Ryan Grantham is a Canadian former child actor and voice actor who was convicted on September 23, 2022 of murdering his mother.
Wiki/Biography
Ryan Grantham was born in 1998 (24 years old in 2022) and is from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. He attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10
Hair color: dark blonde
Eye color: blue
family
Parents and siblings
Ryan Grantham’s mother, Barbara Waite. He has a sister, Lisa Grantham.
Ryan Grantham’s mother Barbara Waite
wife and children
As of 2022, he is not married yet.
Profession
TV and OTT
Ryan began his acting career playing Billy in the Canadian television film The Nutcracker Mystery (2007).
From 2009 to 2010, he played the role of young Arkin, Prince Alicia and Rhys’ younger brother in the Canadian science fiction and fantasy miniseries Lys: Kingdom Falls. Other TV series in which he has made brief appearances include The Watch (2008), The Force (2009), Need for a Gathering (2014), and Supernatural (2008 and 2015). In 2013, he played the lead role of Luke Quinn in the Canadian TV movie “Carpenter”. The film follows a small-town carpenter who rises to fame after resurrecting a dead child, but then struggles to return to his life before the miracle.
The Carpenter’s Miracle(2013)
Other Canadian television films he has produced include 12 Things You Know About Christmas (2012), Perfect High School (2015) and Undercover (2019). In 2019, he became popular for starring in the American horror crime drama “Riverdale”, playing Jeffrey in the drama.
Ryan Grantham as Jeffery in Riverdale (2019)
Movie
In 2008, Ryan starred in the American science fiction action film “Jumper”, playing the child version of the protagonist David Rice.
In 2012, he played the lead role of Redwood in the Canadian film “Being Redwood”. The film won multiple awards, and Ryan was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film (2013) and a Vancouver UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Newcomer (2013).
In 2016, she starred in the Canadian film Consider Love and Other Magic, starring Tommy. In the film, a troubled teenage girl agrees to tutor a timid boy who insists that he has not left home in more than fifty years. .
Ryan Grantham as Tommy Considers Love and Other Magic (2016)
Other films he has appeared in include Parnassus (2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010), Roadblock (2012), and The Road to Evil (2014) .
short film
In 2008, he appeared in his first short film, The Escape of Conrad Ladd-Patton, in which he played the role of young Conrad.
The Escape of Conrad Ladd-Barton (2008)
In 2008, he played Sebastian in the independent short film Anachronism. This short film tells the story of two children who discover the wreckage of a giant squid submarine on a beach near their home. Ryan’s performance in the film earned him a Leo Award nomination for Best Actor in a Short Film (2009) and a Young Artist Award for Best Actor in a Short Film (2010).
Ryan Grantham (left) plays Sebastian in Anachronism (2008)
In 2011, he starred in the Canadian short film Liz, in which he played Kevin, a ten-year-old boy who decides to elope with his best friend Liz after learning that he is moving away. As the story continues, Kevin realizes that life on the run is not the daughter he longed for. The film earned Ryan a Young Artist Award (2012) and a VSFF Award (2012).
Ryan Grantham (left) plays Kevin in “Lizzie” (2011)
others
In 2011, he lent his voice to the American comedy film Marley & Me: Puppy Years, where he also provided the voice of a moose.
The Murder of Barbara Waite
On March 31, 2020, Ryan Grantham shot his mother, Barbara Waite, in the back of the head while she was inside their Squamish home play piano. Apparently, his mother was battling cancer at the time. Grantham recorded a video shortly after, admitting to the murder. He then drove away with the intention of assassinating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He loaded a car with three guns, ammunition and 12 bottles of his homemade Molotov cocktails and drove about 200 kilometers east to Hope, en route to Trudeau’s Rideau Cottage residence. At some point, he changed his mind and decided to commit a mass shooting, possibly at Simon Fraser University, where he had attended. However, he did not carry out either plan and instead surrendered to police in Vancouver on April 1, 2020, admitting to killing his mother. Grantham was immediately taken into custody. He was initially charged with first-degree murder, but later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
trial and conviction
During the trial, Ryan’s lawyer Chris Johnson claimed Grantham had been suffering from multiple documented mental health issues, including anxiety, clinical depression and suicidal thoughts. Johnson also revealed that Grantham felt the need to kill his mother to spare her the consequences of the crimes he planned to commit. On September 23, 2022, Ryan was found guilty of murdering his mother in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. He was declared eligible for parole during the sentencing process 14 years later. The court also imposed a lifetime firearms ban on Grantham.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Artist Award (2012) Young Actor Liz (2011)
- Liz (2011) won Best Actor at Vancouver Short Film Festival (2012)
Facts/Trivia
- Ryan Grantham drinks alcoholic beverages and occasionally smokes cigarettes. After the murder, he drank beer and smoked marijuana for several hours before deciding to head to Trudeau’s Rideau Cottage residence.
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