Ryan de Villiers

Ryan de Villiers is a South African actor. He is known for his role as Dylan Stassen in the film Moffie. He began his career on stage, earning Naledi and Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards.

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Early life

De Villiers is from East London and grew up between the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. He is the son of conservationist Div and teacher Annette and has a sister, Lauren, and a brother, Keith. He attended Rivermead Preparatory School and Stirling High School. He was going to pursue Accounting and Economics, but switched to Drama with Politics and International Studies, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with distinctions from Rhodes University in 2015. He studied abroad in the United States at Willamette University in Oregon.