Biography
MARK RYAN (actor; United Kingdom)
Guest appearance: Saturday 1nd November 2025
Mark Ryan is an English actor, author, singer, and action director. Before his career in the entertainment industry, Ryan worked as a member of the British Army's Intelligence Corps, attached to DSF (Director Special Forces) and later as a Licensed Private Investigator in the United States.
Ryan appeared in several major musicals in London's West End, spending four years in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita. As singer he recorded a duet with singer Tom Jones on his album Matador.
Ryan played the character of Nasir for the British TV series ROBIN OF SHERWOOD on which he worked for three years. In 1994, Ryan was picked by swordmaster Bob Anderson to assist as sword coach to Richard Gere and Ben Cross in the film FIRST KNIGHT. Director Jerry Zucker also asked him to play John Challenger during the filming.
In 2003, Ryan worked as a swordmaster and fight director on the film KING ARTHUR. Ryan began working on the 2007 film TRANSFORMERS while filming as the on-set voice of several different robots. This work continued throughout filming and into editing, before the actual casting of voice-over talent. He was then cast as the voice of the character Bumblebee. He returned to voice Bumblebee as well as Jetfire for the sequel TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. In May 2010 Ryan returned to work on TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, once again as Bumblebee. In July 2013 Ryan again joined the Transformers franchise, voicing Lockdown in the fourth installment, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION. He returned in TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT as voice of Bulldog.
In January 2014 Ryan began playing Mr. Gates in the Michael Bay/Starz production of the pirate show BLACK SAILS. He has guest-starred in such TV shows as JAG, ALIAS and appeared in films such as CHARLIE'S ANGELS, THE PRESTIGE, etc.
In 2015 Ryan was nominated for the award for best vocal performance in a supporting role in a feature film by Behind The Voice Actors for voicing Lockdown in TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION.
Ryan is an author and has written for DC Comics and Harper Collins as well as writing several screenplays.
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