Max Ryan (born January 2, 1967 in the North of England) is a British actor and former motocross racer.[1][2] After a near-death experience in motocross he eventually turned to acting. After some lesser supporting roles in famous British soap operas and a resident personality on a popular 1990s British game show, The Price is Right, he landed a role in the Jet Li action film Kiss of the Dragon. His performance led to other opportunities such as co-starring with Steven Seagal as the main villain in The Foreigner as well as appearing in Sean Connery's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Later roles include a villain in Jason Statham's Death Race and a supporting role in Sex and the City 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 2, 1967 (59)
- England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Max Ryan's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 6
Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Shadowas Dunoir in The Foreigner (2003)
- Shadowas Bender in Dark Moon Rising (2009)
- Allyas Kane in Rage (2014)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Max Ryan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Max Ryan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
His Deadly Affair(2019)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Undateable John(2019)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Best Fake Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all filmsFirst Timers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Chain of Command(2015)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Winter Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Rage(2014)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Sex and the City 2(2010)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Dark Moon Rising(2009)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Death Race(2008)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Corrupt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Thr3e (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Foreigner(2003)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Kiss of the Dragon(2001)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Attila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Largo Winch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Career shape
Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 2001 to 2019; peak year 2002.
Film career
Peak 2002 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2001Screen debut· Kiss of the Dragon
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Max Ryan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 41/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Max Ryan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Max Ryan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Max Ryan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nicolas Cage shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Nicolas CageShared titles: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), Rage (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nicolas Cage
Producers
- Cam CannonShared titles: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), Rage (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Cam Cannon
- Dama ClaireShared titles: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), Rage (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Dama Claire
- Frederico LapendaShared titles: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), Rage (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Frederico Lapenda
- Martin J. BarabShared titles: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), Rage (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Martin J. Barab
Mixed roles
- Richard Rionda Del CastroShared titles: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), Rage (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Rionda Del Castro
