Ryan McCartan
Biography
Ryan McCartan is an American actor and singer who got his start onstage as a teenager in Minnesota, where he grew up in Excelsior and performed with Minnetonka Theatre. He began with a small part in a stage High School Musical in 2007, won a Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in 2011, and took the part of Jason Dean in the off-Broadway musical Heathers. On television he played Diggie Smalls on the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie, and he starred as Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016) and in R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015). His Broadway work includes Fiyero in Wicked, Hans in Frozen and the title role in The Great Gatsby, which earned him a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nomination in 2025.
33years old
Turns 34 on June 14in 244 days
- Born Excelsior
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Ryan Jerome McCartan
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 7 years2015 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022Love You AnywayIMDb rating 5.7
- 2016Emma's ChanceIMDb rating 6.1
- 2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp AgainIMDb rating 4.2
- 2015R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of SoulsIMDb rating 5.6
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A first
McCartan starred in the title role of The Phantom of the Opera in 2011, Minnesota's first regional production of the show. That year he also took Best Performance by an Actor at the Jimmy Awards, which The Broadway League gives to top high school musical performers.
A first
McCartan was the first to play Jason Dean in the off-Broadway production of Heathers, from March through August 2014. He had earlier taken the part in the musical's 2013 Los Angeles premiere.
First role
McCartan first appeared on Broadway as Fiyero in the musical Wicked on September 11, 2018. He stayed with the production through May 12, 2019.
A first
In mid-2018, McCartan was the first to play Eddie Corbin, the lead part in Mutt House, a new musical staged at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
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Worked with
Ryan McCartan made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jayne Eastwood's page
Missi Pyle's page
Joey Lawrence's page
Fiona Vroom's page
Keith MacKechnie's page
All films by Kenny Ortega
All films by Peter DeLuise
Anna Elizabeth JamesDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Anna Elizabeth James
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