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Ryan Ellsworth

Ryan Ellsworth

Ryan Ellsworth is a Canadian-born British actor. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he worked onstage with the National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and Cheek by Jowl in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow, and Sydney. Recent London West End stage credits include To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre directed by Bartlett Sher and The Motive and the Cue at the Noel Coward Theatre directed by Sam Mendes.

Known for

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2026 • Ghost/Player King/First Gravedigger
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
2024 • Knight
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024 • Willy / Man Going Back / Mayor of Hooverville / Man in Barn / Understudy Grampa/Contractor/Pa Joad/Uncle John
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024 • George Voskovec
A Royal Winter
A Royal Winter
2017 • Henrik

Full filmography

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2026 • Ghost/Player King/First Gravedigger
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National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024 • Willy / Man Going Back / Mayor of Hooverville / Man in Barn / Understudy Grampa/Contractor/Pa Joad/Uncle John
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Ryan Ellsworth – Biography, Known For & Filmography