- Ryan Kwanten
Infobox actor
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name = Ryan Kwanten
birthdate = Birth date and age|1976|11|28|df=y
location =Sydney, New South Wales ,Australia
notable role =Ryan Kwanten (born
28 November 1976 ) is anAustralia n actor.Kwanten was born in
Sydney, New South Wales ,Australia . He began acting on the television shows "A Country Practice " and "". In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australiansoap opera "Home and Away ", playinglifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming asex symbol . He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father.Moving to the
United States , Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in theLori Loughlin -starring series "Summerland", which ran from 2004 to 2005. He most recently appeared in the films "Flicka ", withMaria Bello ,Alison Lohman andTim McGraw , and "Dead Silence ", a horror movie in which he played the leading role. Kwanten has also been cast in "True Blood " as Jason Stackhouse, a television series based onCharlaine Harris ' Southern Vampire Mysteries, also starringAnna Paquin and Sam Trammell.cite news|last=The Hollywood Reporter|first=|coauthors=|title=Anna Paquin Learns True Blood|pages=|publisher=MovieWeb|date=2007-02-25 |url=http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/66/17966.php|accessdate=2007-03-18]Filmography
*"Signal One" (1994), Kid
*"" (1997), Josh Morgan
*"Home and Away " (1997-2002),Vinnie Patterson – TV series
*"Liquid Bridge" (2003), Nick McCallum
*"Summerland " (2004-2005), Jay Robertson – TV series
*"America Brown" (2005), Ricky Brown
*"Flicka " (2006), Howard McLaughlin
*"Dead Silence " (2007), Jamie Ashen
*"Don't Fade Away" (2007), Jackson White
*"True Blood " (2008), Jason Stackhouse – TV seriesFootnotes
External links
*imdb name|id=0477127|name=Ryan Kwanten
*tvtome person|id=49558|name=Ryan Kwanten
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