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John P. Ryan is a Actor American born on 30 july 1936

John P. Ryan

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Birth name John Patrick Ryan
Nationality USA
Birth 30 july 1936
Death 20 march 2007 (at 70 years)

John Patrick Ryan (né le 30 juillet 1936 à New York et mort le 20 mars 2007 à Los Angeles) est un acteur américain, connu comme John P. Ryan (parfois crédité John Ryan).

Biography

John P. Ryan débute au théâtre à Broadway (New York) dans La Dame aux camélias d'Alexandre Dumas fils (avec Susan Strasberg dans le rôle-titre et Frank Silvera), représentée en 1963.

Suivent quatre autres pièces, dont Yerma de Federico García Lorca (1966-1967, avec Frank Langella et Aline MacMahon) ; sa dernière à Broadway, en 1973, est Médée d'Euripide (avec Irène Papas dans le rôle-titre), où il personnifie Jason.

Au cinéma, il contribue à quarante-deux films américains, depuis The Tiger Makes Out d'Arthur Hiller (1967, avec Eli Wallach et Anne Jackson) jusqu'à Bound des Wachowski (1996, avec Gina Gershon et Jennifer Tilly), après lequel il se retire de l'écran.

Entretemps, mentionnons Cinq pièces faciles de Bob Rafelson (1970, avec Jack Nicholson et Karen Black), Missouri Breaks d'Arthur Penn (1976, avec Marlon Brando et Jack Nicholson), Runaway Train d'Andreï Kontchalovski (1985, avec Jon Voight et Eric Roberts) et Hoffa de Danny DeVito (1992, avec Jack Nicholson dans le rôle-titre et le réalisateur).

Signalons également le film français Les Patriotes d'Éric Rochant (1994, avec Yvan Attal et Richard Masur).

À la télévision, John P. Ryan apparaît dans vingt-cinq séries entre 1966 et 1993, dont Sur la piste du crime (deux épisodes, 1968-1969), Starsky et Hutch (deux épisodes, 1977-1979) et Deux flics à Miami (un épisode, 1989).

S'ajoutent neuf téléfilms, le premier diffusé en 1968, le dernier en 1991.

Il meurt en 2007, à 70 ans, des suites d'un accident vasculaire cérébral.

Best films

Runaway Train (1985)
(Actor)

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John P. Ryan
John P. Ryan
(28 films)
Bob Rafelson
Bob Rafelson
(3 films)
Larry Cohen
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(2 films)
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Fred Roos
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John P. Ryan (28 films)

