"Story-teller / Story-liver"

Oryan Landa (pronounced "O'Ryan") is a New York City based actor with over 80 professional credits spanning TV, Film, Theater, Commercials, and Voice-overs; with recent roles on such series as The Blacklist, Walker, Chicago Fire, and the pilot episode for East New York, as well as the film The Devil's Candy (which premiered at TIFF) and the viral music video Maren Morris: My Church.

In addition to working in TV and film, Oryan recently appeared on stage in The Laramie Project and Stories We Tell to Night at the Times Square Arts Center and Hudson Theater in New York City.

Outside of NY, Oryan has lived in Asia and Europe, as well as the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest.

He first started acting while in high school doing commercials and voice overs, and then went on to study Theater at Arizona State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Drama and Film/Media Studies, with a minor in Philosophy.

After graduation he moved to Austin, Texas and immersed himself in the independent film scene. While there, he also 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 interned for director Terrence Malick. But after a summer program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan he decided to make New York City his home.

Outside of acting he's also taught English in China, spent time volunteering in India, ran an acting workshop in Austin, TX, went to school in French-speaking Belgium, and traveled through 26 countries and all 50 states. His ancestry is Spanish-Mexican (mother's side) and Scottish/Mixed European (father's side).