Ryan Haywood

About Ryan Haywood

Ryan Haywood is an American voice actor, YouTube and Internet personality, web video star and former employee of Rooster Teeth Productions and the former 3rd main host in it's subsidiary Achievement Hunter. A former staff member of the Machinima production company Rooster Teeth and the third main host at Achievement Hunter, Ryan is also an animator, editor, producer, and technical director of the Red vs. Blue (2003).Ryan Haywood was born on December 6, 1980 in Columbus, Georgia, as James Ryan Haywood to David L. Edwards and Debbie Hoover. He is the youngest of three children; his older sister is Tanya Edwards and his older brother is Ryan Edwards.Originally while growing up in Georgia and before working at Achievement Hunter and Rooster Teeth, he was initially working as a professional male model while in high school in Georgia as stated in Let's Play - 7 Days to Die Part 3. These photos were released during the Extra Life stream once $200,000 had been raised. He claimed that he was in a magazine called Twist magazine. Along with the magazine, he also was in a runway show, where he was a gnome who stood on a mushroom. He did this in between his job as a pool cleaner, and his job at Rooster Teeth. One of his model pictures showed Ryan in his late teens to early twenties as an early adult. His hair used to be much longer when he was a model and he used to be skinnier and younger. According to the Twist magazine stats, Ryan made Twist magazine quite popular during the time he worked there. His parents used his middle name (Ryan) more often than his first name (James) and hence he prefers being called Ryan which is his stage name. There is also another Rooster Teeth employee also named James so he prefers being called Ryan to avoid confusion.For his education, he studied in high school while working as a model and starring in magazines. Some of Ryan's colleagues stated in their Sunday Drive "Let's Play" that Ryan graduated from Georgia Tech University and also went to college in Georgia Southern University. He later went to study abroad in England in Europe, getting degrees in Theater and Computer Animation. Whilst browsing Craigslist looking for job opportunities, Ryan found an open position in the Rooster Teeth Studios and Ryan applied. He got the job and started to work there and eventually moved there to Austin, Texas where he resides ever since. It wasn't until Episode 89 of the Minecraft Let's Play series where Ryan earned his title of Mad King. In general, after the infamous Episode 89, Ryan began to become one of the most influential gamers over the next few months and soon to be year. Ryan was about 33 years of age when the episode was launched to YouTube on February 7, 2014.He moved to Corpus Christi, Texas where he met Geoff Ramsey for employment at Rooster Teeth, later residing in Austin, Texas where he fully joined joined Rooster Teeth Productions and it's subsidiary Achievement Hunter. Ryan joined the Rooster Teeth to run their website and to work on their new Game Fails YouTube channel, which he still does as of today. As a member of the staff, he is in charge of managing the Rooster Teeth website and their Game Fails Channel on YouTube. He was also the technical director and animator for Red vs. Blue Season 10. He also helped create Rooster Teeth's subsidiary Achievement Hunter.As of April 2015, Ryan was one of the main hosts and dominant cast members at Achievement Hunter. His job at Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter con...

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