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
Adventureland
Tourist Trap
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Avengers: Secret Wars
The Croods: A New Age
Blade: Trinity
The Croods
Safe House
Woman in Gold
R.I.P.D.
Spirited
All Town Aren't We
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Red Notice
The Proposal
IF
The Change-Up
Life
Necaxa
Once Upon a Deadpool
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Waiting...
Boy Band
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Deadpool: No Good Deed
Mayday
Deadpool 2
Green Lantern
6 Underground
Buried
Deadpool
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2
Untitled Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Film
Criminal
Self/less
The Nines
Just Friends
Smokin' Aces
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Amityville Horror
Free Guy
Welcome to Wrexham
Definitely, Maybe
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
The Adam Project
Turbo
The Voices
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Production Credits
IF
Boy Band
Untitled Conspiracy Thriller Film
Society Of Explorers And Adventurers
It Ends with Us
Deadpool: No Good Deed
Free Guy
The Adam Project
Reality Vice
Welcome to Wrexham
Deadpool
Mayday
Necaxa
Once Upon a Deadpool
Deadpool & Wolverine
Untitled Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Film
Deadpool 2
Shotgun Wedding
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