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Actor

Bound
Bound (1996)
, 1h48
Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Erotic thriller films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, John P. Ryan
Roles Micky Malnato
Rating72% 3.6490953.6490953.6490953.6490953.649095
Corky (Gina Gershon), an ex-con who has just finished a five-year jail sentence, arrives at an apartment building to start work as a painter and plumber. On her way up to the apartment, she encounters the couple who live next-door, Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). After Caesar has gone out, Violet flirts with Corky and asks her to help retrieve an earring that has fallen down her sink. After Corky extracts the earring, Violet admits she lost it on purpose in order to get closer to Corky, and starts to seduce her. They are interrupted by the arrival of Caesar and Corky goes back to work. When she leaves for the day, Violet follows her to her truck. They go to Corky's apartment and have sex. The next morning, Violet tells Corky that Caesar is a money launderer for the Mafia and they have been together for five years.
Tall Tale
Tall Tale (1995)
, 1h38
Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Patrick Swayze, Nick Stahl, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Scott Glenn, Catherine O'Hara
Roles Grub
Rating59% 2.9533752.9533752.9533752.9533752.953375
In 1905, Daniel Hackett (Nick Stahl), a young farmer from the western town of Paradise Valley, is unhappy with his life as a farmer and dreams of life in New York City. His father, Jonas (Stephen Lang), likes to tell Daniel tall tales about Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry to which Daniel has heard many times leading him to doubt their existence. Meanwhile, Paradise Valley is being coveted by a greedy developer, J.P. Stiles (Scott Glenn). Stiles attempts to convince area farmers to sell their land to him, most notably Jonas as his farm lies in the center of where he wants to develop. However, when Jonas refuses to hand up his deed, Stiles hunts him down and shoots him, but not before Jonas hands the deed off to Daniel for safe keeping.
The Patriots, 2h18
Directed by Éric Rochant
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield, Yossi Banai, Nancy Allen, Maurice Bénichou
Roles Arthur
Rating72% 3.6305453.6305453.6305453.6305453.630545
Ariel Brenner, un jeune juif parisien de 18 ans, décide de partir pour Israël pour vivre dans un kibboutz. Il est plus tard recruté par les services secrets. Tout d'abord candidat pour entrer au Mossad, il est finalement recruté par un service indépendant appelé Unité 238.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1h16
Directed by Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Ghost films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Mark Hamill
Roles Buzz Bronski
Rating77% 3.8968053.8968053.8968053.8968053.896805
During a conference of crime bosses held in a Gotham City skyscraper, gangster Chuckie Sol is killed by a mysterious cloaked figure, shortly after Batman bursts in on the meeting. Due to the killer's resemblance to Batman, the Dark Knight is blamed for Sol's death. Councilman Arthur Reeves tells the media that Batman is a public menace (despite Commissioner Gordon's protests), then later attends a party at the mansion of billionaire Bruce Wayne, Batman's secret identity. Reeves teases Bruce about his bad luck with women and for having allowed an old girlfriend, Andrea Beaumont, to get away.
Hoffa
Hoffa (1992)
, 2h20
Directed by Danny DeVito
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Historical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Trucker films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Political films, Road movies, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J. T. Walsh, John C. Reilly, Frank Whaley
Roles Red Bennett
Rating65% 3.2975153.2975153.2975153.2975153.297515
Jimmy Hoffa and Bobby Ciaro are impatiently waiting in the parking lot of a roadhouse diner on July 30,1975. Others are late for a meeting. Asked if he wants to leave, Hoffa gives Ciaro a scornful glance. The first flashback to 1935 then occurs:
White Sands, 1h41
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, James Rebhorn
Roles le trafiquant d'armes n°1
Rating59% 2.999312.999312.999312.999312.99931
Ray Dolezal, a bored Torrance County, New Mexico Deputy Sheriff, investigates an apparent suicide in the desert. Alongside the body is a suitcase containing $500,000. During the autopsy, they find a digested piece of paper with a phone number; Dolezal, posing as Spenser, calls the number and goes to a meeting, where he is robbed and instructed to meet Gorman Lennox at a restaurant. FBI agent Greg Meeker intercepts Dolezal and informs him that Spenser was really an undercover agent. Now that Dolezal has lost the money, Meeker suggests he continue posing as Spenser to either recover the money or help arrest Lennox.
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, 1h51
Directed by Aaron Norris
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Monde imaginaire, Films about drugs
Actors Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel, John P. Ryan, Paul Perri
Roles Général Taylor
Rating49% 2.4570052.4570052.4570052.4570052.457005
Colombian drug lord Ramon Cota (Billy Drago), the richest drug kingpin in the world, controls the cocaine industry with an iron fist. His drugs pour steadily into America, corrupting the country's youth and causing a feud between the DEA and San Carlos, Cota's country of origin.
Class of 1999, 1h39
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, John P. Ryan, Patrick Kilpatrick
Roles M. Hardin
Rating59% 2.9512752.9512752.9512752.9512752.951275
