Ryan Reynolds
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Biography
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian and American actor, producer, and businessman. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993) and had minor roles before landing the lead role on the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl between 1998 and 2001. Reynolds then starred in a range of films, including the comedies National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009), and the superhero films Blade: Trinity (2004) and Green Lantern (2011).
Reynolds's biggest commercial success came with the superhero films Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), in which he played the title character. His performance in the first earned him a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. He has since starred in the drama Woman in Gold (2015), the horror film Life (2017), and the action films 6 Underground (2019), Free Guy (2021), and The Adam Project (2022). Reynolds also provided voice acting in The Croods franchise (2013–2020), Turbo (2013) and Detective Pikachu(2019), in which he voiced the title character.
Reynolds was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. As a businessman, he holds an ownership stake in Mint Mobile and is a co-owner of Welsh football club Wrexham A.F.C.; the latter is documented in the Emmy Award-winning television series Welcome to Wrexham. In 2020, Reynolds sold his ownership stake of Aviation Gin to Diageo as part of a $610 million deal. He also sits on the board of the Match Group.
Known For
The X-Files
Family Guy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
Running Man
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The John Larroquette Show
Top Gear
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Entertainment Tonight
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Scrubs
Kids' Choice Awards
American Auto
MADtv
Today
The Outer Limits
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Life of Kylie
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Red One
Ted
Bullet Train
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Avengers: Doomsday
LA Originals
In Cold Blood
Ghosted
When Friendship Kills
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Tourist Trap
Adventureland
Avengers: Secret Wars
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
The Croods: A New Age
Blade: Trinity
The Croods
R.I.P.D.
Necaxa
The Change-Up
The Proposal
Safe House
IF
Spirited
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
All Town Aren't We
Life
Woman in Gold
Red Notice
Criminal
Definitely, Maybe
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Once Upon a Deadpool
The Amityville Horror
Mayday
Untitled Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Film
The Voices
Waiting...
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Free Guy
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Deadpool & Wolverine
Green Lantern
Deadpool
Deadpool 2
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Turbo
The Nines
6 Underground
Self/less
Just Friends
Boy Band
Smokin' Aces
Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2
The Adam Project
Buried
Deadpool: No Good Deed
Welcome to Wrexham
Production Credits
Untitled Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Film
Untitled Conspiracy Thriller Film
The Adam Project
Once Upon a Deadpool
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool: No Good Deed
Deadpool 2
Mayday
Shotgun Wedding
It Ends with Us
Necaxa
IF
Welcome to Wrexham
Society Of Explorers And Adventurers
Free Guy
Boy Band
Deadpool
Reality Vice
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