1. Ryan Thomas Lane was born on November 23,1987 and is an American actor.
11 Facts About Ryan Lane
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Ryan Lane was born on November 23,1987, in Fullerton, California to parents William, who is hard of hearing, and Jill Ryan Lane.
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Ryan Lane was born deaf and diagnosed at two weeks old with congenital nerve deafness.
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Ryan Lane's parents divorced when he was eight and he then split his time between living with his father in Ontario, California and his mother in Diamond Bar, California.
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Ryan Lane attended school in the County School District of Los Angeles and graduated from the California School for the Deaf, Riverside in 2007.
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In 2011, Lane transitioned to roles in short films, appearing in the science-fiction short Irving J Koppermelt and the family short drama White Space.
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In February 2012, Ryan Lane began a recurring role on the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth.
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In September 2012, it was reported that Ryan Lane was set to star in the feature film In Other Words, portraying an isolated young man who falls in love with a blind dancer.
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In September 2006, Ryan Lane sustained serious injuries in a dirt bike accident in Pismo Beach, California, which reportedly almost left him paralyzed.
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Ryan Lane's time spent recovering from his injuries, which required him to wear a body brace until January 2007, caused him to miss a significant amount of school, delaying his graduation from CSDR until the fall of 2007.
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In 2013, Ryan Lane received the Media Access RJ Mitte Diversity Award for his performance on Switched at Birth.