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BIOGRAPHY
Ryan Michael Jones' began his
formative artist-in-training years after serving as a
paratrooper in the U.S. Army, soon after culminating in a BFA
Degree in Performance Studies at the University of Central
Florida Conservatory Theatre (Orlando, FL). Training included extensive Meisner acting
technique under the mentorship of Maggie Flannigan/Rutgers
alumni, JJ Ruscella
- founder of Orlando, Florida's premiere independent film company,
Caius
Productions.
Immediately following college, Ryan worked as an Assistant Editor
to
Pete Opotowski ("Super Boy", "Walker
Texas Ranger" "Swamp Thing" "Sheena"), as a Casting
Assistant on the Caius Productions independent
film "Karaoke King",
an acting program teaching assistant with the
New
York Film Academy (MGM Studios), and acted in numerous 35 mm film projects at
Full Sail School of Film.
Since locating to Brooklyn, NY in
2006, Ryan's acting credits include various television, film and stage
productions - his most memorable experience as a puppeteer in "Fatboy Romeo" at The
Cherry Lane Studio - voted the Top 15 Plays to Watch at NYC Fringe by
The Gothamist - the
role of Sydney in the NY Times acclaimed New York premiere of
Keith Reddin's
All the Rage, the role of Jonahs in the award-winning short,
Imago Wings, a music
video with Emmy nominated
Noah Conopask, a short scene with
America Ferrera on "Ugly Betty, a recurring role on the NBC pilot
Kings as one of the Shephard brothers (working with Becky Anne Baker),
the role of Brodie in Top Stoppard's "The Real Thing" (directed by Tony
Award winning
Terry Schreiber), and a
sojourn in the Bahamas for two months playing a New World Pirate in
Pirates of the Caribbean III.
Ryan is currently
producing an "art-house" feature entitled "Oneiromancy" with
his wife and producing partner, Shannon Beeby, and is forever roaming
the streets of New York City absorbing art and contemplating new ideas
in merging artistic disciplines and doing what he love's to do best -
telling stories.
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