Editing Michael Ryan

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'''Michael Ryan''' is a Canadian actor<ref group="footnotes" name="fn_nationality">The existing BattlestarWiki stub identifies Ryan as Canadian; no primary source independently confirming his nationality has been located during research for this article.</ref> who played [[Ray Abinell]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]] episode "[[Sacrifice]]".<ref group="external" name="imdb_sacrifice_ryan_abinell">{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0519783/fullcredits/cast#:~:text=Ray%20Abinell|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Sacrifice" – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref> Over a career spanning four decades, he has worked frequently under the reversed credit name "Ryan Michael," particularly in British productions and in his earlier North American work.

== Career ==

Ryan's earliest confirmed screen credit is the role of drummer [[w:Pete Best|Pete Best]] in the [[w:Dick Clark Productions|Dick Clark Productions]] television film ''[[w:Birth of the Beatles|Birth of the Beatles]]'' (1979), directed by [[w:Richard Marquand|Richard Marquand]] and broadcast on [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on 23 November 1979.<ref group="external" name="rottentomatoes_birth_beatles_cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/birth-of-the-beatles#:~:text=Pete%20Best%20(Ryan%20Michael)|title=Birth of the Beatles (1979)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="ucr_birth_beatles_ryan_michael">{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/birth-of-the-beatles-biopic/#:~:text=picked%20up%20Lennon%27s%20friend%20Stu%20Sutcliffe|title=40 Years Ago: 'Birth of the Beatles' Is the Band's First Biopic|author=Gallucci, Michael|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=23 November 2019|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref> [[w:Pete Best|Best]] himself served as a technical advisor on the production, which chronicles the group from their Hamburg residency through the firing of Best and his replacement by [[w:Ringo Starr|Ringo Starr]]. Ryan received an on-screen credit as "Ryan Michael" for the role. The following year, he appeared in the British crime film ''[[w:The Long Good Friday|The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980), directed by [[w:John Mackenzie (film director)|John Mackenzie]] and starring [[w:Bob Hoskins|Bob Hoskins]], in a small part as a waiter named Ricardo, again credited as Ryan Michael.<ref group="external" name="imdb_nm0584202_lgf_ricardo">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584202/#:~:text=Waiter%20-%20Ricardo|title=Ryan Michael – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref>

In 1990, Ryan took the supporting role of Tom Rogan in both installments of the [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television miniseries ''[[w:It (1990 miniseries)|It]]'', adapted from [[w:Stephen King|Stephen King]]'s 1986 novel. The character is the abusive ex-husband of Beverly Marsh, who appears in the miniseries' Chicago-set framing sequences.<ref group="external" name="imdb_it1990_part1_tom_rogan">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2476270/characters/nm0584202#:~:text=Tom%20Rogan|title=It: Part 1 (TV Episode 1990) – Michael Ryan as Tom Rogan|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_it1990_part2_tom_rogan">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2476288/characters/nm0584202#:~:text=Tom%20Rogan|title=It: Part 2 (TV Episode 1990) – Michael Ryan as Tom Rogan|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref> The role was credited as "Ryan Michael."<ref group="footnotes" name="fn_it_credits">The IMDb character pages for both parts of ''It'' (1990) present the actor under the name "Michael Ryan," while his primary filmography profile at nm0584202 lists the role as "Tom Rogan (as Ryan Michael)." The on-screen production credit was "Ryan Michael."</ref>

Through the 1990s and 2000s Ryan accumulated credits on Vancouver-based genre television. He appeared in two episodes of ''[[w:The X-Files|The X-Files]]'' between 1994 and 1997, playing Agent Cameron Hill and the Overcoat Man in separate episodes.<ref group="external" name="imdb_nm0584202_xfiles">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584202/#:~:text=Agent%20Cameron%20Hill|title=Ryan Michael – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref>

Ryan appeared as [[Ray Abinell]], the estranged husband of hostage-taker [[Sesha Abinell]], in the episode "[[Sacrifice]]", which aired 10 February 2006 as the sixteenth episode of the [[Battlestar Galactica (Season 2)|second season]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_sacrifice_ryan_abinell"/>

In 2010, Ryan played Frank Moss — the father of criminology student [[w:Jason Moss (writer)|Jason Moss]] — in the Canadian thriller film ''[[w:Dear Mr. Gacy|Dear Mr. Gacy]]'', directed by [[w:Svetozar Ristovski|Svetozar Ristovski]] and starring [[w:William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]] as [[w:John Wayne Gacy|John Wayne Gacy]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_dearmrgacy_fullcredits_frank_moss">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371117/fullcredits/#:~:text=Frank%20Moss|title=Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=4 June 2026}}</ref>

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