Mark Ryan has enjoyed a diverse and successful international career spanning over 45 years, combining his talents in acting, singing, writing, action direction, and producing. He has had a significant presence in London's West End, spending four years in Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical "Evita," playing the roles of "Magaldi" and "Che" under the direction of Broadway legend Hal Prince.
Ryan originated the character "Nasir" in the cult British TV series "Robin Of Sherwood" and has appeared in numerous films and television series in both the US and UK. He is also an accomplished author, having written for DC Comics and created "The Greenwood Tarot" for Harper Collins.
Mark Ryan has toured the US with Eric Idle, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. He was the Swordmaster and Fight Director on "King Arthur," training actors such as Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, and Clive Owen. He has appeared in productions such as "The Prestige" and "The Thirst" and has continued to work in theater and TV in the US.
Ryan began working on the 2007 film "Transformers," providing the on-set voice for several robots and later voicing the character Bumblebee. He also voiced Ironhide and Hoist for the Activision video game based on the film. During 2008, he wrote and produced a musical adaptation of "Wuthering Heights," directing the video "Women" for the project.
In 2009, Ryan continued voice-work on "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen," performing several characters and standing in for the robots during principal photography. He returned to work on "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in 2010, once again providing the on-set voice of the Autobots. The film was shot in 3D, with post-production voice-work carrying on into the spring of 2011.
Ryan contributed uncredited military lines and voices to the final cut of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in 2011. He also voiced the alien bounty-hunter "Lockdown" for the 4th "Transformers" movie, "Age of Extinction," in 2014.
His biography, "Hold Fast," was written with John Matthews and published in 2015. The book includes chapters on "Black Sails," in which he played Quartermaster "Hal Gates," and the 5th movie in the franchise, "Transformers: The Last Knight," in which he voiced "Bulldog," "Hot Rod," and appeared as a British Army SAS Officer.
In 2022, Mark began co-writing "The Sherwood Oracle" with John Matthews, using imagery from acclaimed artist Anne Yvonne Gilbert, to be released in the spring of 2024 and published internationally by major New York publishing house Stirling Ethos.
