Colin Santisuk Green (born 23 June 1986), known professionally as Colin Ryan, is a Thai English actor. He is known for his roles as Lorenzo de Medici in the BBC series Leonardo, Harry in the Doctor Who series 10 episode "Knock Knock", Apollo in Hades II, and as the voice of Alphinaud Leveilleur in Final Fantasy XIV from the Heavensward expansion onward.
Early life and education Ryan was born in Birmingham, England, on 23 June 1986. His father is from Birmingham and his mother is Thai and Chinese.
Ryan trained at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduated in 2009. His first job after graduation was with Rufus Hound in sci-fi comedy Hounded for CBBC. He also did the pilot for BBC Switch comedy Shelfstackers.
Career Stage roles at drama school include Caiaphas the Elder and Simon the Zealot in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Weinberl in On the Razzle and Ariel in The Tempest.
Other stage credits include the Ghost of Christmas Past at Birmingham REP and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, a contemporary opera at Theatre Royal Stratford East. The story takes place in the aftermath of the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles, and covers the reactions of all characters to the event. The main characters are seven young Americans all living in Los Angeles but from different social and ethnic backgrounds.
In 2011, he was cast as Lorenzo de' Medici in the program Leonardo. The first series of Leonardo was shot on location in South Africa throughout the second half of 2010. A second series was completed on location in Cape Town and aired in 2012.
He has voiced Alphinaud Leveilleur in Final Fantasy XIV since 2015. In 2025, he voiced Apollo in the game Hades II.
Personal life
In 2024 during a Twitch livestream, Ryan revealed that he is diagnosed with autism, and stated that he suffers from overstimulation on a regular basis.https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2144197474
Work
Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Shelfstackers Dan PilotHounded Barry/Buck 13 episodes 2011-2012 Leonardo Lorenzo de' Medici 26 episodes (main character) 2017 Doctor Who Harry Episode: "Knock Knock" 2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Benoit Roux Episode: "Outrageous Fortune" 2021 Death in Paradise Jamie Santisuk Episode: Series 10, Episode 72021 Boundless Enrique of Malacca 4 episodes2023 Lot No. 249 Monkhouse Lee One-off Christmas special2025 Wolf King Vincent Voice2026 Casualty Aaron Lang Episode: "Lethal Legacy, Episode 7"
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2011 The Last Story Yurick Voice 2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Alphinaud Voice2017Final Fantasy XIV: StormbloodAlphinaudVoice2019Final Fantasy XIV: ShadowbringersAlphinaudVoice2021Final Fantasy XIV: EndwalkerAlphinaudVoice2024Hades IIApolloVoice2024Final Fantasy XIV: DawntrailAlphinaudVoice
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2010 I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky Rick Theatre Royal Stratford East 2012 Deadkidsongs Peter Theatre Royal, Bath 2013 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Royal & Derngate 2013 The Lightning Child Soldier Shakespeare's Globe 2013 Macbeth Donalbain/Fleance/Young Macduff Shakespeare's Globe 2014 Wendy & Peter Pan Tom Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 Love's Sacrifice Giacapo Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 The Jew of Malta Don Mathias Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 Volpone Peregrine Royal Shakespeare Company 2017 Snow in Midsummer Handsome Zhang Royal Shakespeare Company 2017 The Secret Theatre Thomas Phelippes Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 2019 Edward II Spencer Junior Sam Wanamaker Playhouse2020My Brilliant FriendAlfonsoNational Theatre 2024 Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Crucible Theatre2026Death Note: the MusicalLBarbican Center
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