Ryan Piers Williams | |
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.jpg) Williams in October 2010 | |
| Born | May 13, 1981 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, producer, director, writer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Ryan Piers Williams (born May 13, 1981)[1] is an American actor, director, and writer.
Williams was raised in El Paso, Texas, where he attended J. M. Hanks High School.[1] From age 13 he wanted to be a director and took theater and video production classes in both middle school and high school. He went to study film at the University of Texas at Austin for 2+1⁄2 years before transferring as a junior to the University of Southern California and eventually being accepted into its School of Cinematic Arts.[2]
Williams wrote and directed the films The Dry Land (2010) and X/Y (2014). He was a producer of writer-director Walter Strafford's Kilimanjaro (2013). Williams additionally has performed as an actor, in the 2007 short Muertas, which he directed, wrote and produced; and the features Blues (2008), Tomorrow Comes Today (2013), his own X/Y (2014), and 1985 (2018). He briefly appears in Barbie (2023), as Gloria’s husband and Sasha’s father.
Williams married America Ferrera on June 27, 2011.[3][4] He directed her in the 2010 film The Dry Land,[3][5] which received Imagen Awards nominations for best feature film and for Ferrera's performance as best actress.[6] The couple had son Sebastian in May 2018,[7][8] and daughter Lucia on May 4, 2020.[9][10]
