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Most Recent Role: Jason Stackhouse on True Blood
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birthday: 11-28-1976
Birth Name: Ryan Christian Kwanten
Ryan KwantenMore Photos Ryan got into acting by dancing. One day when his mum dropped him off at swimming training, his brother was auditioning to get into an acting agency. His brother went inside and Ryan sat waiting in the car. After a while he went inside to ask what took so long. Just as he did that his brother came out of the audition with the agent, who asked Ryan if he was there to audition too. He said no,...

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True Blood
Strange Love
Sunday 7 September 2008 on HBO

Opening with two young adults driving down the road they see a sign selling Tru Blood. After a short confrontation with a vampire they take off. Next, Sookie Stackhouse,a waitress at a local Bar notices a vampire who walks in. After locking eyes with the vampire she confronts him asking his...

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Ryan will be appearing on the HBO show True Blood as Jason Stackhouse. (edit)
Ryan was nominated for a Silver Logie at the 2002 Logie Awards, Australia's version of the Emmys. (edit)
Ryan starred in a feature film about surfing called Liquid Bridge, that was nominated for Best Picture at the Australian Film Festival. (edit)
Ryan has the leading role in the movie Silence (2007). (edit)
Ryan was cast in a guest-starring role as a surfer in Home and Away, when he was 15 years old. (edit)

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Ryan Kwanten: (about who he wants to be for one day) Ewan McGregor. To me he just means cool. (edit)
Ryan Kwanten: (about what he looks in a girl) I’m not fussy. All of my girlfriends have been really different, presonality-wise and what they looked like.
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Ryan Kwanten: (about his favorite movies) I can’t choose between In The Name Of The Father and Braveheart.
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Ryan Kwanten: (about his favorite music) I love rock. My favourite artist is an Australian guy called Johnny Diesel, and my fave overseas band has always been The Beatles - you can’t top them. (edit)
Ryan Kwanten: (about his starsign) I’m a typical sagittarian, I like having things my own way and I’m a really active type. (edit)

Other Appearances

 
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Home and Away
Vinnie Patterson (1997-2002)
Summerland
Jay Robertson
True Blood
Jason Stackhouse
Guest Star
Home and Away
Episode 4000
Vinnie Patterson (archive)
On Air With Ryan Seacrest
7/20/04
Himself
The Handler
Off the Edge
Barnes/Barrens
Tru Calling
Closure
Jake Voight
Water Rats
Iron Man
Nipper
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"Handsome"
Bring back Vinnie!!!
Continue » Posted Nov 6, 2005 9:45 pm PST
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Great
"Childhood favorite"
:) gotta love him!
Continue » Posted Aug 17, 2005 8:16 am PST
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"Personal favorite"
A favorite.
Continue » Posted Jun 24, 2005 9:10 am PST
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Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian series that has been in production since January 1988. It was originally centered around Pippa and Tom Fletcher and the children that they foster, set in the small... more
Summerland
Ava (Lori Loughlin, Full House ) was exactly where she wanted to be in life. In her thirties, with a close-knit circle of friends, a great house in a beautiful California beach town and a growing... more
True Blood
Alan Ball, creator of Six Feet Under, returns to HBO with a new series based on the novel series Southern Vampire by Charlaine Harris. The series follows Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic barmaid... more