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Lee Ryan (born 17 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor. He is the lead singer of the boy band Blue. During his time with Blue, they sold over 15 million records worldwide (to 2025), and performed with and released records with Elton John and Stevie Wonder.
As a music solo artist, he had success with his album Lee Ryan and singles. As an actor, he played Harry "Woody" Woodward in EastEnders from 2017–2018.
Ryan had three number one hits while with Blue, and co-directed the video for Blue's single "Breathe Easy", which he also wrote and which was shot in Prague. In 2001 the group were in New York during the September 11 attacks after which Ryan commented that "This New York thing is being blown out of proportion" and asked "What about whales? They are ignoring animals that are more important. Animals need saving and that's more important." The other members of the group tried to silence Ryan, but he went on.This caused a huge media backlash that resulted in Blue losing a record deal in the United States and campaigns to sack Ryan from the line up. Lee was gunged during an episode of Live & Kicking in August 2001 as part of the Stop The Snot segment.
The track listing for Ryan's aborted album was as follows: "Secret Love", "I Am Who I Am", "Guardian Angel", "Perfect Strangers", "I Don't Wanna Let You Down", "I Love Your Smile", "It's Not Me", "Confessions", "Light of Your Soul", "Peaches", "Reinforce Love", "Suffice to Say", "To See the Stars", "Stop the Rain", "Why Me" and "Stand Up as People".
In 2013, Blue released "Hurt Lovers" the first single from their fourth album Roulette.
In August 2013, Ryan and Duncan James appeared in an episode of comedy panel show Through the Keyhole in which the host showed around their home in London.
Ryan appeared in Celebrity Big Brother 13 in 2014. Following the show he entered a relationship with fellow Big Brother participant Jasmine Waltz. Waltz split with Ryan a few weeks later claiming on Twitter that Ryan had cheated on her with a man. Ryan came out as bisexual during his time on Big Brother, later stating in an interview, "I'm very open about what I've done in the past but that was the easiest way to come out. I did so much other stuff that people didn't even notice." During his time on Big Brother Ryan admitted he sleeps with his Blue bandmate Duncan James stating, "I work with Duncan, I go on holiday with Duncan, I live with Duncan." Asked: "Do you have sex with Duncan?", he replied: "Yeah all the time".
In November 2014, Blue announced they had signed a two-album record deal with Sony Music. The band released their fifth studio album Colours on 9 March 2015. He was in Strictly Come Dancing 2018, but went out in the third round.
On 15 February 2017, it was confirmed that Ryan had landed a role in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders. He was cast as Woody Woodward, initially for a short stint between 18 April and 19 May. It was later announced that Woody would be promoted to a regular role and that Ryan had signed a one-year contract with the show. He later received 2017 Inside Soap Award nomination for Best Newcomer. Unsure his contract would be extended, Ryan signed to play Aladdin opposite Paul Merton's Widow Twanky in panto in Wimbledon, and was hence written out of EastEnders.
In 2019, he was a candidate in the seventh season of the British reality TV-show Celebs Go Dating. From September to November 2019 Lee Ryan went on a UK-Tour with the musical "Rip it Up the 70s".
On 11 April 2022, the group announced that their sixth studio album Heart & Soul would be released on 9 September 2022. On 20 May, the group unveiled the track listing for the album on their social media accounts, following with first single "Haven't Found You Yet". Later that year, the group released the single "Dance with Me", a cover of the 2001 112 single.
In 2023, Ryan revealed he was going to be a father for the fifth time with his wife Verity Paris. He already shares a two-year-old and a one-year-old daughter with Paris. He is also a father to daughter Bluebell, with ex Jessica Keevil and shares son Rayn, born in 2008, with former partner Samantha Miller.
In 2014, Ryan stated he had had a regular sexual relationship with his bandmate Duncan James during Blue's early years. Ryan defined himself as bisexual in an interview on Good Morning Britain in August 2019: "For people to have some kind of prejudice against these kinds of things is just ignorant".
Ryan has been diagnosed with dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Asperger syndrome.
In January 2023, Ryan was convicted of four charges at Ealing Magistrates court. He had been found guilty of being drunk on an aircraft, assaulting a police officer and behaving in an abusive way towards a crew member, as well as a racially aggravated assault of a flight cabin crew member, which happened at London City Airport on 31 July 2022. In September 2023, Ryan was given a 12-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay £2,500 compensation to one party, £750 to another, plus £510 in court costs.
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| 2006 | Eddie (voice) | Italian dub | |
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| 2010 | The Heavy | Reuben | |
| 2012 | Eddie (voice) | Italian dub Ischia Dubbing Award at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival | |
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| 2000 | Holby City | Arian Kirkwall | Episode: "Too Much Too Young" |
| 2007 | Most Haunted | Himself | Episode: "Sutton House" |
| 2007 | Hell's Kitchen | Contestant | |
| 2014 | Celebrity Big Brother | Contestant | Series 13 |
| 2017–2018 | EastEnders | Harry "Woody" Woodward | Main role |
| 2018 | Strictly Come Dancing | Contestant | Series 16 |
| 2019 | Celebs Go Dating | Himself | Episode: "Lee Ryan" |
| 2006 | Eddie (voice) | |
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