Shawn Ryan (born October 11, 1966 in Rockford, Illinois) is a writer, and the creator of the FX television series The Shield and CBS series The Unit.
Personal Life
He graduated from Middlebury College and is married to actress Cathy Cahlin Ryan, who also stars on The Shield. They have two children.
Career
Ryan got his start in television as a staff writer on the show Nash Bridges and served as the producer of Angel before creating and head writing The Shield. He was partnered with David Mamet to serve as showrunner for The Unit.
Ryan will executive produce Confessions of a Contractor, a 2009 CBS television pilot. It's based on Richard Murphy's book of the same name and centers on a successful L.A. contractor who becomes involved with two of his female clients.
He is currently the show runner for Fox's Lie to Me.
External links
- Los Angeles Times profile of Shawn Ryan
- Writers Guild interview of Shawn Ryan
- Shawn Ryan Bio at CBS - The Unit
- Shawn Ryan Bio Yahoo! TV
- Shawn Ryan at TV.com
- Shawn Ryan at the Internet Movie Database
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