Eggold was born in

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, the son of Karen (née Benik) and James Frederick Eggold. He is of German, Croatian, and Austrian-Jewish descent. Eggold graduated from

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in 2002, where he participated in many school theater performances, and later from the

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's theater arts department in 2006.

Career

In 2006, Eggold made his professional television debut by way of a guest appearance on the show ''

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''. He made his film debut the same year in the short film ''Con: The Corruption of Helm.'' Eggold had recurring roles on CBS's ''

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'', HBO's ''

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'', Cartoon Network's ''

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'', ABC's '' Brothers & Sisters'', and the UPN/CW series ''

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'', before obtaining his first series regular role on the FX's ''

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''. Eggold made his professional stage debut in the 2006 Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group production ''Dead End'', directed by Nick Martin, and has since appeared in productions of ''Leipzig'', the LA Weekly Theater Award–winning production of ''Marat/Sade'', and an original production titled ''Amy and Elliot'' which he wrote, directed, and starred in at the Stella Adler Theatre with Alexandra Breckenridge. Eggold portrayed English teacher Ryan Matthews in '' 90210'', the CW spin-off of

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's ''

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''. In January 2012, he played Mischa Barton's love interest in Mark Edwin Robinson's supernatural romance thriller '' Into the Dark''. From 2013 to 2017, he regularly appeared as Tom Keen, a main character on the NBC drama ''The Blacklist''. In January 2015, Eggold appeared on the

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's three-night miniseries ''

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'' as Dr.

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, a friend of Sam Adams and Paul Revere. In 2017, Eggold made a guest appearance on the second episode of '' Top Gear America''. Since 2018, Eggold has played Dr. Max Goodwin in the NBC series ''New Amsterdam''. Most recently, he had started Analog A Productions, with a first-look deal at

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, with Kara Frias named head of development for his new production company.

Personal life

Eggold was previously in a relationship with ''

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'' actress

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. Eggold writes music, plays guitar and piano, and sings in the band Eleanor Avenue.

Filmography

References

External links

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