Ryan Corr

Ryan Corr is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles in the Australian drama series Packed to the Rafters, Love Child and Underbelly, along with film roles in Wolf Creek 2 (2013), The Water Diviner (2014), Holding the Man (2015), as well as the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.

Ryan Corr
Corr attending the May 2016 TV Week Logie Awards
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education	National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA) (2009)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Known for	Packed to the Rafters Love Child The Water Diviner (2014) Holding the Man (2015)

Early life

Corr was born in Melbourne. His father is Peter Corr, the head coach of the Australian women's goalball team.^[1]

In 2009, he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).^[2]

Career

He began making appearances in film and television from the age of five,^[3] but started his acting career in earnest at age thirteen^[2] with the film Opraholic. His first television performance was on The Sleepover Club with a supporting role as Matthew McDougal. Following this, he landed a lead role as Sheng Zamett on Silversun (2004).

Soon after, Corr had guest appearances on shows such as Scooter: Secret Agent, Blue Heelers, and Neighbours. As a voice actor, he voiced a sheep in Charlotte's Web. In 2006, the second series of Blue Water High aired on Australian TV in which Corr starred as young surfer Eric, one of the six chosen teens to attend Solar Blue. In 2010, Corr appeared in the final few episodes of Underbelly: The Golden Mile as Michael Kanaan and was a regular character on the popular Australian television show Packed to the Rafters, playing Dave Rafter's nephew Coby Jennings.

In 2013, he appeared in the teen thriller film 6 Plots, and starred alongside John Jarratt in Wolf Creek 2, the 2013 sequel to the horror film Wolf Creek.

In 2015, Corr starred in Neil Armfield's romantic-drama film Holding the Man, adapted from Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir of the same name. He portrayed Conigrave opposite Craig Stott who portrayed Conigrave's partner, John Caleo.^[4][5]

In 2016, he starred in the television series Wanted.^[6]

Corr appeared as Joseph in Helen Edmundson's 2018 film Mary Magdalene.^[7]

In 2022, he had a recurring role in HBO's House of the Dragon as Ser Harwin Strong.^[8]

In 2024, Corr was named for feature film Kangaroo.^[9]

Legal issues

In May 2014, Corr was charged with heroin possession after being found with a freezer bag holding 0.26g (less than 1/100 of an ounce) of the drug in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. After admitting to the possession, the actor was given a 12-month good behaviour bond with no conviction recorded.^[10]

The arrest took place a few days after Corr's grandfather went into a coma following a heart attack. He had been close with his grandfather, who had flown with him to acting jobs when he was a child. According to Corr's lawyer, Corr was grateful for the arrest, because it stopped him from using heroin for the first time.^[3] Corr later stated, "I found myself in a position where I was incredibly upset, someone offered me something and 200 metres after, I was picked up with it. It was an error of judgment."^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
2003	Opraholic	Simon Roberts	Short film
2007	Piranha	Andy	Short film
2009	Where the Wild Things Are	Claire's friend
2010	Before the Rain	Max
2010	Violet	Max	Short film
2011	Blue Monday	Ryan	Short film
2012	Not Suitable for Children	Gus	Feature film
2013	6 Plots	Marty Pollock
2013	The 8 Inch Pinch	Constance Raymond	Short film
2013	Wolf Creek 2	Paul Hammersmith
2014	The Water Diviner	Arthur Connor
2015	Holding the Man	Timothy Conigrave	Feature film
2016	Love Yourseif	Self	Short film
2016	Eaglehawk	Jimmy	Short film
2016	Supernaturally	Loverman	Short film
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Lt. Manville
2016	Ali's Wedding	Wazza
2017	A Few Less Men	Henry
2017	1%	Vice President Paddo
2018	Ladies in Black	Rudi
2018	Mary Magdalene	Joseph
2019	Below	Dougie
2020	High Ground	Braddock
2020	Furlough	Rodney	Short film
2023	Catching Dust	Andy
2024	Sting	Ethan
2025	Kangaroo	Chris Masterman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
2003	The Sleepover Club	Matthew McDougal	25 episodes
2004	Silversun	Sheng Zammett	40 episodes
2005	Scooter: Secret Agent	Freddie	Episode: "Operation: Double Oh"
2005	Blue Heelers	Zac Bronski	Episode: "Playing by the Book"
2006	Neighbours	Charlie Hoyland	Episode: "You're a Big Boy Now"
2006	Blue Water High	Eric Tanner	Lead role, 26 episodes
2010	Underbelly: The Golden Mile	Michael Kanaan	4 episodes
2010	Tangle	Isaac	4 episodes
2009–2013	Packed to the Rafters	Coby Jennings	65 episodes
2012	Redfern Now	Timmy	Episode: "Raymond"
2014–2015	Love Child	Johnny Lowry	9 episodes
2014	The Moodys	Sammy	1 episode
2015	Banished	Private MacDonald	7 episodes
2016	Wanted	Chris Murphett	2 episodes
2016	Cleverman	Blair Finch	6 episodes
2017	Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story	John Cornell	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2019	Bloom	Sam / Tommy Brydon	6 episodes
2019	Blue Water Empire	Captain Banner	Documentary miniseries
2019	My Life Is Murder	Samuel Morgan	Episode: "Another Bloody Podcast"
2019	The Commons	Shay	8 episodes
2020	Hungry Ghosts	Ben Williams	4 episodes
2020–2022	The Secrets She Keeps	Simon Beecher	12 episodes
2021	Wakefield	Raff	8 episodes
2022	House of the Dragon	Ser Harwin Strong	4 episodes
2023	In Limbo	Charlie	6 episodes; written by Lucas Taylor[12]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Type
2008	Measure for Measure	Angelo / Abhorson	NIDA
2012	Sex with Strangers		Wharf Theatre with STC
2014	Cyrano de Bergerac		Sydney Theatre with STC
2016	Arcadia		Sydney Opera House with STC

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Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	IF Awards	Out of the Box IF Award	Himself	Won	[14]
2011	AiF Breakthrough Awards	Heath Ledger Scholarship	Himself	Won	[15][16]
	Logie Awards	Most Popular New Male Talent	Packed to the Rafters	Nominated	[17]
		Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent		Nominated
	Equity Ensemble Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series		Nominated	[18]
2012	Equity Ensemble Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series		Nominated
2013	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Not Suitable for Children	Won	[19]
	AACTA Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[20]
2014	Nocturna Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival	Best Acting Award (shared with John Jarratt)	Wolf Creek 2	Won	[21]
2015	GQ Awards	Breakthrough Actor Of The Year GQ MOTY Award	Himself	Won	[22]
2016	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actor	Holding the Man	Nominated
	Australian Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor		Won	[23]
	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Supporting Actor	Banished	Nominated	[24]
2018	AACTA Awards	Best Lead Actor	1% (Outlaws)	Nominated	[25]
2019	Australian Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Ladies In Black	Nominated	[26]
2021	Equity Ensemble Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie	Hungry Ghosts	Won	[27]
2024	Logies Awards	Best Lead Actor in a Comedy	In Limbo	Nominated	[28]