Matthew Darren Evans (born 11 April 1981), known professionally as Matt Ryan, is a Welsh screen, voice, and stage actor. He is known for portraying Edward Kenway in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and its remake, portraying FBI agent Mick Rawson in Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, John Constantine in NBC's Constantine and The CW's Arrowverse, as well as voicing the character in the DC Animated Movie Universe and its spin-off web series Constantine: City of Demons.
Early life Ryan was born in Swansea, Wales, as Matthew Darren Evans, the son of Steve and Maria Evans. He attended Penyrheol Comprehensive School before moving on to Gorseinon College, where he completed a BTEC Performing Arts course. He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic in 2003 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004.
Career When he was 10, Ryan appeared as Gavroche in the West End production of Les Misérables. He played Mick Rawson on the CBS series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a character that had been introduced in the Criminal Minds episode "The Fight".
In 2013, he performed the voice and motion capture of Edward Kenway in Ubisoft Montreal's video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. In February 2014, it was announced that Ryan was cast as John Constantine in NBC's pilot for Constantine, starring in all 13 episodes of the series' only season. He reprised his role in a crossover episode of The CW's Arrow, as well as the 2017 animated film Justice League Dark. On 8 January 2017, The CW announced an animated series, Constantine: City of Demons, on the CW Seed app, with Ryan confirmed to voice Constantine once again. Ryan later reprised the role in Legends of Tomorrow, initially appearing in several episodes of the third season, before he was promoted to series regular for the fourth season.
In the 2015 production of Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Thérèse Raquin at the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54, Ryan played Laurent opposite Keira Knightley, Judith Light, and Gabriel Ebert. In August 2017, he appeared on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in the play Knives in Hens by David Harrower and directed by Yaël Farber.
In 2026, Ryan reprised his role as Edward Kenway in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, a remake of the 2013 video game, and hosted its worldwide reveal showcase.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Pocket Money Johnny Short film 2004 Layer Cake Junkie 2 2007 Blood Monkey Seth Direct-to-video 2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Gerry 2011 Flypaper Rupert Gates 2013 Armistice Edward Sterling 2014 Heart of Lightness Stranger 500 Miles North John Hogg 2015 John Con Noir John Constantine (voice) Short film 2016 Away Dex 2017 Justice League Dark John Constantine (voice) 2018 Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie John Constantine / Constantine Demons (voice) 2020 Adverse Jake Justice League Dark: Apokolips War John Constantine (voice) 2022 Constantine: The House of Mystery Short film 2024 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths TBA Outsider TBA Pre-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Nuts and Bolts Gilly 2004 Mine All Mine Tonker 2 episodes 2007 Richard Pace 3 episodes Consenting Adults Charley Bullard Television film 2008 Torchwood Dale Episode: "Meat" HolbyBlue Frankie Season 2, episode 7 2009 Wild Decembers Bugler Television film Collision Dave Brown Miniseries; 5 episodes 2010 Criminal Minds Mick Rawson Episode: "The Fight" 2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 2014–2015 Constantine John Constantine Main role; 13 episodes 2015 Arrow Episode: "Haunted" 2017 Joe O'Hara Main role; 8 episodes 2017–2022 Legends of Tomorrow John Constantine Recurring role (season 3); main role (season 4–season 6); 47 episodesGwyn DaviesMain role (season 7); 9 episodes 2018–2019 Constantine: City of Demons John Constantine / Constantine Demons (voice) Web series; main role 2019 Batwoman John Constantine Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two" Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three" 2022 Harley Quinn Episode: "It's a Swamp Thing"; voice role
Theatre Play Year Role Theatre Director Small Change 2008 Gerard Donmar Warehouse Peter Gill Hamlet 2009 Horatio Donmar production at the Wyndham's Theatre Michael Grandage Look Back in Anger 2012 Cliff Royal Court Theatre Polly Stenham The Tempest Caliban Theatre Royal, Bath Adrian Noble Henry V 2014 Fluellen Noël Coward Theatre Michael Grandage Therese Raquin 2015 Laurent Roundabout Theatre, Broadway Evan Cabnet Knives in Hens 2017 Gilbert Donmar Warehouse Yaël Farber
Video games Year Title RoleNotes2013Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagEdward KenwayVoice and motion capture2026Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
References
External links
Matt Ryan podcast