Ryan Corr

Ryan Corr is an Australian actor most recognizable as Ser Harwin Strong in HBO’s House of the Dragon (2022) and made his feature debut in a supporting role in the $100-million feature adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are (2009), directed by Spike Jonze and co-written by Jones and Dave Eggers, and co-starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, and Forest Whitaker, but which failed to make a profit for Warner Bros. Corr won best-supporting actor from the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for his performance in Not Suitable for Children (2012), directed by Peter Templeman and co-starring Ryan Kwanten and Sarah Snook.

Corr co-starred in the Australian horror movie sequel, Wolf Creek 2 (2013), co-written and directed by Greg McLean, and featured John Jarratt and Shannon Ashlyn, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Corr was cast by director-star Russell Crowe for his directorial debut, The Water Diviner (2014), co-starring Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Cem Yilmaz, and Jai Courtney, and grossed over $38 million globally, with a Stateside release by Warner Bros.

Ryan Corr won best actor from the Australian Film Critics Association (as well as five other awards) for his debut lead performance in Holding the Man (2015), based on Timothy Conigrave’s memoir and directed by Neil Armfield, and co-starring Craig Stott, Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Fox, and Geoffrey Rush, grossing nearly $1 million. Director Mel Gibson cast Corr for a role in his Oscar-winning war drama, Hacksaw Ridge (2016), with Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn, and earning a strong $180.5 million box office on a $40 million budget.

Corr, after a supporting role in the little-seen Australian rom-com, Ali’s Wedding (2017), starred in the Stephen McCallum-directed Australian biker drama, 1% (2017), for which Corr won best actor from the Australian Academy of Cinema and TV Arts Awards, which premiered at the Toronto film festival and released to the poor box office by A24.

Ryan Corr played support to the female leads of Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, and Julia Ormond in veteran Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford’s 1950s-set film adaptation (of Madeleine St. John’s novel), Ladies in Black (2018), released by Sony Pictures Releasing International. Corr portrayed Joseph in the U.S.-U.K.-Australia Biblical film adaptation, Mary Magdelene (2018), directed by Garth Davis, and starring Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim, Lior Raz, and Tcheky Karyo, and globally grossed $12 million, including a U.S. release via IFC Films.

Corr was cast in a major supporting role in director/co-story writer/co-producer Stephen Maxwell Johnson’s revisionist Australian Western, High Ground (2020), starring Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Simon Baker, and Jack Thompson, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Corr was cast by British director/writer/producer Stuart Gatt in the drama, Catching Dust (2023), with Erin Moriarty, Dina Shihabi, and Jai Courtney, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Ryan Corr played the lead adult role opposite Alyla Browne in writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner’s Australian-backed, New York City-set horror movie, Sting (2024), with Jermaine Fowler and Penelope Mitchell.