Ryan Johnson

Ryan Johnson is an Australian actor who began performing on stage, television, and film in 2000, with early credits including City Loop and guest spots on All Saints, Beastmaster, and Nowhere to Land. Born in Melbourne in 1979, he completed his studies at Queensland University of Technology in 1999. He took his first major television role in the drama Head Start in 2001, then appeared as Bobby Bailey in Dossa and Joe and as Hammer in the 2003 comedy The Wannabes, known in the U.S. as Criminal Ways (2003). Later screen work includes the comedy Jucy (2010), the action adventure 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018), and the comedy drama How to Please a Woman (2022). On television he played Zelko Milanovic in The Secret Life of Us, Rocco Arico in Underbelly, and Matt Knight in Doctor Doctor, earning a 2017 Logie Award nomination for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor. He also appeared in Bump and The Claremont Murders.