Ryan Early

Ryan Early (born 23 May 1979 Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom) is a British actor. He has appeared in various roles on TV and theatre but he is best known from his role as young Probationary PC Tom Nicholson in Heartbeat. He was trained at Drama Centre London. He has also appeared in Will Youngs music video for Leave Right Now.

Ryan has appeared in many theatre roles for The Royal Court Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, The Young Vic, The Lyric Hammersmith and The Barbican. After leaving Drama Centre London he went straight into a role at The Bush for Channel 4 and The Servant at the Lyric Hammersmith before spending the next couple of years on ITV's Heartbeat. His first feature film Beseme Mucho received the Golden Camera at the Berlin Film Festival and was named Best Picture at the Israel Academy Awards.

After leaving the role of PC Tom Nicholson in Heartbeat, Ryan went on to star in The Shakespeare's Globe Cupid and Psyche Season. Ryan then went on to perform in Neil Bartlett's Oliver Twist at the Lyric Hammersmith which subsequently toured the UK before returning to London. He has played several roles on television appearing in Casualty, Love Soup, Soup Kitchen, Doctors, The Bill, Coronation Street.

In 2006 Ryan Early starred in The Knight of the Burning Pestle at the Barbican for The Young Vic. In 2006 Ryan travelled to New York to play the part of Austen in Ron Hutchinson's Beau Brummell at the 59e59 Theater, NY. In 2007 Ryan went on to star in The Eleventh Capital at The Royal Court and was cast in Teeth 'n'Smiles which was written and directed by David Hare for the 50th Anniversary Season, and returned to the Royal Court in 2008 to star in Mark Ravenhill's War and Peace for the Latitude Festival. In 2009 Ryan Early played DCS John Perkins in Eclipse Theatre's West Yorkshire Playhouse production of The Hounding Of Dsvid Oluwale which toured the country before reaching The Hackney Empire in London in April 2009. Between May 2009 and 2010 Ryan Early filmed Red Tails starring Cuba Gooding Junior, Terence Howard, Ne-Yo and Method Man. Red Tails was produced by George Lucas for Lucas Films directed by Anthony Hemingway and George Lucas. This was followed by a run in David Hare's Amy's View. He filmed the pilot Margot & Mez produced by Charlie Hanson (Extras, Cemetery Junction)

In 2011 Ryan appeared in Coronation Street. In 2012 Ryan starred in Mustafa at the Soho Theatre in London before going on a national tour ending at the Royal Exchange Manchester. Ryan has been nominated for the Best Actor award at the Off-West End Awards 2012. In June 2012 Ryan starred in Blue Remembered Hills at the Chichester Festival Theatre in its 50th Anniversary year. Ryan then went on to star as the lead in Donny's Brain by Rona Munro at Hampstead Theatre and joined Emmerdale as DC Callum Shawcross.

Early is now signed up with Diamond Management Agency and Harvey Voices.