▁Zealand . ▁He ▁began ▁appearing ▁in ▁commer ci als ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 5 ▁and ▁eventually ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁film ▁and ▁television ▁work ▁while ▁att ending ▁St . ▁Patrick ' s ▁College . ▁A ▁trained ▁singer ▁and ▁tap ▁dan cer , ▁he ▁also ▁performed ▁voice ▁over ▁and ▁still ▁phot ographic ▁work . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁television ▁acting ▁debut ▁appearing ▁in ▁a ▁minor ▁role ▁on ▁the ▁television ▁adaptation ▁of ▁The ▁Sh ip ▁of ▁Advent ure ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁The ▁En id ▁B ly ton ▁Advent ure ▁Series ▁and ▁Mir ror , ▁Mir ror ▁II ▁a ▁year ▁later . ▁He ▁also ▁land ed ▁the ▁st arring ▁role ▁in ▁The ▁Du ell ists , ▁the ▁fifth ▁episode ▁of ▁William ▁Sh at ner ' s ▁A ▁Tw ist ▁in ▁the ▁T ale , ▁with ▁fellow ▁Tri be ▁co - star ▁Victoria ▁Sp ence . ▁ ▁In ▁early - 1 9 9 9 , ▁R unc iman ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁a ▁supporting ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁te en ▁drama ▁science - f iction ▁series ▁The ▁Tri be . ▁Initial ly ▁introduced ▁as ▁the ▁right - hand ▁man ▁of ▁Lex , ▁an ▁early ▁ant agon ist ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁played ▁by ▁C ale b ▁Ross , ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Ryan ▁as ▁a ▁trust ing ▁and ▁good ▁nature d , ▁yet ▁na ive ▁soci ally ▁awk ward ▁ad oles cent , ▁proved ▁a ▁popular ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁His ▁character ▁eventually ▁became ▁more ▁prom in ently ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁show