Jonathan Ryan

Jonathan Ryan is an Irish actor. He is known to television audiences as Bill Taylor in the soap opera Fair City. In October 2009, Bill Taylor locked his wife Annette Daly (played by Rebecca Smith) in her office and set her on fire, killing her. Ryan has also played Gerry Adams and Proinsias De Rossa on screen. As a pupil at C.B.C. Monkstown in 1963, Jonathan performed rhythm guitar and vocals in a covers band known as Rootzgroop, whose lineup later included Paul Brady. Jonathan’s acting career began while still a full-time student, making his debut playing ‘Dan’ opposite Lynn Redgrave and Dan O'Herlihy in A Better Place at Dublin's Gate Theatre in 1972. He turned full-time in 1978 and since then has worked extensively on stage, in TV,...