Ryan Jason Cook started his performance life while attending Eastern New Mexico University, where he received his BFA in Theatre Performance in May 2005. He then founded his own theatre production company, RyBan Productions, the following August with The Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at The Gorilla Tango Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After spending a short time in Los Angeles, he returned to the Albuquerque theatre community in full swing, performing in 19 productions within a two year span.He began dipping his hands in the theatre direction pot about four years ago when he directed Fat Pig at The Gorilla Tango Theatre. He then knocked out one directing production a year under his company, RyBan Productions, including How I Learned to Drive, One Flea Spare, and a Series of One Acts he wrote called An Evening of Struggle; until last summer when he took on the role of director for the ALT Musical, FAME. He is now reaching outside of RyBan Productions and directing for other theatre companies around Albuquerque. Next summer he will be directing Romeo and Juliet at The Vortex Theatre for the second annual Summer Shakespeare Festival as well as Charlotte's Web at The Albuquerque Little Theatre in the spring 2011.Ryan began poking around in the film and television world in February 2009. From that point forward he has appeared in TV shows like "In Plain Sight," "Crash," and "The Odds" as well as films like "The Eyes of an Enemy," "Illegales," "The Hike," "Hollywood Hill," and the web series "The Scare Game." He is currently shooting a feature film entitled "Mantequero," while also waiting for the next installment of "The Scare Game." This year starts his third year working in the film industry. Over the last two years he performed in 12 film or television productions. He is working hard at continuing his film experience strongly through 2011! Show less «