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Ryan began working in theater at the age of five, in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand. He is the eldest of four. Ryan completed a Bachelor of Arts at New Zealand's Otago University in 2000, majoring in Theater. He then went on to study Performance Art at New Zealand Drama School. Ryan's first television role came half way through his second year at drama school. He played one of the leads, a reformed criminal called 'Brad', in 'The Insider's Guide to Love'. A seven-part series based around a diverse group of young people whose lives become inextricably inter-linked. Ryan latter won 'best actor in a drama series' at the Qantas media awards for that role. His second television gig was playing 'Daniel', a uniform cop on TVNZ's police drama, 'The Hothouse'. After working on several New Zealand feature films including Paul Murphy's 'Second Hand Wedding' and a short film 'Crossing the line', directed by Sir Peter Jackson, Ryan moved to Melbourne Australia after landing a lead role in the long running detective drama 'City Homicide'. Ryan has more recently been working on the New Zealand movie 'Tangiwai' which saw him play Bob Blair, a New Zealand fast bowler in the 50's, and has completed filming on Tom Scott's second film 'Rage', about the 1981 springbok rugby tour of New Zealand.- Producer
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Tim-Ryan O'Kane was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1980. He studied film and television production at the prestigious Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida, and was the first recipient of the annual Palm Beach International Film Festival Burt Reynolds Film Scholarship. He then attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.
Relocating to New York, O'Kane began his career in television, first as an assistant editor and eventually a producer for various networks including: History Channel, TLC, Discovery Channel, A&E, MTV, VH1, Weather Channel, and Bravo. O'Kane has produced notable series such as the mega-hit 'American Pickers' (2010), and the popular dating game show 'Room Radiers' (2009).
In addition to his TV career, O'Kane is also an acclaimed recording artist, performer, and songwriter - independently releasing original music since 2011.- Editorial Department
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Ryan O'Kane is known for Nowheresville (2001).