Ryan Piers Williams (born May 13, 1981)[1] is an American actor, director, and writer.

Williams was raised in El Paso, Texas, where he attended J. M. Hanks High School.

He went to study film at the University of Texas at Austin for 2+1⁄2 years before transferring as a junior to the University of Southern California and eventually being accepted into its School of Cinematic Arts where he met actress America Ferrera and cast her in a student film.

Williams additionally has performed as an actor, in the 2007 short Muertas, which he directed, wrote and produced; and the features Blues (2008), Tomorrow Comes Today (2013), his own X/Y (2014), and 1985 (2018).

He briefly appears in Barbie (2023) as the husband of Gloria, played by his real life wife America Ferrera.