Trivia

Ryan actively supports the Infant Crisis Services of Oklahoma, an independent, non-profit support network for families with infants in need. Merriman is also involved with Eagle Mount, an organization that offers riding, skiing, camp programs, and other special activities for disabled children in Bozeman, Montana.

Has 5 dogs. Four rotweillers and a German Shepard mix.

Born to Earl and Nona Merriman, he has an older sister, Monika, who lives and works in New Zealand as a Marine Scientist. Ryan's paternal grandfather, Earl Eugene Merriman, was of mostly German, and some English and Irish, ancestry, while Ryan's paternal grandmother, Johanna Estrel Amereller, was a German emigrant, from Munich. Ryan's mother's ancestry includes English and more distant Irish and Scottish.

Hobbies: in-line skating, four-wheel and dirt bikes, team sports, water sports, horseback riding, British accents, American regional accents, martial arts, tournament-level paint ball, skiing, and snowboarding.

Married Kristen McMullen in September 2014 on a private ceremony.

On January 1, 2012, he became engaged to Kristen McMullen.

Completed filming Final Destination 3 (2006), which was released in Febuary. (June 2005)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Filmed 13 initial episodes for Veritas: The Quest (2003), an mid-season replacement that aired January 2003 on ABC. (October 2002)

Appeared as Jason Dante in an episode of Smallville (2001). (February 2004)

Just got done filming Pick-Up shots for his new movie Home Of The Giants (2006) (August 2006)