Oklahoma-born actor Ryan Merriman was still a teenager when he landed the role of the basketball-loving leprechaun, Kyle Johnson — who has to hunt down his lucky gold coin to restore order to his Irish family — in the 2001 Disney channel original movie, “The Luck Of The Irish.”
Merriman was cast alongside other notable actors including Glenndon Chatman as the b-ball best friend, Russell Holoway … and Timothy Omundson as the leprechaun villain, Seamus McTiernan.
Ryan Merriman can more recently be spotted on TV shows like “Pretty Little Liars,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Ballers” and “Smallville.”
