Ryan Steele is an American dancer and actor. He was born and raised in Walled Lake, Michigan on August 3, 1990. Coming from a family entirely involved in the art of dance, Steele trained all through his elementary school years. He was offered to study dance from many institutions, including The Juilliard School. He studied concert dance and ballet extensively. This proved to be a highly essential asset he used for his film debut in Five Dances (2013) where his leading role character Chip Daniel is an aspiring ballet dancer who moves to New York to train. He played as Lost Boy Curly in the live-action stage version of the Disney classic Peter Pan in Peter Pan Live! (2014). Steele also was performed as a dancer during the 2015 Academy Awards ceremony. In 2017, Steele had a dancing role in the musical short On the Road (2017).