Ryan Lane Biography, Age, Wife, Deaf, Talking, Movies and Net Worth

Ryan Lane Biography

Ryan Lane is an American actor, born November 23, 1987, best known for his portrayal of Cincinnati Reds center-fielder William Ellsworth Hoy in the Documentary Channel biography Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero, and for his recurring role as Travis on the ABC Family drama series Switched at Birth, which earned him the RJ Mitte Diversity Award at the 2013 Media Access Awards.

Ryan Lane Age

Born on November 23, 1987 in Fullerton, California he is the son of William, who is hard of hearing, and Jill Lane. Lane was deaf when he was born and was diagnosed at two weeks old with congenital nerve deafness. He has two older sisters; Kristyn born in 1983 and Hayley born in 1986 who are both hearing. His parents got a divorce when he was only eight and he was forced to split his time between living with his father in Ontario, California and his mother in Diamond Bar, California as he grew up. He is 31 years old as of 2018.

Ryan Lane Wife  | Ryan Lane Married

Ryan is not married yet. He has however managed to remain mum about his love and personal life over the years and since he has never been traced with a close lady friend its not clear if he is dating or single at the moment. He played love interest of Daphne Vasquez, portrayed by Katie Leclerc in Switched at birth.

Ryan Lane Career

He was discovered by director David Risotto on a photograph of him in his football uniform on the wall at CSDR . The director had been searching for a young man who was deaf and could play baseball to portray Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame center-fielder William Ellsworth “Dummy” Hoy in the documentary Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero . He chose to cast lane who he believed had both the perfect “look” and the athletic abilities to portray the role. After getting rid of his Mohawk hairstyle and learning to bat left-handed, Lane spent the spring of 2007 filming on location in Southern California, later re-shooting some key ballpark scenes in Evansville, Indiana in the fall of 2008.

After portraying Dummy Hoy, he landed a series of guest-starring roles on episodic television. He made a guest appearance on the CBS crime drama Cold Case, portraying Andy Rierdan, a popular high school student whose murder is investigated, in the episode “Andy in C Minor”. In 2009,he made a guest appearance on the Fox medical drama House M.D., portraying Seth Miller, a high school wrestler who hears explosions in his head, in the episode “House Divided”. He got a guest role in 2010, on the CBS medical drama Miami Medical, portraying Ethan, a patient injured under a collapsed balcony, in the episode “All Fall Down”.

He transitioned in 2011, to roles in short films, appearing in the science-fiction short Irving J. Koppermelt and the family short drama White Space. In 2011, he appeared in Jennette McCurdy’s music video for the song “Generation Love”. Other than playing different roles in film and television , Lane has been one of the repertory players at the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, California, appearing in stage productions of ASImprov, Charlie’s Version and The “R” Word.

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Lane got a recurring role on the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth, in February 2012, where he portrayed Travis, a lonely and sometimes angry high school student who struggles to communicate with his hearing family at home and develops an unrequited romantic interest in Daphne Vasquez, portrayed by Katie Leclerc. Speaking on the differences between his own life and his character he states that;, “Travis’ parents don’t [sign]. My parents do. Travis doesn’t have that, so in some ways we’re different […] But I’m embracing this whole [storyline] about his home life.”

It was reported in September 2012, that Lane was set to star in the feature film In Other Words, portraying an isolated young man who falls in love with a blind dancer. Some of other films that he appeared in include an appearance in No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie (2013), as well as a cameo in Veronica Mars (2014).

Ryan Lane Net Worth

Details are still under review.

Ryan Lane Really Deaf

He was born deaf and was diagnosed with congenital nerve deafness, when he was only 2 weeks old. His father William is also hard of hearing

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