Chris is one of Australia’s most esteemed, adaptable and in demand actors. His diverse body of work includes major roles in Shakespeare, Chekhov and modern classics, and he is widely regarded as one of Australia’s finest character actors
He has twice starred alongside Oscar winner Cate Blanchett on the stages of Sydney, London, Paris, Vienna and New York
“Ryan is the true centre of the play… his rendition of a fabulously charismatic anti-hero galvanises the production”
— TimeOut
“Chris Ryan is brilliant… holding everything together with a dapper, matinee-idol charm”
— The Age
“Chris Ryan is a show stealer, playing a rotating cast of increasingly ridiculous characters with a joy that practically radiates every moment they grace the stage” — TimeOut
Chris Ryan and Eryn Jean Norvill in Sydney Theatre Company’s All My Sons. Photo: Zan Wimberley ©
Productions
The Present
Sydney Theatre Company/ Turner Productions
2016-2017
Barrymore Theatre, NYC
Gross Und Klein
Sydney Theatre Company
2011/12
Theatre de La Ville (Paris), Barbican (London), Vienna Festwochen, Roslyn Packer Theatre (Sydney)
Thyestes
Malthouse/Belvoir
2012-2018
Adelaide Festival, Theatre Nanterre Amandiers (Paris), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Teatre De Weld Festival (Germany), Sydney Festival, Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne)
Measure For Measure
Belvoir
2010
Belvoir Theatre (Sydney)
Hamlet
Bell Shakespeare Company
2008
Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre (Melbourne)
Othello
Bell Shakespeare Company
2007
Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre (Melbourne)