Ryan Early is a British actor. He has appeared in various roles on TV and theatre but he is best known from his role as young Probationary PC Tom Nicholson in Heartbeat. He was trained at Drama Centre London. He has also appeared in Will Youngs music video for Leave Right Now. Ryan has appeared in many theatre roles for The Royal Court Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, The Young Vic, The Lyric Hammersmith and The Barbican. After leaving Drama Centre London he went straight into a role at The Bush for Channel 4 and The Servant at the Lyric Hammersmith before spending the next couple of years on ITV's Heartbeat. His first feature film Beseme Mucho received the Golden Camera at the Berlin Film Festival and was named Best Picture at the Israel Academy Awards. After leaving the role of PC Tom Nicholson in Heartbeat, Ryan went on to star in The Shakespeare's Globe Cupid and Psyche Season. Ryan then went on to perform in Neil Bartlett's Oliver Twist at the Lyric Hammersmith which subsequently toured the UK before returning to London. He has played several roles on television appearing in Casualty, Love Soup, Soup Kitchen, Doctors, The Bill, Coronation Street. 

May 2nd, 1979 in Egham (Age 45)