Well in the movie he is in late 50's, early 60's. In real life the actor who played him was only 23 years old. In fact Ryan, Played by Matthew B. Moore is 36 at the time of the film was older than Ben Sakatos who played Bart.
In earlier drafts it was Ryan's Sister. But it eventually became just a stranger who is just killed by ignorance of Ryan due to his cocky behavior.