Ryan J. Brown

Ryan J. Brown (born 29 August 1991) is an award-winning English actor and screenwriter, born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

He studied at Goldsmiths, University of London and received a DADA scholarship to train as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. His acting credits include Olly in Positive at The Park theatre and a role in a new BBC Three series Coconut, which he also wrote.

In 2016 he won the BAFTA New Writing Prize for TV Drama for his LGBT crime drama We Are Your Children. He was also a finalist in Lionsgate and Idris Elba's Write to Greenlight Competition.