Scott Ryan (born May 12, 1973) is an Australian actor and writer who wrote and starred in the FX series Mr Inbetween and the film The Magician, which he also directed.At the 2018 AACTA Awards, Ryan won the Best New Talent award, and was nominated for the Best Lead Actor in a Television Role. He was again nominated for Best Lead Actor in 2019, which he then won. Also in 2019, he won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor.In 2020, he was signed to the talent agency CAA after actress Helen Mirren and her husband, director Taylor Hackford, urged their Hollywood agent to watch the series who then offered to represent him.At the 2021 AACTA Awards, Ryan won Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama as well as Best Screenplay for the third and final season of Mr Inbetween.