Max Ryan is a British actor who starred in such films as “Kiss of the Dragon”, “Three Keys”, “Deadly Race”, etc. He could build a successful sports career, but in the end he chose acting. In the article we will get acquainted with his biography and note the most popular projects from the filmography.
Max Ryan: personal life
Max was born in England in 1967. Even at school, he showed great interest in sports: he participated in various sports competitions and played for the school football team. A little later he discovered motocross and motorcycle racing. This is a hobby that soon raised him to the level of professionals. Sponsors began to appear, who provided him with participation in the championships, where the guy often won prizes.
But this chapter of his life ended at the age of 20, when, returning to London after another sporting event, Max entered the Theater School. Acting skills were easy for him, so already during the training, he began to appear in commercials.
A kiss of eminent gentlemen
Max Ryan’s full-fledged acting career began in 2001 when, after appearing in two short films, Ultraviolet Babes (1998) and Yoorinal (2000), he starred in Chris Naon’s action movie “Kiss of the Dragon” - a film in which almost all of the fighting scenes were shot without using computer graphics. And two years later, along with Stephen Seagal, he became a foreigner in the main part of the American action movie Michael Oblobitz. The film tells the story of an operative who becomes the target of hired killers after receiving a mission to deliver a mysterious parcel from France to Germany.
In 2003, Max Ryan got a supporting role in Stephen Norrington's fantastic action movie The League of Outstanding Gentlemen, based on the eponymous comic book by Kevin O'Neill and Alan Moore. Then he became a member of the main cast of the thriller Robbie Henson's “Three Keys” (2006), based on the novel of the same name by American writer Ted Dekker. And as the main character appeared in the action movie of Yaroslav Zhamoydy “Corrupt” (2008).
Anger in the big city
In the fantastic action movie of Paul W. S. Anderson, “The Death Race” (2008), Max Ryan played the role of Mr. Panchenko, a Russian racer and leader of the prison Aryan brotherhood. A werewolf named Bender, he played in Dan Menny’s horror film “Ascending the Black Moon” (2009). And in the image of Dr. Ricarda Spirit appeared in the romantic comedy by Michael Patrick King “Sex and the City 2” (2010), the plot was based on the eponymous series, broadcast on HBO from 1998 to 2004.
In 2012, he appeared as the main character in the psychological thriller of Jameson Hesse A Dark Day's Night. The role of Kane, a member of the group behind the abduction of the Russian mafia, Max played in the crime thriller Paco Cabezas "Anger" (2014). And as Lieutenant Wilbur, Gwynn appeared in the military drama The Cruiser, directed by Mario Van Peebles in 2016.
Future projects
As for the new films with Max Ryan, then, in addition to two short films, fans of the actor are expecting two full-length films in the near future. It's about the thriller Christian Johnston Blackline: The Beirut Contract and the melodrama of Damien Lichtenstein Undateable John. Shooting is also underway for George Marshall Ryuge's action movie The Bandit and the fantasy drama The Hunchback, based on Victor Hugo’s novel.