Ryan O'Kane
New Zealand actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ryan O'Kane is a New Zealand actor. His roles include Rhys Levitt in the Australian police drama City Homicide, Prince Frederik in the telemovie Mary: The Making of a Princess, and Riley Hawkins in Home and Away. In 2018 and 2019, O'Kane portrayed Dylan Reinhart and his twin brother Daniel Reinhart in Shortland Street.
Ryan O'Kane | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 or 1983 (age 41–42)[1] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse |
Jazmyne van Gosliga (m. 2018) |
O'Kane was born in Dunedin, New Zealand.[2] In 2000, he began attending the University of Otago, where he studied a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology.[3] O'Kane intended to study medicine, but upon realising he wanted to become an actor, he attended New Zealand Drama School, studying Performance Art.[3]
O'Kane's first role saw him play a criminal in The Insider's Guide To Love. He won Best Actor in a TV Drama at the 2006 Qantas Television Awards for his performance.[4] He went on to portray a police officer in a production of The Hothouse, before joining the cast of Australian drama City Homicide as Detective Senior Constable Rhys Levitt in 2010.[3] O'Kane relocated to Melbourne for the role.[3] O'Kane played cricketer Bob Blair in Tangiwai: A Love Story and protester Des Oram the telemovie Rage.[4] This was followed up with roles in the mini-series Howzat! Kerry Packer's War and the series Conspiracy 365. There were guest appearances in The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Mr & Mrs Murder in 2013 and It's a Date in 2014. He also had a starring role in the 2014 television series Fat Tony & Co. The following year, he appeared in the telemovie Mary: The Making of a Princess.[5] In 2016, he appeared in the television drama series The Secret Daughter and the television mini-series Brock. O'Kane joined the cast of Home and Away in the guest role of surgeon Riley Hawkins. He made his first appearance on 31 January 2017.[6] Since April 2018, he has played the role of Dr Dylan Reinhart in Shortland Street.[7] Later that year, he began playing Dylan's twin Daniel Reinhart.[8]
O'Kane has appeared in the films Alex & Eve,[2] Save Your Legs! and Down Under.
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O'Kane met actor and make-up artist Jazmyne van Gosliga on the set of Pirates of the Airwaves in 2013. They married in January 2018.[1]
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