Ryan trained at New College Lanarkshire.

Theatre includes: Water Colour (PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE); Kidnapped (NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND); Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (PALACE THEATRE); Ignition (FRANTIC ASSEMBLY); Lord of the Flies, Inherit the Wind, Balm in Gilead and Medea (NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE); Blackout (NT CONNECTIONS 500/ ROYAL LYCEUM); The Gorbals Vampire (CITIZENS THEATRE).

Television includes: Lockerbie (BBC/ NETFLIX), Casualty (BBC), Shetland (BBC).