Bio

Thomas Jay Ryan has appeared at Berkeley Rep in TROUBLEMAKER, THREE SISTERS and TRAGEDY: A  TRAGEDY. Broadway credits include the recent WEST SIDE STORY, THE NAP, THE  CRUCIBLE and IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY. Among his many Off Broadway credits are EUREKA DAY, DANCE NATION (Drama Desk Award), THE AMATEURS, A  MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (Calloway Award), 10 OUT OF 12 (Drama League nomination),  TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT, THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE, VENUS, THE TEMPERAMENTALS  (Drama Desk Award), and several collaborations with Daniel Fish including TOM RYAN THINKS  HE’S JAMES MASON… (named best of the year by Time Out NY).

His collaborations with  director Ivo Van Hove away from Broadway include THE MISANTHROPE and THE LITTLE  FOXES (in New York) and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (an Ahmanson/Kennedy Center co production). His other regional credits include the Guthrie, Yale Rep, the Old Globe, LaJolla  Playhouse, Hartford Stage, and many others.

He made his film debut in the title role of Hal Hartley’s Cannes prize winning HENRY FOOL, and recent feature film credits include this year’s  SCENES FROM AN EMPTY CHURCH and CRYPTOZOO. He has also been seen in such movies as ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, THE LEGEND OF BAGGER  VANCE, BURN COUNTRY, DEDALUS, and two features with Bay area artist Lynn Hershman Leeson, STRANGE CULTURE and TEKNOLUST (both opposite Tilda Swinton).

His many  television appearances include the HBO film DEGAS AND THE DANCER, in which he played  Edgar Degas (Gemini Award nomination).