Ryan Cooper is an Australian actor and model. He was born on April 3rd, 1986 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to an Australian missionary family. His father travelled through PNG, Vanuatu, Australia and New Zealand. After high school in Auckland, New Zealand, Cooper fought competitively in Taekwondo and won two tournaments. Cooper grew up in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He worked as a carpenter for six years and was brought to New York in 2008 to be featured in the DKNY Jeans campaign with Bahati Prinsloo. His rugged good looks landing him in campaigns for Armani Exchange with Izabel Goulart, Abercrombie and Fitch, Hugo Boss underwear, Trussardi Jeans and Esprit underwear with Gisele Bündchen and Erin Wasson. He's been in TV commercials around the globe for brands such as Paramount Pictures, Rock Port, Garnier, Macy's, A+F, and Just Jeans.
Since fashion, Cooper is making strides into leading man territory onscreen, playing Jake Bolin the "Flirtual Killer" on MTV's Eye Candy (2015) and appeared in Rough Night (2017) opposite Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon. Cooper can also be seen playing Owen in the TV adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel Confess (2017), written and directed by Elissa Down.
Cooper continues to build his body of work spending time writing, directing, producing and developing skills in all areas of the film world.
