I used to get a sort of sociophobia, and I still get it sometimes these days when I'm in a confined space with too many people. It's not like I freak out or anything, it's just that I'm far more comfortable in my own company sometimes than being surrounded by one thousand strangers.

Kwanten currently plays the role of Jason Stackhouse in True Blood an HBO television series based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries. He attended St Paul's Catholic College in Manly and later earned a commerce degree from the University of Sydney.

In 2008 he was cast as Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor. After his stint ended he joined the American teen-oriented drama Summerland portraying Jay Robertson.