Biography
Date of Birth: February, 1967
Place: England, UK. Ryan originates from England, Ireland and Poland, his paternal grandfather was half English and half Irish and his paternal grandmother was a Polish Jewess.
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Trademark: Mallen streak. he once said in an interview it is also known as the ''Lick of God!''
Eyes: Green
Family: Elizabeth Lynette (Mother). Derived from English parents and married his father. Both were interested in fine arts so Elizabeth Lynette left her job as a croupier and became a fine arts dealer with her husband and spent many years traveling across Europe and America. During this time Ryan's older brother was born and some years later Ryan. The adventure continued for many years across Europe and America when finally the journey ended and the family settled in England. Ryan's family home was broken as his mother and father were divorced by age seven. Due to his parent's split Ryan spent sporadic times with his father as he helped him with his sports. The years continued and sports became an integral part of his life leaving the academics behind. Soon his father was lost in his own world leaving, his mother, Elizabeth to make good of her sons. It was not until four years later that she met and remarried. Elizabeth married Jack who was also from a broken marriage with three daughters. Fitting in with his older brother and older sisters was a challenge but nevertheless with the obstacles and blows they all survived the adventure. During this time Ryan's younger brother Jack (starred with Ryan in 'Craven Marsh' and 'Three') was born and the years to come would be good, as they have just celebrated their silver anniversary.
School: Ryan enjoyed school and won many running and high jump events even though during these years Ryan endured a lot of punishing for speaking his own mind and being stubborn, so public punishment soon became a weekly event that eventually began to amuse him. Ryan's passion in sports soon led him to captain of the school football team and a weekend team which would lead him to a trial for an international football team. Ryan soon took interest in the International motocross events and soon sponsorship took presidency for many years at this level with great wins and solid sports achievements, a flurry of broken bones would spread over a two year period. At this point he had to survive so getting a job as a car mechanic was the nearest he could be to an engine. Ryan began working as an apprentice Ferrari Mechanic that lasted for years. During this time frame he attended college earning a Higher National Diploma (HND & HNC), allowing him to become a licensed Technician.
Personal Life: Now living in Hollywood, Ryan still loves motorbikes and he also likes to ski. Anything that involves adrenaline and going fast!
He thinks that his worst trait is being outspoken.
He considers himself to be a good cook, and says one of his favourite meals is sweet and sour king prawn with fried rice!
His star sign is Pisces.
He has 5 siblings, 1 older brother, 3 older sisters, and 1 younger brother.
He is 6 feet tall.
His favourite music includes Tears For Fears, Elvis, Neil Diamond, Dame Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Boulevard...Everything from the 50's up until today!
Adrenaline Rush: Being an adrenaline junky was not easy and speed was a necessary evil. Ryan's reckless and fearless behavior would promote many car accidents. This led him to the track where he lent his talents to one of his favorite pastimes, motorcycle racing. Soon after, his level of racing had progressed to the highly competitive British Championships, unfortunately in 1998, a high speed crash nearly cost Ryan his life.
The Rest: After years of unusual and great circumstances Ryan moved to London and enrolled in a day theatre class, shortly afterwards he was asked to cast for a TV commercial and with the success of that he began working as a professional actor.
The Dog Story: At the age of 25, during a family ski holiday, Ryan was coming out of the shower when he heard a scream outside his hotel balcony window. When he went to see where the noise was coming from he saw an Alsatian dog attacking his two sisters (age 12 & 14) in the snow. Ryan jumped over the balcony and fell three stories landing in deep snow breaking his fall. Ran to the girls (still naked, as he says), fought the dog allowing the girls to escape. To hear Ryan tell the tale visit his official website under 'News' - The John Kerwin Show.
Thanks to PPMG and Ryan for the bio. As i find out more info i'll add to it. :-)



