Ryan Kwanten

Ryan Kwanten can be seen starring in the acclaimed HBO series "True Blood," based on the books by Sookie Stackhouse, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

He spent his hiatus from the popular Golden Globe-nominated show working on feature films, playing a police officer in the modern-day revenge western "Red Hill," which debuted at this year's Berlin Film Festival to rave reviews, and crafting the title role of secret agent and part-time superhero "Griff the Invisible." His other film credits include "Don't Fade Away"; "Flicka"; the title role in "American Brown," which received the Audience Award for Best Film at the Montreal Film Festival; "Liquid Bridge," nominated for Best Picture at the Australian Film Festival; and James Wan's "Dead Silence."

Kwanten appeared in numerous films and television shows while earning his business degree at Sydney University, gaining international notoriety when he joined the cast of his native homeland's long-running popular Australian series "Home and Away." Among his other credits are the critically acclaimed series "Summerland" and the ESPN original movie "The Junction Boys." An accomplished athlete, Kwanten qualified for the world Biathlon in Sweden in 2006 and Italy in 2007 after winning the Los Angeles Biathlon series two years running.

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