Ryan O'Nan

Ryan O'Nan (born March 25, 1982) is an American actor, writer, and director, best known for his role as King George in Queen of the South.

Ryan O'Nan
Born	(1982-03-25) March 25, 1982 (age 43) Truckee, California, United States
Occupations	Actor Writer Director Producer
Years active	2009–present
Notable work	Queen of the South

Career

In 2009, O'Nan had a recurring role on the crime drama series The Unusuals.^[1] In 2010, he starred in the drama film The Dry Land.^[2] He also had a role as Jared Hale in the pilot episode of the FX series, Justified. In 2011, he wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy film The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best.^[3] In 2012, he appeared in the crime film The Iceman^[4] and the comedy film Watching TV with the Red Chinese.^[5] In 2013, he starred in two thriller films, Altered Minds^[6] and The Frozen Ground.^[7]

In 2014, he starred as the titular role in The Blacklist episode "The Alchemist",^[8] before appearing in several episodes of Ray Donovan.^[9] In 2015, he was cast in the western film Echoes of War,^[10] starred in the action film Vice,^[11] and appeared in the horror film Anguish.^[12] In 2017, he gained notability when he starred as King George in the second season onward of Queen of the South, going on to co-producing the third season.^[13] In 2018, he was cast in Kevin Smith's horror comedy film KillRoy Was Here.^[14] In October 2020, he joined the cast of the 2021 film Copshop.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Dry Land	James	[2]
2011	The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best	Alex	Also writer and director[3]
2012	The Iceman	Terry Franzo	[4]
	Watching TV with the Red Chinese	Dexter Mitchell	[5]
2013	Altered Minds	Tommy Shellner	[6]
	The Frozen Ground	Gregg Baker	[7]
2014	Chu and Blossom	Butch Blossom	Also writer and producer[16]
2015	Vice	Officer Matthews	[11]
	Echoes of War	Dillard McCluskey	[10]
	Anguish	Father Meyers	[12]
2018	Belong to Us	Travis	[17]
2021	Copshop	Huber	[15]
2022	KillRoy Was Here	Tom	[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Unusuals	Frank Lutz	5 episodes[1]
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dale Grisco	1 episodes[1]
2014	The Blacklist	The Alchemist	Episode: "The Alchemist"[8]
	Ray Donovan	Stan	6 episodes[9]
Person of Interest	Andre Cooper	Episode: "Wingman"
2015	Fargo	Ricky G	3 episodes[15]
2016	The Last Tycoon	Dex Davis	1 episode
2017–2021	Queen of the South	King George	21 episodes Writer and co-producer[13]
2021	Swimming With Sharks	Detective Floriani	3 episodes[15]
2021–2022	Big Sky	Donno	Recurring (Seasons 2–3), writer and supervising producer[18]
2023	Lawmen: Bass Reeves	Darrell Dolliver	3 episodes
2024–2025	Tracker	—	Written 3 episodes