Ryan Reynolds

Acting

Born Oct 23, 1976

From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur and film producer. Known for starring in comedicand 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, as well as 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 critically unsuccessful 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 latter emerged as his highest-grossing release. He has since 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 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; he has four children with the latter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ryan Reynolds

Known For

Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool

Deadpool 2

Bullet Train

The Proposal

Ted

Free Guy

IF

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Filmography — Acting

Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool

Deadpool 2

Bullet Train

The Proposal

Ted

Free Guy

IF

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Ghosted

Blade: Trinity

The Croods

The Croods: A New Age

Red Notice

Life

The Hitman's Bodyguard

The Adam Project

Green Lantern

6 Underground

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Turbo

R.I.P.D.

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

The Change-Up

Self/less

Safe House

Criminal

Just Friends

Waiting...

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

The Amityville Horror

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Definitely, Maybe

Smokin' Aces

Once Upon a Deadpool

Buried

The Captive

Adventureland

Spirited

The Voices

Woman in Gold

Dick

The Nines

The In-Laws

Mayday

Mississippi Grind

I Am: Celine Dion

Chaos Theory

Paper Man

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not

LA Originals

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Foolproof

Animal Friends

Coming Soon

Deadpool: No Good Deed

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Fireflies in the Garden

Buying the Cow

School of Life

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

Betty White: A Celebration

The Alarmist