{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Infobox person | image = Ryder Britton.jpg | image_size = 150px | name = Ryder Britton | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|21}} | birth_place = Toronto, Canada | alma_mater = University of Guelph<br>Ivey Business School | occupation = Business manager }}
'''Ryder Britton''' (born December 21, 1985) is a former Canadian film and television actor.
A graduate from Ivey Business School (MBA),<ref>{{cite web| title=Ivey Business School | url=https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/entrepreneurship/news/2019/02/2019-ivey-entrepreneurship-scholarship-recipients/}}</ref> University of Guelph (BSc),<ref>{{cite web| title=University of Guelph | url=https://news.uoguelph.ca/2011/01/student-gets-thrilled-by-the-chase-on-mantracker/}}</ref> and George Brown Theatre School,<ref>{{cite web| title=George Brown College Theatre School Alumni 2006 | url=http://www.georgebrown.ca/theatre/alumni/alumni_2006_grads.aspx}}</ref> his most prominent role to date was as Young Richard Hayden in the hit film Tommy Boy.<ref>{{cite web| title=Biographical information from IMDB | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110225/}}</ref> He has also had appearances on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation,<ref>{{cite web| title=Episode Guide from IMDB | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178245/fullcredits#cast}}</ref> Runaway,<ref>{{cite web| title=Episode Guide from IMDB | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805665/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2}}</ref> and Goosebumps.<ref>{{cite web| title=Episode Cast from IMDB | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111987/epcast}}</ref> In 2010, Ryder was also a contestant on the Canadian reality television show Mantracker.<ref>{{cite web| title=Mantracker Season 5 Episodes | url=http://www.mantracker.ca/episodes.html}}</ref>
Drawn to acting by his mother, who was also an actress, Britton enrolled in acting school shortly after her death from breast cancer in 2000.<ref>{{cite web| title=The Lakeshore Advance | url=http://www.georgebrown.ca/theatre/news_Ryder_Britton.aspx}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+Film !Year !Title !Role |- |1995 |Tommy Boy |Young Richard |} {| class="wikitable" |+Television !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1995 |Goosebumps |2nd Costumed Boy |2 episodes |- |2006 |Runaway |Zach |Episode: "Father Figure" |- |2008 |Degrassi: The Next Generation |Hugh |Episode: "Don't Stop Believing" |- |2010 |Mantracker |Self |Episode: "Ryder and Brendyn" |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0110225|Ryder Britton}} *{{LinkedIn page|in/ryderbritton}}
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