Ryan Reynolds
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Biography
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor and film producer. 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 comedies such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009). He also performed in dramatic roles in Buried (2010), Woman in Gold (2015), and Life (2017), starred in action films such as Blade: Trinity (2004), Green Lantern (2011), 6 Underground (2019) and Free Guy (2021), and provided voice acting in the animated features The Croods (2013), Turbo (2013), Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) and The Croods: A New Age (2020).
Reynolds' biggest commercial success came with the superhero films Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018), in which he played the title character. The former set numerous records at the time of its release for an R-rated comedy and his performance earned him nominations at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The X-Files
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Outer Limits
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Family Guy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The John Larroquette Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Scrubs
Kids' Choice Awards
American Auto
MADtv
Today
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
Life of Kylie
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Ted
Bullet Train
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Tourist Trap
In Cold Blood
Ghosted
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Adventureland
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Avengers: Secret Wars
Blade: Trinity
The Croods
The Croods: A New Age
IF
R.I.P.D.
Safe House
Life
Woman in Gold
Red Notice
Spirited
The Change-Up
The Proposal
Red Notice 3
All Town Aren't We
Red Notice 2
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
6 Underground
Deadpool
Buried
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Untitled Free Guy Sequel
The Amityville Horror
Welcome to Wrexham
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
The Voices
Deadpool 2
Free Guy
Waiting...
Green Lantern
Turbo
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Boy Band
The Adam Project
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Korg and Deadpool
Just Friends
Smokin' Aces
Self/less
Definitely, Maybe
Once Upon a Deadpool
Criminal
Production Credits
Originals for Netflix
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