Actor

Ryan Pope

January 1, 1973 · Manchester, England

Born in Manchester in 1973, Ryan Pope is an actor perhaps best known for his role as Psycho Paul in all seven series of the cult BBC3 sitcom Ideal. His first break upon leaving acting school was to promote the Quadrophenia comeback tour by rock band The Who where his duties consisted of dressing as a mod and riding a Lambretta. After that he was employed as a catwalk model for the Prada fashion house and secured a role in the BBC series The Lakes. He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both North America and the Far East and starred in Ben Wheatley's film A Field In England, Ken Loach's film Looking For Eric and Mike Leigh's Peterloo.

Notable work

8.3
Andor (2022)
as Kellen
8.1
Skins (2007)
as Alan
6.9
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
as Arthur's Brother
6.5
Looking for Eric (2009)
as Fenner

Often works with

Alastair Mackenzie
2 titles together
Andor, Peterloo
Dean Andrews
2 titles together
Ashes to Ashes, The Body Farm
Andrew-Lee Potts
2 titles together
Ideal, Strange
Michael Byrne
2 titles together
Sharpe, The Body Farm

Full filmography · 21

Generation Z
as Clacy
2024
Andor
as Kellen
20228.3
Motherland
as Mitch
20177.2
Victoria
as Engineer
20167.4
The Body Farm
as Ray Quinn
2011
Ashes to Ashes
as Shorty
20087.7
Skins
as Alan
20078.1
Ideal
as Psycho Paul
20058
Strange
as Jamie
2003
The Lakes
as Robert
1997
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Sean Bennet
19966.4
Sharpe
as Quilter
19938