filmography                                        


2009
Blue Valentine .... David
All Good Things
The Lord's Resistance (directorial debut)


2007
Lars and the Real Girl .... Lars
Fracture .... Willy Beachum

2006
Half Nelson .... Dan

2005
Stay .... Henry Letham 

2004 
The Notebook .... Young Noah Calhoun

2003
The United States of Leland .... Leland P. Fitzgerald 

2002
Murder by Numbers .... Richard 'Richie' Haywood
The Slaughter Rule  .... Roy Chutney 

2001
The Believer .... Danny Balint 

2000
Remember the Titans .... Alan Bosley

1999
The Unbelievables (TV) .... Josh 

1998
"Young Hercules" TV Series .... Hercules 
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (TV) .... Tommy 

1997
 "Breaker High" TV Series .... Sean Hanlon 

1996
Frankenstein and Me  .... Kenny

1993
"Mickey Mouse Club" (1989) TV Series .... Himself (Seasons 6-7)


AS COMPOSER

2004
Roomies
... aka Wild Roomies (USA: new title) 


AS HIMSELF

1. 2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Winner 
2. I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (2005) (TV) .... Himself


3. "MMC" (1989) TV Series .... Himself (Seasons 6-7)
... aka Club MMC 
... aka The All New Mickey Mouse Club (USA: new title) 
... aka The Mickey Mouse Club 


TELEVISION APPEARANCES

1. "Anatomy of a Scene" playing "Himself" in episode: "The United States of Leland" 20 April 2004 
2. "Anatomy of a Scene" playing "Himself" in episode: "The Believer" 
3. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" playing "Zylus" in episode: "The Academy" (episode # 5.17) 15 March 1999 
4. "PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" playing "Adam" in episode: "Dream House/UFO Encounter" (episode # 1.1) 28 September 1996 
5. "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" playing "Kevin" in episode: "Dragon's Lair" (episode # 4.9) 13 May 1996 
6. "Road to Avonlea" playing "Jim McNulty" in episode: "From Away" (episode # 7.9) 3 March 1996 
7. "Goosebumps" playing "Greg Banks" in episode: "Say Cheese and Die" (episode # 1.15) 9 February 1996 
8. "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes" playing "Sean" in episode: "The Case of the Burning Building" (episode # 1.1) 1996 
9. "Flash Forward" playing "Scott Stuckey" in episode: "Skate Bait" (episode # 1.21) 1996 
10. "Flash Forward" playing "Scott Stuckey" in episode: "Double Bill" (episode # 1.11) 1996 
11. "Ready or Not" playing "Matt Kalinsky" in episode: "I Do, I Don't" (episode # 4.5) 1996 
12. "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" playing "Jamie" in episode: "The Tale of Station 109.1" (episode # 5.2) 4 November 1995 

PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHELVED

- Noise (director Henry Bean)
- The Last Face (starring Robin Wright Penn)
- Che/Guerilla (was involved in the early development of the film)
- The Lovely Bones (Ryan dropped out a day before filming began due to creative differences)
- The Good Heart (According to IMDB, Paul Dano has replaced Ryan in the role)