The winner of the Golden Satellite Prize, Kvanten, is probably well known to moviegoers. He became famous for his role as Jason Stackhouse in the American mystical television series True Blood. However, the actor did not stop there. Increasingly, Ryan Kwanten takes on complex, sometimes provocative roles. What only fuels the interest of film critics and spectators in their work.
Childhood and youth
The actor was born on November 28, 1976 in Sydney (Australia) in the family of Eddie and Chris Quantan. His father served at the Australian State Maritime Safety Agency. Mother worked in the charity trade organization Lifeline. The Kwanten spouses have two more sons. The older Lloyd works as a therapist, the younger Mitchell, like his famous brother, chose a creative path, he is a musician.
Influenced by his father, who was a champion in surfing in his youth, Ryan Quantan grew up a very athletic child. He has excelled in sports such as golf, tennis, biathlon and surfing. Passion for the latter almost cost Ryan life. At the age of 12, he was attacked by sharks. But this incident did not discourage Ryan from surfing, which he still enjoys to this day.
Cinema
In cinema, Kvanten brought the case. Unlike his younger brother, he did not dream of an acting career, but was going to connect life with sports. In places, paradoxical as it may seem, confusion set everything up. Mother drove to audition at the Mitchell acting agency. Chris was also in the car, because after listening everyone had to go to the pool. He went to the agency to support his brother while waiting. When the turn came, it turned out that Chris was standing closer to the door than his brother and agency employee simply mixed them up, dragging the wrong Quanten into the listening room. So, at the age of 15, Ryan Kwanten got into the acting environment, and a year later he appeared in the series “Primitive Practice”. After leaving school, Ryan entered the University of Sydney, where he studied the basics of doing business, while continuing his acting career. As a student, he appeared in his first significant role, playing Winnie Patterson in the popular soap opera Home and Away. In this television project, Kvanten was involved from 1997 to 2002. And after he moved to California, where he was going to continue his acting career.
Ryan Quantan: movies
Hollywood filmmakers did not immediately pay attention to the ambitious Australian actor. For several months, Ryan was encroaching on the rapids of various castings while he got an episodic work in the television movie "Operative." In 2004, he was finally offered a key role in the series “Eternal Summer”. This was followed by a small episode in the television project Law and Order: Special Corps. And in 2008, he played Jason Stackhouse in the mystical series True Blood. This role brought him popularity and recognition from critics. The main roles in the films followed:
- “Dead Silence” (Jamie Eschen).
- “The Griff is Invisible” (Griff).
- Red Hill (Shane Cooper).
- “Don't Fade” (Jackson White).
- “Help me become a father” (Jonah).
- “Knights of the Kingdom of Steepness” (Joe).
- Flight 7500 (Brad Martin).
- “The right kind of wrong” (Leo).
- The Vikings (Conall).
- " The Abduction of Freddy Heinecken" (Jan Bollard).
- " Who gets the dog?" (Clay Lonnegan).
At the moment, the actor has finished work in the thriller Rob Cohen Hurricane Heist, the premiere to be held in 2018. In addition to acting in films, Ryan Quantan is actively engaged in the development of production activities. Because he is confident that young talents need help. Indeed, from his own experience, Ryan knows how not just to break through to beginners. In addition to creativity, Quanten manages to engage in various sports. As a professional instructor, he leads yoga classes in his own sports club.
Ryan Quanten: personal life
For several years, Quanten has been living with his girlfriend Ashley Sisino. The couple has a beautiful home in Los Angeles near Venice Beach. Lovers appear together at all social events. Journalists even noticed them in a children's clothing store and began to speculate. However, the actor prefers to remain silent about his personal life. Despite a long relationship with Ashley Sisino, Quanten's sexual orientation continues to be questioned. After an explicit bed scene in one of the episodes of the series “True Blood”, this became one of the most talked about topics in Hollywood. The fact is that according to the script, the character of Quentin makes love with vampire Eric Northman. The scene was very convincing. And although the actor himself says that he relates with humor to various speculations of the public, now he has not only fans, but also fans.