Ryan is of Jamaican descent from Birmingham, whose work delves into the intricacies of class, sexuality, and race relations within Afro-Caribbean communities through comedy. Part of the inaugural Sky Comedy Rep Festival with his play 'Boys Who F**k and Cry'. Additionally, his short story 'Safari' was commissioned by BBC Arts and Arts Council England as a short audio drama for BBC Sounds and went to win at the UK Radio Drama Festival. More recently, he won the DYSPLA Story-makers residency in 2022 with his script 'MAN, CODE', which has recently completed production. It premiered at the Academy-qualifying Chicago International Film Festival, screened at numerous film festivals: Aesthetica Film Festival and will continue its festival run at BFI Film Festival Flare, Manchester International Film Festival, TALAWA Firsts, BIFA qualifying Brighton Rocks, Kino London Short Film Festival, Toronto’s Inside Out Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival’s Out on Screen, Exit6, BUFF, Atlanta Out on Screen, Queer Film Festival Munich, Bolton Film Festival, Way Out West Film Festival, Mardi Gras Film Festival, Norwich Film Festival, Earls Court, Warsaw Film Festival Afrykamera, LesGaiCineMad (Madrid) where it received a special Jury Mentionaward and Festival du Film Britannique in Dinard.
Ryan was nominated for an RTS Award in 2024 and has recently been commissioned to write a comedy script for television in 2025.