Ryan Robbins

For the footballer of Saint Kitts and Nevis, see Ryan Robbins (footballer).

Ryan John Currier (born November 26, 1972), better known as Ryan Robbins, is a Canadian actor.

Ryan Robbins
Robbins in February 2011
Born	Ryan John Currier (1972-11-26) November 26, 1972 (age 52)[1] Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Early life

Robbins was born in Victoria, British Columbia.^[2]

Career

Robbins is known for his roles as Ladon Radim in Stargate Atlantis,^[3] Henry Foss on Sanctuary^[4] and is the only actor to have played two different characters (not counting different incarnations of Cylon models as different characters) in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, having originally starred in the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, with heavy makeup and prosthetics to age him, as the Colonial officer assigned to Armistice Station, followed by a recurring role as Charlie Connor in the third and fourth seasons of the Battlestar Galactica 2004–2009 TV series.^[4] Robbins later played Diego in the 2010 Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica.

Robbins has also guest starred in the TV series jPod as Alistair Parish and as Wendell on the Canadian series The Guard. In 2011 he played the role of John Grey in the film Apollo 18. He starred as Rand in Riese, Brad Tonkin in seasons 3 and 4 of Continuum and Tector in Falling Skies.^[5] In 2015 he had a recurring role on Arrow.^[5] He has a lead role in the Canadian series Pure.^[4][2]

