Ryan Donowho Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Co-producer, Composer (Music Score)
Biography:: Actor Ryan Donowho signed for his first screen roles in the early 2000s. Thereafter, he specialized for a period of time in portrayals of intense, brooding, slightly troubled young men in earnest dramas -- a pattern exemplified by his work in such films as Rhythm of the Saints (2003), Bringing Rain...Read More

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The Favor

Actors: Frank Wood, Ryan Donowho, Isidra Vega, Paige Turco, Michael Higgins

Synopsis: Following up the acclaimed documentary Children of the Street, filmmaker Eva Aridjis made her narrative-feature debut with this bittersweet drama starring Frank Wood and Ryan Donowho. Wood plays Lawrence, a man who decides to take in Johnny (Donowho), the troubled teenaged son of his recently Read More

5/2/08
Cook County

Actors: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, Polly Cole

Synopsis: Set against the sun-soaked backdrop of an East Texas community that's bucking under the weight of a serious meth epidemic, David Pomes deep woods family drama details the struggle of an abused and alienated teen boy to reconnect with his long lost father. Before they can make personal amends Read More

2008
Flakes

Actors: Aaron Stanford, Zooey Deschanel, Keir O'Donnell, Ryan Donowho, Frank Wood

Synopsis: Zooey Deschanel, Aaron Stanford, Izabella Miko, and Christopher Lloyd star in director Michael Lehmann's comedy concerning a New Orleans cereal bar manager whose slacker lifestyle is turned upside down when a rival cereal shop threatens both his livelihood and his love life. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Read More

12/19/07
The Pacific and Eddy

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Ryan Donowho, Dominique Swain, James Duval

Synopsis: First time writer/director Matt Nourse explores the uncertainty of the time when true identities begin to emerge in this tale of four friends attempting to come to terms with the loss of a dear friend. Eddy is a vagabond musician. Though he still comes off as his usual brash self even after the Read More

2006
The Aggressives

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Synopsis: Filmmaker Daniel Peddle offers a look at a little-examined side of lesbian culture in this documentary. "Aggressives" is a name used by some for women who prefer relationships with women, but choose to emphasize the masculine side of their personalities -- often to the extent of living in male Read More

10/7/05
Imaginary Heroes

Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams, Kip Pardue

Synopsis: A shocking and tragic event causes the members of a quietly dysfunctional family to reexamine themselves and their lives in this drama. Ben and Sandy Travis (Jeff Daniels and Sigourney Weaver) are a couple whose troubled family begins to crumble when their eldest son, star college athlete Matt (Kip Pardue Read More

12/17/04
A Home at the End of the World

Actors: Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek

Synopsis: Directed by Michael Mayer and based on The Hours author Michael Cunningham's novel of the same name, A Home at the End of the World chronicles the 1980s reunion of childhood best friends Bobby (Colin Farrell) and Jonathan (Dallas Roberts). Where they were once best pals -- and teenage lovers -- in Read More

7/23/04
The Mudge Boy

Actors: Emile Hirsch, Tom Guiry, Richard Jenkins, Pablo Schreiber, Zachary Knighton

Synopsis: Writer/director Michael Burke makes his feature-length debut with the coming-of-age drama The Mudge Boy. Known as a weird kid, Duncan Mudge (Emile Hirsch) is a naïve 14-year-old farm boy with an aging father, Edgar (Richard Jenkins), and very little social life. When Duncan's mother suddenly dies Read More

5/7/04
Bringing Rain

Actors: Adrian Grenier

Synopsis: The drama Bringing Rain, starring Adrian Grenier, concerns friends and acquaintances at a boarding school who must deal with a variety of difficult feelings while confronting the pain caused by a drunk driving incident. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

2003
Rhythm of the Saints

Actors: Sarita Choudhury, Daniella Alonso, Gano Grills, Ryan Donowho, Ivan Martin

Synopsis: Sarah Rogacki's debut feature, Rhythm of the Saints, tells the story of 15-year-old Rena (Daniella Alonso) who, perhaps accidentally (perhaps not), kills her sleazy stepfather. With the help of a Santeria priestess, Rena may be able to avoid being found responsible for the death. Rhythm of the Read More

2003