Ryan "Mad King" Haywood (born on December 6, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia as James Ryan Haywood) and also known as Iron Ryan, The Mad King and Ryan the nk] guy is an American voice actor, YouTube and Internet personality, web video star and a fully-fledged employee of Rooster Teeth Productions and the 3rd main host in it's subsidiary Achievement Hunter. He is married to Dr. Laurie Higginbotham, a Veterinarian who works at Heart of Texas Veterinary Specialty Center in Austin, and they live in Austin, Texas with their two children and pets. They have a son and a daughter As a current staff member of the Machinima production company Rooster Teeth and the third main host at Achievement Hunter, Ryan is also an Animator, editor, producer, and technical director of the 10th season of Red vs. Blue.
Ryan Haywood was born on December 6th, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as James Ryan Haywood. Originally while growing up in Georgia and before working at Achievement Hunter and Rooster Teeth, he was initially working as a professional male model while in high school in Georgia as stated in Let's Play - 7 Days to Die Part 3. These photos were released during the Extra Life stream once $200,000 had been raised. He claimed that he was in a magazine called Twist magazine. Along with the magazine he also was in a runway show, where he was a gnome who stood on a mushroom. He did this in between his job as a pool cleaner, and his job at Rooster Teeth. One of his model pictures showed Ryan in his late teens to early twenties as an early adult. His hair used to be much longer when he was a model and he used to be skinnier and younger. According to the Twist magazine stats, Ryan made Twist magazine quite popular during the time he worked there. His parents used his middle name (Ryan) more often than his first name (James) and hence he prefers being called Ryan which is his stage name. There is also another Rooster Teeth employee also named James so he prefers being called Ryan to avoid confusion.
For his education, he studied in Atlanta High School while working as a model and starring in magazines. Some of Ryan's colleagues stated in their Sunday Drive "Let's Play" that Ryan graduated from Georgia Tech University. He later went to study abroad in England, getting degrees in Theatre and Computer Animation. Whilst browsing Craigslist looking for job opportunities, Ryan found an open position in the Rooster Teeth Studios and Ryan applied. He got the job and started to work there and eventually moved there to Austin, Texas where he resides ever since. It wasn't until Episode 89 of the Minecraft Let's Play series where Ryan earned his title of Mad King. In general, after the infamous Episode 89, Ryan began to become one of the most influential gamers over the next few months and soon to be year. Ryan was about 33 years of age when the episode was launched to YouTube on February 7, 2014.
He moved to Austin, Texas where he joined Rooster Teeth Productions and it's subsidiary Achievement Hunter. Ryan joined Rooster Teeth to run their website and to work on their new Game Fails YouTube channel. As a member of the staff, he is in charge of managing the Rooster Teeth website and their Game Fails Channel on YouTube. He was also the technical director and animator for Red vs. Blue Season 10. He also helped create Rooster Teeth's subsidiary Achievement Hunter.
As of April 2015, Ryan is one of the main hosts and dominant cast members at Achievement Hunter. His job at Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter consists of hanging out with the rest of the boys, playing games with them, starring in Lets Plays, and include ideas on what games they should play or what sequels to video game franchises should include. He was actually the third Achievement Hunter member host to be hired and promoted to main host after Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo. In 2011, Achievement Hunter hired Ryan Haywood as an editor and manager; Haywood later began being featured in videos as a host in March 2012, becoming one of the main crew members. Since then, started working full-time for Achievement Hunter and starred as the third main host member including Let'sPlay and VS. He became friends with other members of Rooster Teeth, such as Meg Turney. He competed against Ray Narvaez Jr. in a Rooster Teeth sing-off on YouTube.
