Mark Ryan

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Mark Ryan (born 7 June 1956) is an English actor, writer, guitarist, and action film producer.

He is perhaps best known for his role in the Michael Bay/Starz production Black Sails as Nasir in the British TV series Robin of Sherwood, as well as his Transformers franchise work for which he has voiced Bumblebee, Jetfire, and Lockdown.

In the fifth installment of Transformers: The Last Knight, he reprised his role as the robot's live-action star.

Early life

Ryan served in the British Army's Intelligence Corps, attached to DSF (Director Special Forces), and later as a licensed private investigator in the United States, before his time in entertainment.

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Career

Ryan appeared in many major musicals in London's West End, spending four years in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita as Magaldi and then playing Ché under Hal Prince's direction. He went on to appear in a cameo in Alan Parker's film version of the musical. In the SAS action film Who Dares Wins directed Ian Sharp, he left Evita to play Mac.

Nasir, the British television series in which he spent three years, was played by Ryan. Nasir was the first Muslim member of the Merry Men, a belief that carried over to later films including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the 2006 Robin Hood television series.

Ryan appeared in the title role in Elmer Gantry at London's Gate Theatre in 1986 and then on a national tour of the hit show Guys and Dolls, as part of Sky Masterson. He returned to the West End to appear in The Mysterious Mystery of Edwin Drood, a Tony Award-winning musical, as well as a duet with singer Tom Jones on his album Matador. In addition, he appeared in the Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away from the Wild Frontier album.

Ryan performed in Figaro and Leporello in Don Giovanni, both for Music Theatre, London directed by Nick Broadhurst, in 1993, and a sequence of open-air concert performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra followed.

In 1994, swordmaster Bob Anderson selected Ryan to assist Richard Gere and Ben Cross as sword coach in the film First Knight. Also during the filming, director Jerry Zucker asked him to play John Challenger.

Before heading to Los Angeles in 1997, Ryan guest appeared on many British television shows, including The Bill, Harry, Dempsey, and Makepeace, Casualty and Peak Practice. He appeared in films including Doomsday Gun and Nil By Mouth. While establishing himself in the United States, he appeared in such television shows as Frasier, General Hospital, Conan the Adventurer, Passions, Nuremberg, and The Young and the Restless. He served as both combat coordinator and swordmaster on The Undiscovered Adventures of Jules Verne and played Gordon in Neville's Globe Theatre production of Neville's Island.

On the film King Arthur directed by Antoine Fuqua, Ryan served as a swordmaster and battle director in 2003. His duties included assisting the writer and writer in determining all aspects of the knights' combat styles, as well as training all of the main actors, including Keira Knightley, Clive Owen, and Stellan Skarsghrd, planning and choreographing their performance.

Ryan appeared in original Monty Python member Eric Idle's comedy appearances in Eric Idle's Monty Python comedy in venues including Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl in 2000. The crew later recorded the program exclusively for the Comedy Channel. In the Los Angeles stage performance of 1776 directed by Gordon Hunt, he went on to play John Dickinson. During filming in 2007, Ryan became the on-set voice of many different robots. This work progressed through filming and editing before it was finally cast of voice-over actors. He was then portrayed as the voice of Bumblebee. For the Activision video game based on the film, Ryan also voices Ironhide and Hoist. Michael Bay used the lines Ryan wrote for Bumblebee in the film when Ryan was in the studio recording his lines for the actors on set. But Ryan didn't know that it would be used, and if so, he'd have used a different younger voice. For the sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and the Activision Game based on the film, he reprised to voice Bumblebee and Jetfire. Ryan continued voice work on Transformers in early 2009: The Fallen's Revenge of the Fallen, who worked closely with Michael Bay and Alex Kurtzman almost right up to the film's debut.

Ryan returned to work on Transformers: Dark of the Moon in May 2010. He was also Bumblebee. Michael Bay Blockbuster's third appearance in the United States and also at Kennedy Space Center - Cape Canaveral, Florida. The film was shot in 3D with post-production voice-work continuing into the spring of 2011. Ryan also completed the Universal Studios theme park ride based on the films, which was based on the films from October 2011.

