Ryan Kitley
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Ryan Kitley is an award-winning actor who has worked in Chicago and Los Angeles for more than 20 years.  Film and television credits include Proven Innocent, Chicago PD, Empire, Chicago Fire, Boss, Detroit 1-8-7, Turks, Early Edition, Miss March, Soul Survivors, Barbershop II, Dig Two Graves, Hunter, Kill Game, Guidance, A Short Break, San Gabriel, and Jimmy Kimmel Live; in addition to many commercials and industrials.  As a VO talent, Ryan has voiced countless tv and radio commercials, product videos, video games, and animated content.  Theatre credits include major roles at Next Theatre, Shattered Globe Theatre, Drury Lane Theater, Writers’ Theatre, The Matrix Theater, Colony Theater, The Organic Theatre, Mercury Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Piven Theatre Workshop, Theatre at the Center, Meadow Brook Theatre, among others.  He received a Jeff award for best ensemble in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and a Jeff nomination for best supporting actor as Austin in The Big Funk.  Ryan is a proud member of AEA with his MFA in acting from the Theatre School at DePaul.  As an improviser Ryan has studied and performed at IO, The Second City Training Center, and Piven Theater Workshop.  He was born and raised on the Jersey Shore - exit 109. Ryan and his wife Kelley have four kids: Connor, Maggie, Murphy, and Emma who always seem to make life more interesting.
TELEVISION
PROVEN INNOCENT
​CHICAGO PD
EMPIRE
CHICAGO FIRE
BOSS
DETROIT 1-8-7
TURKS
EARLY EDITION
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE

FILM
GUIDANCE

OTHER PEOPLES CHILDREN
KILL GAME
DIG TWO GRAVES
HUNTER
MISS MARCH
SOUL SURVIVORS
BARBERSHOP II
SAN GABRIEL
AWAKEN ME
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
DREAM SLASHERS
FIRST STEP
LAQUEUS

THEATER - CHICAGO & LA
LETTIE
​SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN
​OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR
​ROMEO AND JULIET
ASSASSINATION THEATER
SMOKEFALL
BURN THIS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
BONHOEFFER'S COST
WONDERS NEVER CEASE
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
SPERM WARFARE
ROCKET SCIENCE
KING O' THE MOON
ROMEO AND JULIET
MISS JULIE
A FEW GOOD MEN
WHO'S AFRAID of  VIRGINIA WOOLF?
AMONG THE THUGS
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
ROMEO AND JULIET
AMY'S VIEW
THE BIG FUNK
TRANSFORMATIONS 2000
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
EDWARD II

IMPROVISATION/COMEDY
THE SNOTTY BOHEMIANS
BS
IO TEAM
SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTER
WITHOUT A NET



Guest Star
​Co-Star
Co-Star
Guest Star
Guest Star
Co-Star
Guest Star
Co-Star
Recurring


Lead
Lead
Supporting
Day player
Day player
Supporting
Featured
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Supporting



​Frank
Brian
Rob Mosher
​Capulet​
​Ensemble
Daniel/Fetus/US
Pale
Bob Cratchit
Rott
Kemp
Ensemble
Blake
Jed
Eddie
Tybalt
Jean
Kaffee
Nick
Ensemble/US
Brick
Romeo
Dominic
Austin
Ensemble
Hamish
Ford
Spencer


Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble

FOX - Anna Mastro
​NBC - Sandy Bookstaver
FOX - Lee Daniels
NBC - Michael Slovis
STARZ - Jim McKay
ABC - Seith Mann
CBS - Chris Long
CBS - Gary Nelson
ABC



Black Apple Media - J. Wolff
OPC Productions - B. Ridell & A. Hozian
Prank LLC - R. Mearns

D2G Films - H. Adams
Skyfire Films - D. Tarleton
20th Century Fox - T. Moore
Artisan Ent. - S. Carpenter

MGM Studios - K. Sullivan
Lambert Road - C. Maynes
Guardian Films - T. Durr
Resolve Films - G. Emmerth 
Cineville Films - P. Ney
Columbia Coll. - R. Vicicondi
Project 187 - D. Fahleson



Victory Gardens
​Goodman Theatre

​Goodman Theatre
​Chicago Shakepeare 
MBC Chicago
G
oodman Theatre

Shattered Globe
Drury Lane Theatre
Provision Theater
Provision Theater
Writers Theatre
The Matrix Theater
The Colony Theater
Mercury Theater
Chicago Shakespeare
The Organic Theater
Theater at the Center
Shattered Globe Theater
Goodman Theater
Meadow Brook Theater
The Organic Theater
The Organic Theater
Clock Productions
Piven Theater
The Organic Theater
Talisman Theater
The Journeymen


The Westside Eclectic
The Free Associates
IO Chicago
Second City
Piven Theatre
AWARDS
Best Actor Nomination for the lead role in the film "Guidance" 
Jeff Award - Best Ensemble for 
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ​
Jeff Nomination - Best Ensemble for Support Group for Men

Jeff Nomination - Best Actor for The Big Funk

TRAINING
MFA - The Theatre School at DePaul, Piven Theatre, Second City, IO, Act One, The Actor’s Studio, The Annoyance                                              

SPECIAL SKILLS
Helicopter noise, dolphin noise, one-handed pizza dough spinning, skim boarding, novice surfer, stick shift, stage combat, six-string and twelve-string acoustic guitar, unique Frisbee throwing technique, unprecedented parenting skills

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Interview from Voyage Chicago

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