Portrait of Thomas Jay Ryan

Acting

Thomas Jay Ryan

Career

Active from 1998 to 2024, busiest in 1998 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Book of Life
The Book of Life
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Thomas Jay Ryan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 6
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 63
Darla in Space
Darla in Space (2024)

as Arnot Pickens

Ghostwritten
Ghostwritten (2022)

as Martin Cline

Scenes from an Empty Church
Scenes from an Empty Church (2021)

as Father James

Cryptozoo
Cryptozoo (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Nicholas (voice)

The Return of Tragedy
The Return of Tragedy (2020)

as Chief of Police

2010s

9 titles · average score 63
Dedalus
Dedalus (2018)

as William

Burn Country
Burn Country (2016)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dmitri Sokurov

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016)
GoodWatch score 67

as Principal Grimm (voice)

Equals
Equals (2015)
GoodWatch score 48

as Gideon

The Missing Girl
The Missing Girl (2015)

as Stan Colvins

Ned Rifle
Ned Rifle (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

as Henry Fool

Sabbatical
Sabbatical (2014)

as Dan Keaton

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Ken Whitman

The Dollar General
The Dollar General (2011)

as James Baldwin

2000s

16 titles · average score 60
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Ed Janoway

Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

My Sweet Misery
My Sweet Misery (2009)

as Psychologist

Dream Boy
Dream Boy (2008)
GoodWatch score 54

as Harland Davies

South of Heaven
South of Heaven (2008)
GoodWatch score 51

as Hood 2

Strange Culture
Strange Culture (2007)
GoodWatch score 61

as Steve Kurtz

The Pigs
The Pigs (2005)

as Larry

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
GoodWatch score 88

as Frank

Tiger: His Fall & Rise
Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004)

as Joe Luck

New World Order
New World Order (2002)

as Zeus

The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing (2002)

as Nicholas Parajanov

Dischord
Dischord (2001)

as Jimmy

1990s

4 titles · average score 76
Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist
Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist (1999)

as Edgar Degas

Henry Fool
Henry Fool (1998)
GoodWatch score 76

as Henry Fool

Degas and the Dancer
Degas and the Dancer (1998)

as Edgar Degas

The Book of Life
The Book of Life (1998)
GoodWatch score 77

as Satan