Ryan appeared in the fourth installment of Transformers: Age of Extinction in July 2013. In 2014, the film broke international records by collecting over $1.08 billion in box office sales. In 2015, Ryan was nominated for best vocal performance in a supporting role in a Behind The Voice Actors feature film. Lockdown's character has a following in the Transformers community: it has echoed a great deal.

In late 2008, Ryan produced a musical adaptation of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront, which was narrated by Ray Winstone. With Robb Vallier, who worked on Spamalot, he composed, sang, and produced the tracks. Jenn Korbee, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and Katie Boeck directed the video for the song "Women" filmed specifically for the website and starring Jenn Korbee, Jessica Keenan Wynn and Katie Boeck.

In January 2014, Ryan started playing Mr. Gates in the Michael Bay/Starz production of the pirate show Black Sails and appeared in the first eight episodes of the series, which broke all previous viewer records for Starz. Ryan was lauded for his portrayal of the faithful and even-handed pirate quartermaster.

He has appeared in such television shows as JAG, Real Time with Bill Maher and Alias, as well as films such as Charlie's Angel, Convicted, The Thirst, and The Prestige.

In mid-2009, Ryan produced Blood Type's teaser/trailer, which was written by John Matthews and Wil Kinghan of Mythwood Films. The trailer was shot on location at the Atlantis Bookshop in London and continued at the 12th century estate of Prebendal, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire. The project's promotional trailer was included in the BAFTA Members' Short Film Showcase in March 2010. He was also featured on David Ayer's LCD Soundsystem video Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow.

In late 2012, he appeared on NBC comedy show Community as Constable Edmund, a new companion to Inspector Spacetime, in an honor to BBC TV show Doctor Who. In early 2013, the program premiered.

In 2015, Ryan appeared in the third season of Netflix's Cold War drama series Granite Flats, as well as supporting independent films STREET: The Movie and Any Bullet Will Do It. In the fifth installment and the final film from the original trilogy of the Transfomers films Transformers: The Last Knight, he reprised his role as live-action stand-in for the robots Bulldog (WWII Tank) and The Lieutenant (Hawker Hurricane).

Ryan is an author and has written several screenplays as well as for DC Comics and Harper Collins. Ryan co-created the Greenwood Tarot deck with artist Chesca Potter, a spin on the traditional tarot deck that includes pre-historic European imagery.

The online magazine ComicMix launched Ryan's The Pilgrim, a graphic novel based on true events during the Second World War and focusing on modern psychic warfare study and drawn by comic artist Mike Grell in November 2008. Parts of the story are believed to be based on Ryan's experiences during his time as a member of the Intelligence Corps and Special Forces. ComicMix announced an agreement with IDW Publishing for hardcopy publishing rights of its online publications in early 2009, and IDW Publishing announced the publication of The Pilgrim in April 2010.

During London Book Fair in April 2009, Eddison-Sadd presented the Wildwood Tarot, based on the artistry of Chesca Potter's work: Greenwood Tarot's companion book, which was written by Ryan. The Wildwood Tarot is an updated and reworked version of Chesca Potter and Mark Ryan's original tarot book, co-written with John Matthews and illustrator Will Worthington's artwork. In April 2011, Wildwood Tarot was debut at the Atlantis Bookstore in London. During the spring of 2011, Wildwood Tarot became the country's best-selling Tarot and Hottest Bestseller, and it has since been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, and French. Sterling Publishing in the United States has published the Wildwood Tarot. A workbook for The Wildwood Tarot was published in 2017, under the title Wild Magic: The Wildwood Tarot Workbook.

Hold Fast, Mark Ryan's autobiography, describing his life in which he has combined his acting career with a clandestine occupation as an agent of British Military Intelligence, was released on June 15, 2015.

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