Ryan Masson is an American actor who appeared in the films The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023), Proximity (2020), and several television shows including season 2 of The Last of Us (2025).
Masson grew up in Memphis, Tennessee to Rick and Carla Masson. He performed in plays at White Station High School and a production of Child's Play at Theatre Memphis. He attended College of Charleston for biology and French and considered wildlife conservation. After auditioning for several graduate programs, Masson got in to California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.
While in school, Masson was cast in Feral by Morgan Jon Fox. He auditioned for Involution after seeing a casting call in Backstage Magazine, competing against more than 1,000 other submissions. In 2020, Masson starred in Proximity, a science fiction film by Eric Demeusy.
In 2025, Masson was cast in season 2 of The Last of Us as a Seraphite called Malcolm who is tortured by Jeffrey Wright's character Isaac Dixon.