Oryan (pronounced "O'Ryan") is a New York-based actor with over 80 professional credits spanning TV, theater, film, commercials and voice overs, including roles on The Blacklist, Walker, Chicago Fire and The Walking Dead World Beyond, as well as the film The Devil's Candy and the viral music video from Maren Morris "My Church."

While he grew up around the mountains and lakes of the Pacific Northwest, he has also lived in Arizona, Texas, California, China and Belgium, and now lives in New York City.

On the acting front he first started working as a teenager doing commercials and voice-overs, but then discovered a passion for theater during his Freshman year at Western Washington University. He then opted for the sunnier skies of Phoenix, AZ where he attended Arizona State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Drama and Film/Media Studies with a minor in Philosophy.

After graduation he moved to Texas where he immersed himself in Austin's independent film scene. It was there that he worked with director Sean Byrne on the popular horror film The Devil's Candy which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival, made several appearances on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and worked on a string of independent films while continuing to hone his craft and interning for director Terrence Malick as a casting assistant.

But after a summer program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan he decided to make the move to New York City.

And teacher? Outside of acting, Oryan has accumulated a vast amount of experience working in education: from teaching High School English and Drama, to teaching college Civics and ESL classes, to teaching English overseas in Asia, to substitute teaching in inner city New York, to running his own acting workshop and coaching actors, and working as an On-Set Tutor.

His ancestry is both Spanish-Mexican (mother's side) and Scottish/mixed-European (father's side).