Shane Ryan began making films at the age of 7 after his father introduced him to video editing at the age of 5. He made action films in hopes to be like and appear in 'Jean-Claude Van Damme' , now placing Ryan in the action category of actors who inspired him to make movies in the first place.
Son of Bret Hampton , cousin of Jason Hampton and brother of Jeremy Williams.
Grandson of respected western painter Roy Hampton and great nephew of world famous western painter Bill Hampton.
Was once engaged to Sarah Cosh , the niece of Hollywood Stunt Coordinator Master Bob Brown.
His mother, who has been blind since birth, was a favorite in the Los Angeles Papers in the late 70s and early 80s due to her ability to perform Horse Vaulting, Skiing, Karate and much more, without her site. Shane followed in her athletic footsteps for awhile, even becoming a physical trainer for a short time, but couldnt keep away from movies.
Dubbed "(in)Sane Shane" by journalist/filmmaker Chad Clinton Freeman.
His favorite TV show is "King of the Hill" .
His favorite films are Rocky , Taxi Driver , Swingers , True Romance and Bloodsport .
Was at the scene of the accident of actor Paul Walker , who was killed on impact when a car that he was riding in crashed and burst into flames.
Studied Journalism and Administration of Justice (Criminology, Forensics, and Law Enforcement) for two years.
Was in a snow-boarding accident at the age of fourteen and suffered a concussion and temporary amnesia.
At the age of fourteen Ryan was jumped by seven kids at school and beaten so severely that he was left with permanent damage to his eye and jaw.
Step-second-cousin of actress Wendi McLendon-Covey.
Was in five major car accidents before his 21th birthday. In the first accident he suffered a mild head wound. In the second accident his mother and grandmother were nearly killed, both receiving life-threatening wounds to their heads, Ryan received injuries to his ribs. This accident was the first in a series of unfortunate events which landed the then five year old Ryan, and his one year old brother, Jeremy, in foster care. Ryan eventually returned home after a couple of years but Jeremy remained with his second foster family until he was eighteen years old. Ryan received another head wound in another car accident when he was in middle school. When he was nineteen he let his unlicensed girlfriend drive her mothers car; they got down the street before she made an illegal turn in front of an SUV, totaling the car. They switched seats and initially told the cops that Ryan was driving but were turned in by the mother when she found out. They both had to go to court and were lucky enough to land a lenient judge.
When Ryan was sixteen he and a friend made a bad joke after school and were arrested, taken to jail, and questioned for several hours by police. Ryan spent a year going to court when the charges were severely bumped up to an actual crime (which had never even occurred); he was threatened with being sent to juvenile hall and/or foster care but fought it and was eventually sentenced to two years of probation, plus therapy, and community service. He fell so far behind in school that he had to take night school classes as well as after school ROP classes (one of which was a law enforcement class taught by his arresting officer) in order to receive enough credits to graduate high school.
Began self abusing at the age of thirteen. He has been open about it in interviews and states this as a major reason for deciding to make the Alyssa Bustamante-inspired film My Name Is A by Anonymous .
At the age of fourteen an older teen put a 9mm pistol to Ryans head and asked Ryan if he thought the gun was loaded before pulling the trigger. The gun was loaded but jammed.
Son of editor Bret Hampton.
Twin brother of Cole Ryan. Younger brother of Tyler Ryan, Austin J. Ryan and Luke Ryan.
