Ryan Piers Williams Wiki, Age, Bio, Height, Photos, Wedding, Net worth

Name Ryan Piers Williams

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB May 13, 1981. As of 2025, he is around 44 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Partner Married to actress America Ferrera. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Ryan Piers Williams is an American actor, writer and director, who is also the husband of Ugly Betty star America Ferrera.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Ryan was born on May 13, 1981, in El Paso, Texas.
Family : He was an only child, whose grandparents played a large part in his upbringing.
While still attending high school, he began working in a film editing role at KVIA. He has said that it was this work that inspired his love of film making.
Education : Initially beginning his studies at the University of Texas and produced many short videos in his time there.
He later transferred to the University of Southern California (USC). He graduated from USC School of Arts, he was accepted into an internship programme to be mentored by Stephen Soderbergh.
As of 2025, he still considers Soderbergh to be his idol and the two are in regular contact.

America Ferrera and Ryan Piers Williams Wedding :

Working as a casting director in 2009, Ryan cast actress America Ferrera in his movie “The Dry Land,” which he had also written and went on to produce.
The movie began filming in 2010, and the two began dating soon after.
They got engaged later that year and were wed on June 27, 2011.
The wedding took place in a lavish event in Chappaqua, New York, at the home of Ferrera’s Ugly Betty co-star Vanessa Williams.
The two chose to keep the wedding as personal as possible, and the ceremony was officiated by another co-star of Ferreras – Judith Light.
Ferrera’s dress, a custom Amsale’s Christos dress, was featured in many magazines.
The wedding was attended by many high-profile celebrities such as Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel & Mark Indelicato.

Ryan Piers Williams Net Worth and Career :

Ryan has had a successful career both in front and behind of the camera.
He has worked as a writer, a producer, a director, an actor, in a film editorial department, as a production manager, as a casting director, in both camera and electrical departments, and on various film labour crews.
Some of the films he has been involved include: Muertas, 2007, ; Blues Griff, 2008, ; Dah-Yi’s Lawyer, 2008, ; The Dry La, 2010, ; Tomorrow Comes Today, 2013, ; I Kilimanjaro, 2013, & X/Y, 2014
In 2011, he received an Imagen Award Best Feature Film nomination for his movie The Dry Land.
The lead actress of the movie, America Ferrera, was also nominated for an award in the best actress category.
Unfortunately, they did not win in either category, but the film was considered to be a success in the indie field by critics.