Ryan Kelly is a Scottish born actor best known for playing the role of
Jack "Jazzer" McCreary in the BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers. This is a
part he has played since 2000.Kelly was born in Glasgow, but moved to
the Midlands at the age of three. Born without eyes and, as a result,
blind from birth, he attended Exhall Grange School in Coventry and the
Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford, where he studied
drama. In 1997 he became the first totally blind student in the
history of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after beating 3,000
other applicants to win a place. In 2000 he was selected for the part
of Jazzer in an open audition with eight sighted actors.On 22 November
2011 Kelly was the inaugural recipient of the Tyzack Award at the
Ability Media International awards. The award recognises writers,
producers and performers who "transcend the stereotypical".
Jack "Jazzer" McCreary in the BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers. This is a
part he has played since 2000.Kelly was born in Glasgow, but moved to
the Midlands at the age of three. Born without eyes and, as a result,
blind from birth, he attended Exhall Grange School in Coventry and the
Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford, where he studied
drama. In 1997 he became the first totally blind student in the
history of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after beating 3,000
other applicants to win a place. In 2000 he was selected for the part
of Jazzer in an open audition with eight sighted actors.On 22 November
2011 Kelly was the inaugural recipient of the Tyzack Award at the
Ability Media International awards. The award recognises writers,
producers and performers who "transcend the stereotypical".
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