Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan (born April 11, 1981) is a Welsh actor from Swansea who portrays the role of Jonathan North.

Early Life
Ryan was born in Swansea, the son of Steve and Maria Evans. He attended schools in Penyrheol before moving on to Gorseinon College, where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic in 2003 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004.

Career
As a child, Ryan appeared as Gavroche in the West End production of Les Misérables. He played Mick Rawson on the CBS series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a character that had been introduced in the Criminal Minds episode "The Fight". He performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway in Ubisoft Montreal's video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. In February 2014, it was announced that Ryan was cast as John Constantine in NBC's pilot for Constantine. He starred in all 13 episodes of the series' only season. He reprised his role in a crossover episode of The CW's Arrow. On 8 January 2017, The CW announced an animated series of Constantine on the CW Seed app with Ryan confirmed to reprise the character. He later reprised the role in an episode of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow.

In the 2015 production of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 he played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Gabriel Ebert.

In August 2017 he appeared on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in the play 'Knives in Hens' by David Harrower and directed by Yael Farber.