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Ryan Hurst(I)

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Ryan Douglas Hurst (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Disney's Remember the Titans, Tom Clark in Taken, Opie Winston in the FX network drama series Sons of Anarchy, as Sergeant Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers, and as Chick in Bates Motel.

Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, and Rick Hurst, an actor. He attended Santa Monica High School.

Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class. In the 1998 epic war drama film Saving Private Ryan, Hurst portrayed Mandelsohn, a paratrooper who, because of temporary hearing loss, cannot understand Captain Miller's (Tom Hanks) questions about sighting Private Ryan, which forces Miller to ask the questions in writing. Additionally, he appeared in the 2002 war film We Were Soldiers as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium.

Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy. Originally a recurring cast member in the first season, he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to Samcro to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango. Also stars in the series, Outsiders. It was announced in August 2018 that he will star as Beta on The Walking Dead.

In 1994, Hurst met Molly Cookson and the couple married in May 2005. Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes. In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California for $1.71 million.
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Ryan Hurst, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, and Mystic Inscho in The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
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Ryan Hurst and Anton Yelchin in Taken (2002)

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Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (2000)
Remember the Titans
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  • Gerry Bertier
  • 2000
Tom Hanks, Tzi Ma, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, Ryan Hurst, and J.K. Simmons in The Ladykillers (2004)
The Ladykillers
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  • Lump Hudson
  • 2004
Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)
We Were Soldiers
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  • Sgt. Ernie Savage
  • 2002
Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
Rango
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  • Jedidiah(voice)
  • 2011

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  • Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (2017)
    S.W.A.T.
  • Tony Hale, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, and Mystic Inscho in The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
    The Mysterious Benedict Society
  • Alastair Duncan, Christopher Judge, and Sunny Suljic in God of War: Ragnarök (2022)
    God of War: Ragnarök
    • (voice)
  • Paradise City (2021)
    Paradise City
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
  • Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)
    Superman: Man of Tomorrow
    • (voice)
  • Titus Welliver in Bosch (2014)
    Bosch
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson in A Million Little Pieces (2018)
    A Million Little Pieces
  • David Morse, Gillian Alexy, Ryan Hurst, and Kyle Gallner in Outsiders (2016)
    Outsiders
  • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
    Bates Motel
  • Nick Offerman in Axe Cop (2012)
    Axe Cop
    • (voice)
  • Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Rupert Grint, and Ashley Greene in CBGB (2013)
    CBGB
  • Sons of Anarchy: Opie Winston (2013)
    Sons of Anarchy: Opie Winston
  • Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenney in King & Maxwell (2013)
    King & Maxwell
  • Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
    Sons of Anarchy

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  • Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (2000)
    Remember the Titans

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    • June 19, 1976
    • Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Molly CooksonMay 8, 2005 - present
    • Rick Hurst
  • Other works
    Theatre Credits include "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" at the Canon Theatre, which won him an award for best performance for comedy from Back Stage West.

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    Originally his character on Sons Of Anarchy, Harold "Opie" Winston and William Lucking's character, Piermont "Piney" Winston, weren't related. However, when filming the pilot episode of the show, seeing the two of them in their biker outfits and their towering heights of 6' 5" and 6' 6" respectively, they looked so much like father and son that creator Kurt Sutter re-wrote their characters to be father and son on the show.
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    I am real, real picky with what I decided to do. I want to make sure it's new and at the same time that it's in the same color of what I have played before. Not to pigeon hole myself but I don't like to do fluff.
    • Frequently plays brutish, oversized football players or soldiers

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