Set in the future, youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free fire zones", into which not even the Police will venture. When Dr. Miles Langford (Malcolm McDowell), the Principal of Kennedy High School in Seattle, decides to take his school back from the gangs, Megatech robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest (Stacy Keach) provides "tactical education units", consisting of Mr. Bryles (Patrick Kilpatrick), Ms. Connors (Pam Grier), and Mr. Hardin (John Ryan) for a new pilot enforcement agency called the Department of Educational Defense (D.E.D.). These humanoids have been programmed to teach and are supplied with weapons to discipline trouble-makers. The androids soon overstep their authority, causing the students to fight back.
Best of the Best, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Chris Penn, Phillip Rhee, Sally Kirkland, John Dye
Roles Jennings
Rating63% 3.1997653.1997653.1997653.1997653.199765
Alexander Grady, a widower and father of a five-year-old son, Walter, is chosen to represent the United States of America in an international martial arts tournament against Team Korea, despite a shoulder injury that once forced him into retirement. Also chosen for the team is Tommy Lee, a man seeking revenge against a member of Team Korea for the death of his brother during a previous tournament. The rest of Team USA consists of Travis Brickley, an extremely brash fighter with a short fuse; Virgil Keller, a devout Buddhist; and Sonny Grasso, a streetwise fighter from Detroit.
Three O'Clock High, 1h37
Directed by Phil Joanou
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Casey Siemaszko, Richard Tyson, Anne Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, John P. Ryan
Roles M. O'Rourke, le sous-proviseur
Rating70% 3.546393.546393.546393.546393.54639
Meek high school student Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) and his kid sister Brei (Stacey Glick) have the house to themselves as their parents are on vacation. Jerry's day begins badly when he wakes late, and gets worse when he nearly wrecks his car while driving his sister and his school friend Franny (Anne Ryan) to Weaver High School, where the students this morning are gossiping about the new student Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson), a violent delinquent who has transferred in today from Continuation, a school for at-risk students.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, 1h36
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Auto-justice
Actors Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan, Perry Lopez, John P. Ryan, Soon-Tek Oh
Roles Nathan White
Rating54% 2.7040652.7040652.7040652.7040652.704065
A woman in a parking garage has trouble starting her car. Three thugs appear, force her out, and begin to rape her when Paul Kersey appears out of nowhere. He shoots the first two to death and wounds the third. Kersey blocks the exit, where the third mugger pleads for his life. Paul shoots him and then rolls the criminal over with his foot and reveals him to be himself. The assault turns out to just a bad dream Kersey was having.
Fatal Beauty, 1h44
Directed by Tom Holland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren
Roles Le lieutenant Kellerman
Rating54% 2.701552.701552.701552.701552.70155
Detective Rita Rizzoli (Whoopi Goldberg) is an undercover narcotics police officer who stages an undercover buy with drug dealer Tito Delgadillo, when during the bust she sees her friend and informant Charlene being dragged out of the bar by her pimp and runs to her aid, alerting Delgadillo of being an undercover cop. After saving Charlene and shooting the pimp, Rizzoli notices all the money used for the buy is missing. Delgadillo retreats to a warehouse in Los Angeles where a family of Asian immigrants is preparing plastic envelopes of imported cocaine stamped with the gang's brand name "Fatal Beauty". One worker, however, has been sampling too much of the drug and, in his intoxicated state, prepares envelopes with a fatally high concentration of cocaine and a misaligned stamp. Delgadillo discovers the error but before they can correct it, the house is attacked by two small-time hoods, Leo Nova and Earl Skinner (Brad Dourif and Mike Jolly) who kill everyone within including Delgadillo and steal the lethal product.
Rent-a-Cop
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
, 1h36
Directed by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Jerry London, Richard Masur, Michael Rooker
Roles Wiser
Rating46% 2.307552.307552.307552.307552.30755
A drug bust is about to go down and Chicago cop Tony Church is on the case. Things go horribly wrong, though. His fellow officers get slaughtered and Church takes the blame, getting fired from the force.
Runaway Train, 1h51
Directed by Andreï Kontchalovski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Évasion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Danny Trejo, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan
Roles le directeur de la prison Ranken
Rating71% 3.5973553.5973553.5973553.5973553.597355
The story follows the escape of two men from an Alaska prison, the efforts of a railroad dispatch office to safely stop the out-of-control train they are on, and the hunt by their warden to recapture them. Oscar "Manny" Manheim is a ruthless bank robber and hero to the convicts of Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison. After two previous escape attempts the doors to Manny's cell have been welded shut for three years. A court order compels Manny's nemesis, the vindictive and sadistic Associate Warden Ranken, to release him back into the general prison population. Manny intends to break out a third time with his older brother Jonah Manheim, but is forced to set his escape plan into action in the middle of winter. Ranken employs a serial killer to give Manny the incentive, by stabbing him grievously through his left hand. Jonah fatally stabs the serial killer to death in retaliation, and in turn is severely beaten by the prison guard, leaving him in a high-security hospital wing.
The Cotton Club, 2h7
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Films about racism, Jazz films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar
Roles Joe Flynn
Rating64% 3.249793.249793.249793.249793.24979
A musician named Dixie Dwyer begins working with mobsters to advance his career but falls in love with the girlfriend of gangland kingpin Dutch Schultz.