Ryan Reynolds
Acting
- Born:
- 1976-10-23
- Place of birth:
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur, and film producer. Known for starring in comedic and superhero films, he was the world's second-highest-paid actor in 2020 and 2024. Reynolds has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. His films as a leading actor have grossed $6.6 billion worldwide. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Reynolds began acting at the age of thirteen, taking on small roles in various television series. He had his first lead role in the teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993) then played the lead role in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001). Reynolds later starred in a range of films, including the commercially successful romantic comedies National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009), the superhero films Blade: Trinity (2004), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Green Lantern (2011), and the biographical drama Woman in Gold (2015). Reynolds achieved his greatest commercial success as the titular character in the Deadpool franchise, starring in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). His performance in the first received a Golden Globe nomination, while the lattermost emerged as his highest-grossing release. He has appeared in the sci-fi horror Life (2017), and action films like 6 Underground (2019), Free Guy (2021), and The Adam Project (2022). Reynolds has also lent his voice to animated films, including The Croods franchise (2013–2020), Turbo (2013), and the animated character Pikachu in Detective Pikachu (2019). In 2017, Time included Reynolds in Time 100—its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010, and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. A businessman, he holds an ownership stake in Mint Mobile and is a co-owner of Welsh soccer club Wrexham; the latter is documented in the Emmy Award-winning television series Welcome to Wrexham (2022–present). Divorced from actress Scarlett Johansson, Reynolds has been married to Blake Lively since 2012; with whom he has four children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Animal Friends
Christine Sinclair: Kind of a Big Deal
Mayday
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Necaxa
Underdogs
In Dispute: Lively v. Baldoni
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
I Am: Celine Dion
IF
Hate to Love: Nickelback
All Town Aren't We
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Bedtime Stories with Ryan
Ghosted
Ryan Reynolds: Funny Business
Spirited
Welcome to Wrexham
Bullet Train
The Adam Project
How Did We Get Here?
Betty White: A Celebration
American Auto
Ryan Reynolds: I'm a Laureate?
Red Notice
Free Guy
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
The Croods: A New Age
Reunited Apart
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
LA Originals
Some Good News
6 Underground
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Great Bear Rainforest: Land of the Spirit Bear
Once Upon a Deadpool
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Deadpool 2
Corner Gas Animated
Late Night Berlin
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Life of Kylie
Life
Deadpool: No Good Deed
Criminal
Huntwatch
Deadpool
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self/less
Mississippi Grind
Woman in Gold
Hot Ones
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Chicken Shop Date
The Men in Blazers Show
The Captive
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Voices
Have You Been Paying Attention?
R.I.P.D.
Turbo
The Croods
Circus Halligalli
Ted
Safe House
The Whale
The Change-Up
Green Lantern
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Conan
Buried
Running Man
Weapon X Mutant Files
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Paper Man
TNT Show
The Proposal
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Adventureland
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Fireflies in the Garden
Chaos Theory
Definitely, Maybe
The Graham Norton Show
The Nines
Smokin' Aces
Just Friends
The Reichen Show
Waiting...
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
The Amityville Horror
School of Life
Blade: Trinity
The Tony Danza Show
Zeroman
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Foolproof
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The In-Laws
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Top Gear
Buying the Cow
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Scrubs
Finder's Fee
Click
We All Fall Down
Dick
Coming Soon
Family Guy
The Alarmist
Tourist Trap
Two Guys and a Girl
Big Monster on Campus
The View
In Cold Blood
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
When Friendship Kills
MADtv
The Outer Limits
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
My Name Is Kate
Ordinary Magic
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The X-Files
The John Larroquette Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Odyssey
Hillside
This Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Kids' Choice Awards
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
People's Choice Awards
Today
Boy Band
Untitled Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Film
Eloise
Untitled Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Remake
Deadpool and Korg React