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Ryan Kwanten Profile |
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Birth Date: November 28, 1976
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Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Birth Name: Ryan Kwanten
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Biography |
Ryan Kwanten was born on 28 November 1976 in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, he is an Australian actor.
Kwanten got his start on television shows such as A Country
Practice and Spellbinder. He became well known when, in
1997, he joined the cast of Australian soap opera Home and
Away playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on
the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol. He
eventually chose to leave the show in 2002, shortly after
his character had married and become a father. Vinnie was
jailed, and later apparently killed offscreen. It eventually
emerged that Vinnie was in witness protection and his death
had essentially been faked by the authorities.
Moving to the United States, Kwanten was cast as Jay
Robertson in the Lori Loughlin series Summerland which ran
from 2004 to 2005.
He will next be seen in two films, both due to be released
in 2006 - Flicka with Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Tim
McGraw - and the lead role in Silence. |
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