Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976 ) is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on Australian soap-opera Home and Away. After his stint ended he joined the teen-oriented drama, Summerland portraying Jay Robertson. In 2008 he was cast as Jason Stackhouse in True Blood.
Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales of Flemish (Belgian) descent. Kwanten began acting on the television shows A Country Practice and Spellbinder....
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Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976 ) is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on Australian soap-opera Home and Away. After his stint ended he joined the teen-oriented drama, Summerland portraying Jay Robertson. In 2008 he was cast as Jason Stackhouse in True Blood.
Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales of Flemish (Belgian) descent. Kwanten began acting on the television shows A Country Practice and Spellbinder. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away, playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father. Moving to the United States, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in the Lori Loughlin-starring series Summerland, which ran from 2004 to 2005. He appeared in the films Flicka, with Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, and Dead Silence, a horror movie in which...
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