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Ryan Kwanten

Biography

Ryan Kwanten is an Australian actor who began his career on television with appearances on A Country Practice, Hey Dad..! and Spellbinder. In 1997 he joined the soap opera Home and Away as Vinnie Patterson, a role he played until 2002. After moving to the United States, he took the part of Jay Robertson in the teen drama Summerland. He went on to appear in films such as Flicka (2006) and Dead Silence (2007), and voiced Kludd in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010). From 2008 to 2014 he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood, and he starred in Red Hill (2010) and Knights of Badassdom (2013). He also produced and starred in The Oath as Steve Hammond from 2018 to 2019, and he appeared in Them in 2021 and Kindred in 2022. He voiced Blinky Bill in Blinky Bill the Movie (2015) and appeared in 2067 (2020).

49years old

Turns 50 on November 28in 47 days

  • Born Sydney
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Also credited as Ryan Christian Kwanten

Movie Career

Films
27
Career span
20 years2006 to 2026

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Kwanten was originally set to voice the protagonist Sorren in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, but the role went to Jim Sturgess and Kwanten voiced Kludd instead.

Ryan Kwanten movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Dead Silence2007 Horror, Mystery, Thrilleras Jamie Ashen

    IMDb rating 6.2110K votes

  2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010 Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasyas Kluddvoice

    IMDb rating 6.993K votes

  3. The Hurricane Heist2018as Breeze

    IMDb rating 5.224K votes

  4. Primitive War2025as Baker

    IMDb rating 5.312K votes

  5. The Right Kind of Wrong2013as Leo Palamino

    IMDb rating 6.110K votes

  6. 20672020as Jude Mathers

    IMDb rating 4.913K votes

  7. Knights of Badassdom2013as Joe

    IMDb rating 5.623K votes

  8. Kidnapping Mr. Heineken2015as Jan 'Cat' Boellard

    IMDb rating 6.123K votes

Most often with

Ivan Sen directed two of these films, Ken Sanzel two. Hugo Weaving appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Ryan Kwanten's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$224 million

10 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 27 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found; 1 too new to count.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 12Figure not found
  • 1Too new to count

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $140M62.4% of the total
  2. 2
    The Hurricane Heist2018as Breeze
    $33M14.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Dead Silence2007as Jamie Ashen
    $22M10.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Flicka2006as Howard McLaughlin
    $21M9.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Blinky Bill the Movie2015as Blinky Bill (voice)
    $4.6M2.1% of the total
  6. 6
    Kidnapping Mr. Heineken2015as Jan 'Cat' Boellard
    $2.6M1.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Rio, I Love You2014as Jai
    $602K0.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Red Hill2010as Shane Cooper
    $324K0.1% of the total
Primitive War (2025), $217,753Knights of Badassdom (2013), $86,746

$304,499from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total