Ryan Jonathan Kelley (born August 31, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Mean Creek, Prayers for Bobby, as Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm, and as Deputy Jordan Parrish on Teen Wolf.
Early life Kelley was born and raised in Glen Ellyn, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He is the fifth eldest of 15 siblings (nine brothers and six sisters), and was raised as a Lutheran. Ryan Kelley, his father is a British descent and his mother is an Irish and German and Danish and English ancestry.
When he was two, his mother took him and five of his siblings to Chicago to meet an agent since the neighbors next door did the same thing. Kelley started appearing in commercials and gained his first role in a movie when he was in first grade and became a member of SAG at the age of four. He would travel to Los Angeles annually for pilot season and stay at the Oakwood apartments. Due to his being in and out of class, he was homeschooled during his last two years of high school. When he turned 18, he moved to Los Angeles.
Career In 2002, he had a supporting role in Stolen Summer, which was a film made during Project Greenlight. He also played the role of Ryan James in two episodes of Smallville.
Kelley won an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Mean Creek in 2004. Also in 2004 he played a lead role in the movie The Dust Factory. In 2006, Kelley appeared in the film Letters from Iwo Jima as a marine.Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Full cast and crew - Internet Movie Database He also played Roy, a great-nephew of Butch Cassidy, in Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy.
He played a leading role in the movie Prayers for Bobby alongside Sigourney Weaver, which premiered in January 2009 on Lifetime. The Contra Costa Times called Kelley's portrayal of Bobby Griffith a "stirring performance". In November, he played the role of Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm. In January 2012, Kelley was in the TV movie Sexting in Suburbia, with Liz Vassey and Jenn Proske. In 2014, Kelley joined the cast of the MTV show Teen Wolf as Jordan Parrish, a young deputy.
In September 2021, it was announced that a reunion film for Teen Wolf had been ordered by Paramount+, with Jeff Davis returning as a screenwriter and executive producer for the film. The majority of the original cast members, including Kelley, reprised their roles. Teen Wolf: The Movie was released on January 26, 2023.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Roommates Mo 1999 Charming Billy 10-year-old Duane2002 Stolen Summer Seamus O'Malley Stray Dogs J. Fred Carter2004 Mean Creek Clyde The Dust Factory Ryan Flynn2006 Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Roy Parker Letters from Iwo Jima Marine #2 2007 Still Green Alan 2015 War Pigs William York 2016 Lucifer Peter Matheson 2017 Realms Bobby 2019 Badland Jasper Mortenson 2023 Teen Wolf: The Movie Jordan Parrish TBA The Promethean Forsyth Pre-production; also producer
Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Early Edition Tom Stone Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" 2002 Smallville Ryan James Guest role; 2 episodes 2005 Boston Legal Stuart Milch Episode: "Let Sales Ring"2008 Cold Case Curt Fitzpatrick Episode: "Sabotage" Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Young Derek Reese Episode: "What He Beheld" Women's Murder Club Charlie Gifford Episode: "And the Truth Will (Sometimes) Set You Free"2009 Ghost Whisperer Devin Bancroft Episode: "Life on the Line" Prayers for Bobby Bobby Griffith Television film Ben 10: Alien Swarm Ben Tennyson Television film Mending Fences Chuck Bentley Television film Law & Order: SVU Enzo Cook Episode: "Users" Destroy Build Destroy Himself Episode: "Ben 10: Alien Swarm vs. Dude, What Would Happen" 2012 Sexting in Suburbia Mark Carey Television film 2014–2017 Teen Wolf Jordan Parrish Recurring role; 46 episodes 2017 Do I Say I Do Mike Pryce Television film 2018 NCIS: Los Angeles Jesse Smith Episode: "Warriors of Peace" 2019 A Beauty & The Beast Christmas Beau Bradley Television film
Web Year Title Role Notes 2013 Twisted Tales Buddy Episode: "Bite"
Music videos Year Title Role Artist 2017 "Places" The Love Interest Xenia Ghali ft. Raquel Castro
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2005 Independent Spirit Awards Special Distinction Award Mean Creek 2007 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Best Ensemble Still Green 2009 Online Film & Television Association Award Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or MiniseriesPrayers for Bobby
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