Colton Ryan

Colton Ryan made his professional theatre debut in 2015 as Dickon in The Secret Garden at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. In 2016, he played Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady at Great Lakes Theater and Tony in West Side Story at the John Patrick Theatre. From 2016 to 2017, he appeared on Broadway in Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box Theatre as the standby for Evan Hansen, Connor Murphy and Jared Kleinman.

In 2017, he made his television debut as Andrew Drake in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2018, he played J.J. Elkins in three episodes of Homeland and appeared as Vince in an episode of The Americans. He also originated the role of Gene Laine in the 2018 Off-Broadway production of Girl From the North Country at The Public Theater.

In 2019, he originated the roles of White Rabbit, Alfred Hallam and March Hare in the Off-Broadway production of Alice by Heart at MCC Theater. That year, he also played Tony in a regional production of West Side Story at the Lexington Opera House and made his film debut as Dan Summers in The Social Ones and as Brad in Adam.

In 2020, he returned to Girl From the North Country as Gene Laine in its Broadway production at the Belasco Theatre. He also played Samuel in the Apple TV+ series Little Voice and Bruce in the film Uncle Frank. That year, he was cast as Connor Murphy in the film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, which was released in 2021.

In 2021, he appeared as Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen. In 2022, he played Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance at the American Airlines Theatre and portrayed Conrad Roy in the television series The Girl from Plainville.

In 2023, he played Jed in an episode of Poker Face and starred as Jimmy Doyle in the Broadway musical New York, New York at the St. James Theatre. His performance earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.

In 2024, he played Will in the Off-Broadway production of Glory Days at Symphony Space. In 2025, he appeared as Billy Kindred in the episode "Billy" of Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy and as Gerry Dougan in five episodes of Chad Powers. In 2026, he played Zachary in the film The Debut.