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Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on the Australian soap-opera Home and Away. After his stint ended he joined the American teen-oriented drama Summerland portraying Jay Robertson. In 2008, he was cast as Jason Stackhouse in True Blood.
Kwanten began acting on the television shows A Country Practice, Hey Dad..! and Spellbinder. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away, playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father. Kwanten had previously guested on the serial as Robbie Taylor in 1994. Moving to the United States, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in the Lori Loughlin-starring series Summerland, which ran from 2004 to 2005. He appeared in the films Flicka, with Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, and Dead Silence, a horror movie in which he played the leading role.
Kwanten appeared in a Law and Order: SVU episode that aired on 2 December 2008, in which he portrayed Dominic Pruitt, a US Marine Corps Master Sergeant accused of raping and murdering a fellow Marine and her unborn baby.
In 2009, he starred in the film Don't Fade Away with Mischa Barton and Beau Bridges. Kwanten currently plays the role of Jason Stackhouse in True Blood, an HBO television series based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries. He stars in the psychological thriller Red Hill, which was directed by Patrick Hughes. Kwanten earned one of the lead roles in the Joe Lynch Horror film The Knights of Badassdom. In October 2010, it was announced that Ryan will play Charles Manson in the upcoming, yet-to-be-titled biopic, directed by Brad Anderson.
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Ryan Kwanten - filmography
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Not Suitable For Children
(2012)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten
Director: Peter Templeman
Certificate: 
Jonah (TRUE BLOOD's Ryan Kwanten) is living the dream: young, carefree and able to bed any girl he looks at. But his playboy lifestyle comes crashing down when he finds out that he will be infertile in less than a month. Panic-stricken, his paternal instincts kick in and he launches a mission to ..read more »
 
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True Blood - Series 4
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Director: Daniel Minahan
Certificate: 
As if vampires, werewolves, werepanthers and shapeshifters weren't enough, Sookie Stackhouse and her allies in Bon Temps are about to face another round of otherworldly threats. It's time to bare your fangs for Season Four of this acclaimed HBO drama series that continues the story of this human/..read more »
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True Blood - Series 4 - Blu-ray
(5 discs)
(2011)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Director: Daniel Minahan
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As if vampires, werewolves, werepanthers and shapeshifters weren't enough, Sookie Stackhouse and her allies in Bon Temps are about to face another round of otherworldly threats. It's time to bare your fangs for Season Four of this acclaimed HBO drama series that continues the story of this human/..read more »
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Legend of the Guardians - The Owls of Ga...
(2010)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Helen Mirren, Emilie de Ravin
Director: Zack Snyder
Certificate: 
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Animated adaptation of the first three books of the 'Guardians of Ga'Hoole' series by Kathryn Lasky. Barn owl Soren (voice of Jim Sturgess) is abducted and taken to St. Aggie's, a home for orphan owls. However, it is no ordinary orphanage - at St. Aggie's young owls are programmed into becoming ..read more »
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from 4,734 members
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True Blood - Series 3
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Director: Daniel Minahan
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Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders and ..read more »
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from 5,773 members
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True Blood - Series 3 - Blu-ray
(5 discs)
(2010)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Director: Daniel Minahan
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Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders and ..read more »
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Griff the Invisible - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Marshall Napier
Director: Leon Ford
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Griff - office worker by day, superhero by night - has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.
By day Griff (Ryan Kwanten) is an everyday office worker, in an everyday town. He lives a secluded life, bullied by co-..read more »
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from 189 members
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Legend of the Guardians - The Owls of Ga...
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren
Director: Zack Snyder
Certificate:
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Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. ..read more »
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from 11,892 members
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Red Hill
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Claire van der Boom, Steve Bisley
Director: Patrick Hughes
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Young police officer Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten) relocates to the small country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice (Claire van der Boom) to start a family. But when news of a prison break sends the local law enforcement officers - led by the town's ruling presence, Old Bill (Steve Bisley)..read more »
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Griff the Invisible
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Marshall Napier
Director: Leon Ford
Certificate:
Griff - office worker by day, superhero by night - has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.
By day Griff (Ryan Kwanten) is an everyday office worker, in an everyday town. He lives a secluded life, bullied by co-..read more »
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from 368 members
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Red Hill - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Claire van der Boom, Steve Bisley
Director: Patrick Hughes
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Watch now: Unavailable
Young police officer Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten) relocates to the small country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice (Claire van der Boom) to start a family. But when news of a prison break sends the local law enforcement officers - led by the town's ruling presence, Old Bill (Steve Bisley)..read more »
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True Blood - Series 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Anna Paquin
Director: Alan Ball, Scott Winant, John Dahl
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All 12 episodes from the first season of the offbeat vampire drama series penned by 'American Beauty' and 'Six Feet Under' writer Alan Ball. Anna Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse, a Louisiana waitress with telepathic powers whose life changes forever when 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen ..read more »
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from 13,122 members
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Dead Silence - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Judith Roberts, Joan Heney
Director: James Wan
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Chilling horror from the makers of 'Saw'. Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) was a popular entertainer until she was accused of murdering a young boy. After she was captured by the vengeful townspeople her tongue was cut out before she was mercilessly killed and committed to the earth in the company of her ..read more »
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from 127 members
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Flicka
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tim McGraw, Ryan Kwanten, Jeffrey Nordling
Director: Michael Mayer
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Sixteen-year-old Katy McLaughlin dreams of fulfilling her family legacy by working on her father's ranch in modern-day Wyoming. But Katy's father wants more for her, insisting that Katy go to college. Katy finds a wild mustang, which she names Flicka, and sets out to make her a riding horse. But, ..read more »
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Ryan Kwanten facts
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... is Sookie's tough-talking best friend, her womanizing brother Jason (played by Ryan Kwanten) and her shape-shifting boss Sam Merlotte (played by Sam Trammell).
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