Ryan Quinn Adams was born in Long Beach, California as Robert Ryan Adams to Susan and Robert Adams. He grew up in South Lake Tahoe, Ca. Ryan started acting and modeling when he was 8 years old. A theater actor his whole life, Ryan started acting in film in 2013, directed his first film "Second Glance" at the end of 2014, which won the Award of Excellence for a new filmmaker at the San Francisco Film Awards in February 2015.