waterloo road - young actor - bugging me !

[ermintrude35]

on tonights episode , the lad who played the traveller Kyle, I know the actor is called Jack Ryan , it's really bugging me where I've seen him before, I've IMDB him and even though I did watch "Mobile" it's not that I've seen him in. And I didn't watch the other shows. Could he have been in an advert? it's driving me and my daughter insane...please help!

[4getmenot]

he's called Jack Rigby

[Bbbananas]

never seen him before to my recollection - however I hope we do again cos he's a great little actor. I wanted to hug him!

[paraffin]

Having had to encounter many "travellers" over the years in a previous employment I was gobsmacked that not only did "Kyle" have an accent reasonably local to where the programme is set, but neither he nor any of the others were scruffy, dirty or inarticulate! The vast majority in my experience have either Irish or pseudo Irish "twangs"!

Unbelievable, too, how they were portrayed as "just a bit misunderstood", and a bit down on their luck. The vast majority would steal the fillings out of your teeth in real life! Yeah, I know it's not "real", but why not portray these minority groups authentically instead of the usual sanitised for TV version?

Of course the P.C. staff embraced them like little orphan Annies, and wasn't it amazing that the traveller kids were all of senior school age? Yet again, no realism whatsoever! Your average traveller-type "community" consists of loads of snotty-nosed brats of primary school age, none of whom ever see the inside of a school.

Completely unrealistic, and not one use of the words "gippo"or "diddycoy" from those well behaved teenagers of Waterloo Road. Unbelievable!

[gina32]

yes i said the very same, his face is very familiar or he has acting relatives.

[ermintrude35]

i've definatly seen him in something quite gritty, he was slightly younger then...agreesallabananas, a good little actor - one to look out for-

[beckyboo1976]

I wanted to hug him too, then remembered I was 32 and it felt a bit wrong!