Ryan Hawley

Ryan Hawley
Born (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007–present
Home town Sheffield, England
Height 6"
Television Emmerdale
Spouse(s) Daisy Prestes de Oliveira (m. 2013)

Ryan Alexander Hawley (born 21 September 1985, Dubai) is an English actor. He debuted in Life is Wild in 2007, a television series. He also starred in Titanic, a mini series released in the honour of the 100th anniversary of the original incident, playing Jack Thayer.

In 2014, he got his most prominent role, playing Robert Sugden in ITV's Emmerdale, becoming the fourth actor to take on the role in the series. He received critical acclaim for his role and was nominated for "Best Villain" at the British Soap Awards. [1]

Ryan is known for keeping his life private and is not on Twitter.

Personal life

Hawley spent his childhood partly in Sheffield and partly in the UAE due to his parents' work.[2] In school, Hawley took A-Level Media Studies and took part in school plays, subsequently realising his dream of becoming a film director was very difficult.[2]

Hawley went to university and trained to become an actor at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.[3]

Career

Hawley's acting career began in 2007, when he began to appear in a number of TV series', film's and stage productions. Beginning in 2013, Hawley was out of acting work for an 18-month stretch and had a variety of jobs including working as a chef at Wagamama in Heathrow Airport, stacking shelves in a clothes shop and fitting fireplaces as a labourer.[4]

Emmerdale

In 2014 he started his most prominent role, becoming the fourth actor to portray Robert Sugden on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. His main story-lines have included: returning to the village with the White family, an affair with Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller), the manslaughter of Katie Sugden (Sammy Winward) and cover-up, being shot by Ross Barton (Michael Parr) in a "who dunnit?" story-line, supporting Aaron when discover Aaron was sexually abused by his father Gordon Livesy (Gary Mavers), as a child, rekindling his relationship with Aaron and later becoming engaged to Aaron following a car crash in No Return week.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Life is Wild Tim N/A
2008 Doctors Jeremy Evesham 1 Episode
Survivors Will
Live! N/A Main Cast
2009 The Royal Phil Cooper 1 Episode
2010 The Wyoming Story Dakin Thorpe Cast
Rules of Love Tarrant Main Cast
Between You & Me Josh
2012 Red Tails Mitchell Cast
Titanic Jack Thayer 2 Episodes
2013 Father Brown John Van Ert 1 Episode
Devil's Pass Andy Thatcher Main Cast
2014 The Magnificent Eleven Kurt
2014–present Emmerdale Robert Sugden Series regular
Stage
Year Title Role Venue
2007 The History Boys Rudge Wyndhams Theatre + UK Tour
2009 Letting in Air Adam Old Red Lion Theatre
2010 You May Go Now N/A Finborough Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Film or series Character
2015 Nominated British Soap Awards Best Newcomer Emmerdale Robert Sugden
Nominated Villain of the Year
Won All About Soap Awards Best Moment 2014 – Robert Kisses Aaron
Won Inside Soap Awards Best Newcomer
Nominated TV Choice Awards Best Soap Newcomer
2016 Nominated British Soap Awards Villain of the Year
Nominated Best Onscreen Partnership (with Danny Miller)
Won Inside Soap Awards Best Partnership (with Danny Miller)
2017 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actor

References

  1. ↑ James Leyfield (13 May 2015). "Soap Week: Emmerdale star Ryan Hawley wants Robert Sugden to have a "reversal of fortunes"". mirror.
  2. 1 2 "Emmerdale killer interview: Ryan Hawley reveals Robert Sugden's dark side". BT.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  3. ↑ "Ryan Hawley – Creative Artists Management – CV". www.cam.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  4. ↑ "I kept star role in Emmerdale secret from family for six weeks". www.thesun.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.