Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan is one of those actors I return to whenever I want to understand the dark side of classic Hollywood. At 193 cm he loomed over the frame, and he used that physical menace to play hardened anti-heroes and villains with a wounded inner life few could match. His Oscar-nominated turn in Crossfire and his BAFTA-cited work in Billy Budd show range, but it's the quiet ache beneath the cruelty that fascinates me. A Dartmouth-educated man mining humanity's bleakest corners feels almost paradoxical, and that tension is exactly what makes him so compelling to watch.

Name (English)

Robert Ryan

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・ライアン

Reading

ろばーと・らいあん

Born

November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height

193 cm

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / television actor / actor / voice actor

University

Dartmouth College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ryan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350680

Tags

• Illinois
• film actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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