Biography

Ryan Hafron is an Indiana born and raised actor who now resides in Los Angeles, CA. Throughout his life he has always been involved in Sports which has always included Football, Basketball and Baseball. He even played college baseball as a pitcher and outfielder for a Junior Community college in Indiana, a couple hours away from his hometown. After a couple years of playing ball, Ryan returned home and decided to work and worked until returning back to college when he was 27 to finish his degree.

Still not knowing what specifically he wanted to Major in, he saw at the university theater that the school was holding auditions for Westside Story and the rest is history. He was cast in the role of Riff. Ryan would go on to appear in multiple different plays and musicals and graduated from Indiana University of South Bend in 2014 with a degree in Performance Theater and a minor in Marketing. Even, in 2012 he had the opportunity to study abroad in London where he was able to work more on his acting and craft. Mostly working on European approaches to text and movement techniques at the exquisite Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and IES.

After College, Ryan Immediately moved to Los Angeles where he always knew he wanted to be. Since arriving, Ryan has spent the majority of his time in acting classes, writing screenplays, on set working as a Stand-In and Double, and volunteering for local food drives with a group called Habitat for Humanity.

In 2021, Ryan booked his first Netflix TV series credited role on "Lincoln Lawyer" playing a Juror in one episode. He continues to enroll himself in new acting and improvisation classes and recently finished serving on the SAG Nomination committee for 2022. He has been a SAG member since 2021.

Currently, Ryan is in Post-Production on his first Short Film called "Stained Protocol" written, directed, and produced by him. He also stars in the short alongside his good friend and fellow actor Braxton Angle. He hopes to be able to make this film into a pitch for studios or producers to make it into a possible series or feature film. His short film is Due to be released this Summer 2023. He also will be appearing in his feature film role with the upcoming release of "Sweetwater" a 1950's basketball story from Martin Guigui. Ryan plays a local basketball player where he has an interaction with the Harlem Globetrotters of that era.

He devotes his hard work ethic to his parents and family, whom he owes everything to. Family is the best gift that anyone could ever ask for, the guidance and love that is provided is something that should never be overlooked. Family to this day is the most important thing to him and he always continues to make time for them returning back home to Indiana to visit multiple times a year. He truly believes that no matter what, Persistence and Dedication always pays off and the only way to get there is to make sacrifices.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ryan Hafron