Terry Ryan actor

Terry Ryan, raised in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, was a professional hockey player for 7 years - highlighted by appearing in 8 NHL games. He retired in 2007, released a best-selling book entitled Tales of a First Round Nothing, and began a career in the arts.Ryan now works in the film industry and has appeared on several episodes of the hit CBC television program Republic of Doyle, playing small roles. He has also played himself in the OLNs Road Hockey Rumble (2008). He released his first book, Tales of a First Round Nothing in May 2014, and it was well received by critics.Ryan is now also trying his hand at stand up comedy and performed his second show to good reviews opening for Gerry Dee at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario on April 22, 2016.In addition to playing British Soldier #1 (Episode 1) - (the first on-screen casualty in the Netflix/Discovery Channel television series Frontier, starring Jason Momoa in the lead role), in 2017 Ryan also had small roles in Frontier Season 2, Little Dog (CBC), Caught (CBC), Schitts Creek, and various short films. In 2018, he wrote and played the lead role in a short film called A Stand In, played Coyote in Justin Oakeys A Fire In The Cold Season. In 2019, Ryan - who acted and did his own stunts - played the Gunman in Episode 11 of Hudson and Rex, and played hockey playing Newfoundlander Teddy on the hit Canadian television series Letterkenny (Season 8, Episode 1).