Ryan Jason Cook

On February 28th, 1983, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, a young couple named Debbie and Chris Cook gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. They named this boy Ryan Jason Cook. Ryan became the oldest son of 5 children. His father, Chris, being a pilot in the Air Force, moved his family around the country a lot during Ryan's youth, from east coast to west coast and everything in between. Landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ryan attended La Cueva High School where he first began his adventure in the world of performance. Even though his original plan was to attend college as a Bio-Chemical Engineering major, all of this changed when he took part in a theatre festival at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico. This changed the course of his life, putting him in the path of becoming a theatre performer for life! While attending ENMU, Ryan received his BFA in theatre performance and a minor in directing, dance, and technical theatre. He quickly became the leading man type during his tenure there, starring in theatre productions like Arsenic and Old Lace, The Seagull, The Front Page, One Flea Spare, and many more. After graduating college in 2005, Ryan moved back to Albuquerque and became heavily involved in the theatre community there. Some of his favorite roles include Himself in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Cliff Bradshaw in Cabaret, Macbeth in Macbeth, and Tom Wingfeild in The Glass Menagerie. This only touches the surface of his stint within the Albuquerque Theatre scene. He performed in over 80 productions from his time in college to now; while also writing and directing a number of productions as well. Ryan has also enjoyed directing at various theatres in Albuquerque, including Romeo and Juliet, Anatomy of a Murder, Spring Awakening, Fame, The Wizard of Oz, One Flea Spare, Cesar's Blood, and How I Learned to Drive, among many others. In 2009, two major things happened in Ryan's life. First and foremost, he met and married his now wife, Reoyne Cook. They are still happily marred to this day with two children. In the year 2017, they made the decision to follow God's calling on them to foster children in need. In 2018, they welcomed 4 new children into their family, turning their small family of four into a booming family of eight. The second big change in Ryan's life in 2009 was his transition into the film and television industry. It was not long before Ryan began booking on a regular basis; landing great roles on television shows like Better Call Saul, Preacher, Waco, Get Shorty, Graves, Manhattan, Dig, The Night Shift, In Plain Sight, Killer Women, and The Messengers as well as films, including Only The Brave, The Space Between Us, Those Who Want Me Dead, Soldado, The Last Stand, and The Maze Runner: Scorch Trails. The Lord has worked wonders in Ryan's life over the last several years, and he and his family are excited to see what is in store in the future.