Later, Robbins was cast as Agent Zeke "Zero" Rosenberg in the Sniper film series, making the character's debut in Sniper: Assassin's End (2020).^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Horsey	Simon Leigh
1999	Late Night Sessions	Ben
2001	Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal	Tor	Direct-to-video film
	L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve	Video Director
2002	Liberty Stands Still	Fidgety Dude
	Stark Raving Mad	Seedy Guy
2003	Paycheck	Husband
2004	Walking Tall	Travis
	Catwoman	Bartender
	Man. Feel. Pain.	Clint	Short film[7]
2005	When Jesse Was Born	Harold Ferrell	Short film[8]
	Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy'	Street Performer
	The Cabin Movie	Ken
2007	Taming Tammy	Frances	[9]
	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	Truck Driver
2008	Sheltered Life	David Nash
	Passengers	Dean
2009	Smile of April	Jack
	Manson, My Name Is Evil	Charlie Manson / Leslie's Dad
	Collide	Nigel	Short film[10]
2010	Unrivaled	Brian Waite
	Wrecked	George Weaver
2011	Vampire	Kevin Grant
	Apollo 18	Lt Col. John Grey
	Marilyn	Michael Grant	[11]
	Everything and Everyone	Noah	[11]
	Suffer	Logan	Short film[11]
2012	Cold Blooded	Cordero
	Kill for Me	Detective Ferris	Direct-to-video
2014	Reasonable Doubt	Jimmy Logan
2016	The Confirmation	Trout
	Warcraft	Karos
	Spectral	Sgt. Comstock
	Life on the Line	Eugene
2018	Scorched Earth	Thomas Jackson
	Boundaries	Jim
2019	Daughter	Marc
2020	Coffee & Kareem	The Money Guy
	Sniper: Assassin's End	Agent Zeke "Zero" Rosenberg	Direct-to-video
2022	Sniper: Rogue Mission		Direct-to-video[12]
2023	Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team		Direct-to-video
2025	Sniper: The Last Stand		Direct-to-video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Cold Squad	Chimp	Episode: "Stanley Caron"
1998–1999	Seven Days	Red	2 episodes
1999	Millennium	Jed	Episode: "The Sound of Snow"
	Strange World	Bledsoe	Episode: "Azrael's Breed"
	The Net	Incredible Chill Shirt	Episode: "Chem Lab"
2000	Big Sound	Eddie Valor	TV series
	Just Deal	Rob / Manager	Episode: "With the Band"
2000–2001	Dark Angel	Arnie Haas	2 episodes
2001	The Chris Isaak Show	Deke	Episode: "The Real Me"
	The Outer Limits	Richard	Episode: "Time to Time"
	Wolf Lake	Fletcher	Episode: "Meat the Parents"
	The Miracle of the Cards	Reggie	Television film
2002	Taken	Lt. Lou Johnson	Episode: "Beyond the Sky"
	Jeremiah	William Stauber	Episode: "The Bag"
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Phillip Kirby	Segment: "The Mentor"
2003	The Twilight Zone	Tony	Episode: "The Path"
	Smallville	Louis Leery Jr.	Episode: "Exile"
	Battlestar Galactica	Armistice Officer	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Dave Hooman	3 episodes
	The Days	Mr. Marley	2 episodes
	Dead Like Me	James Allen	Episode: "Hurry"
2004–2006	Stargate Atlantis	Ladon Radim	5 episodes
2005	Into the West	'Skate' Guthrie	Episode: "Manifest Destiny"
	Supernatural	Travis Weaver	Episode: "Bugs"
	Romeo!	Hacksaw	Episode: "Good Press"
2006	The Collector	Freddie Grimshaw	Episode: "The Jockey"
	The L Word	Bus Stop Man	Episode: "Losing the Light"
	The Evidence	Ron	Episode: "Borrowed Time"
	Saved		Episode: "A Day in the Life"
	Blade: The Series	Sands	2 episodes
	Alice, I Think	Bob	13 episodes
	A Little Thing Called Murder	Shawn Little	Television film
2006–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Charlie Connor	Recurring role
2007	Psych	Vernon Stallings	Episode: "From the Earth to Starbucks"
	Painkiller Jane	Dr. Lewis	Episode: "Breakdown"
2007–2011	Sanctuary	Henry Foss	Main role[13][10][14]
2008	jPod	Alistair Parish	4 episodes[9]
	Reaper	Demon	Episode: "Cancun"
2008–2009	The Guard	Wendell Linham	Recurring role[9][13]
2009–2010	Riese: Kingdom Falling	Rand	6 episodes
2010	Caprica	Diego	4 episodes
2011	The Listener	James Madison	Episode: "Desperate Hours"
	True Justice	David Bird	Episode: "Lethal Justice: Part 2"
2012	Hell on Wheels	Hawkins	2 episodes[15]
	The Philadelphia Experiment	Richard Falkner	Television film
2012–2014	Falling Skies	Tector	Recurring role
2013	Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts	Pinkerton	Television film
	Arctic Air	Pool Hustler	Episode: "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills"
	The Killing	Joe Mills	Recurring role
	Republic of Doyle	Callum Pardy	Recurring role
	Delete	Max Hollis	2 episodes
2014	Ascension	Duke Vanderhaus	Miniseries
2014–2015	Continuum	John Doe / Brad Tonkin	Main role
2015	Motive	Eric Sharpe	Episode: "Best Enemies"
	Proof	Ryder Newburn / Buddy	Episode: "Showdown"
	Once Upon a Time	Sir Hank Morgan	Episode: "Dreamcatcher"
2015–2016	Arrow	Conklin	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2016	The X-Files	Murphy	Episode: "Founder's Mutation"
	Real Detective	Detective John Cameron	Episode: "Misery"
	The Magicians	Knifemaker's Son	Episode: "Have You Brought Me Little Cakes"
	Not with His Wife	Aiden Savage	Television film
2016–2017	Van Helsing	Taka	4 episodes
2017	Rogue		Episode: "The Determined and the Desperate"
	The Lost Wife of Robert Durst	Jim	Television film
	Yellow	Poet	Television film
2017–2018	Ghost Wars	Edward Clark	4 episodes
2017–2019	Pure	Noah Funk	Series lead
2018	The Good Doctor	Hunter	Episode: "Pain"
	The Black Widow Killer	Steven Dwyer	Television film
2018–2019	Deadly Class	Rory	3 episodes
2019	The Twilight Zone	David Kendall	Episode: "The Comedian"
2019–2023	Riverdale	Frank Andrews	Recurring role; 39 episodes
2020	Snowpiercer	Jack	Episode: "Prepare to Brace"
2020–2021	The Astronauts	Griffin Combes	10 episodes
2021	Hudson & Rex	Jon 'Sorcerer' Carling	Episode: "Dead Man's Bridge"
2022	Surface	Dr. Patterson	Episode: "Psychogenic"
2023	Joe Pickett	Robbie Jax	Episode: "Ducks and Falcons"
2024	Family Law	Magnus Sundstrom	Episode: "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
	Tracker	Seth Adler	Episode: "Missoula"
2025	Sight Unseen	Walter Farrow	Episode: "Chain Reaction"
2025	Watson	Episode: "Teeth Marks"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Mortal Kombat: Legacy	Raiden	Episode: "Raiden"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role	Ref.
2003	"The Laws Have Changed"	The New Pornographers	Actor	[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2005	Leo Award	Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama	Man. Feel. Pain.	Won	[7]
2006			When Jesse Was Born	Nominated	[8]
2008		Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	jPod	Won	[9]
		Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama	Taming Tammy	Nominated	[9]
		Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	The Guard	Nominated	[9]
2009				Nominated	[13]
		Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Sanctuary	Won	[13]
2010		Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series		Nominated	[10]
		Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama	Collide	Nominated	[10]
2011		Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Sanctuary	Won	[14]
2012		Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama	Suffer	Nominated	[11]
		Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama	Marilyn	Won	[11]
			Everything and Everyone	Nominated	[11]
2013		Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Hell on Wheels	Nominated	[15]