Birth Name : Ryan Rodney Reynolds
Birth Date : October 23, 1976
Birth Place : Vancouver, British Columbia
Spouse : Scarlett Johansson (actress, 27-Sep-08 - 1-Jul-11), Blake Lively (actress, since 9-Sept-12)
Claim to Fame : As Michael 'Berg' Bergen on ABC's "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998-2001)
Born on October 23, 1976, in Vancouver, Canada, Ryan Reynolds started out in television, and has since become one of the most popular movie actors working today. His first major breakthrough came from the 2002 comedy National Lampoon's Van Wilder. Since then, Reynolds has proved to be adept at all kinds of films, from the comic-book action flick The Green Lantern (2011) to the serious drama Buried (2010). He also drew the media's attention for his high profile relationship with wife Blake Lively.
Early Life and Career
Actor Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976, in Vancouver, Canada. The youngest of four boys, Reynolds "was a really nervous kid," he told GQ magazine. "I was extremely sensitive ... I was so aware of everything around me." He found sanctuary in school productions where his vulnerability could be an asset rather than a problem. At the age of 12, Reynolds landed his first professional acting job. He was cast in a Canadian teen drama first called Hillside and later renamed Fifteen when it aired in the United States. The show ran from 1991 to 1993.
After Fifteen, Reynolds struggled to get his career off the ground. He got a few small parts, including a guest spot on The X-Files. Still Reynolds needed to take odd jobs to make ends meet after competing high school. For a time, he worked a late-night shift at a supermarket.
Traveling with a friend, Reynolds moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s. He got his first major television job in 1998, playing a medical student on the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (later renamed Two Guys and a Girl). After the show finished in 2001, Reynolds soon made the leap to feature films. He starred in the comedy National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) as a perennial, fun-loving college student. While the film did poorly at the box office, it eventually became a cult classic.
Film Career
For several years, Reynolds appeared in a string of lackluster films—both critically and commercially. He played a vampire hunter in Blade: Trinity (2004) opposite Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel and starred in the 2005 remake The Amityville Horror. While his movies may not have been wowing audiences, Reynolds enjoyed great popularity nonetheless. He was featured in People magazine's "Sexiest People" issue in 2007, earning the title "Sexiest Renaissance Man" from the publication.
In 2009, Reynolds's film career took off. He played the mercenary Deadpool in the box office hit X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. Teamed with Sandra Bullock, Reynolds showed his comedic talents in The Proposal. He continued to thrive professionally, expanding his range with the independent drama Buried in 2010. In the film, Reynolds played an American working in Iraq who gets kidnapped and buried alive.
Reynolds made a triumphant return to the big screen in 2011. Taking on a comic book hero, he starred in The Green Lantern with Blake Lively. Reynolds then showed off his comedic talents in The Change-Up with Jason Bateman. Not only to slow down, he has several other film projects currently in the works. He will lend his voice to two forthcoming animated movies, The Croods and Turbo.
Personal Life
Reynolds has garnered a lot of attention for his personal life. He dated singer Alanis Morissette for several years. The pair got engaged in 2004, but they broke up in 2007. That same year, Reynolds became involved with actress Scarlett Johansson. The couple wed in a small ceremony in 2008.
Reynolds experienced some personal heartbreak when he and Johansson announced in December 2010 that they were separating. "After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage," the couple said in a joint statement. "We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it."
The talented actor found love again with Green Lantern co-star Blake Lively. The couple wed on September 9, 2012, near Charleston, South Carolina, after dating for less than a year. Reynolds and Lively welcomed their first child, a daughter, in December 2014.
With his unusual flair for comedy, Ryan Rodney Reynolds unmistakably has surpassed other aspiring fellows of his generation to be one of the most potential Canadian actors in Hollywood film industry. The youngest of four children who was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he has been attracted to acting from an early age, looking from his enthusiasm to join a drama class at his school. By the age of 13, this son of Jim and Tammy Reynolds had already developed his acting career as he headed for Florida, U.S. to join the regular cast of Nickelodeon's TV series, "Hillside", or "Fifteen" in the U.S. version. Aired in 1990, this show actually garnered fair attention but could not live long enough as it finally came to its end in 1993 and so, failed to bring any significance to the boy's early career.
Upon his return to his hometown following the unsuccessful venture, Ryan attended Kwantlen College for a brief time before later decided to put full concentration on pursuing his goal. Involved in the Canada productions of "The Odyssey" (1992-1994) and "Ordinary Magic" (1993), he realized that the only way to flourish his career was by penetrating Hollywood film industry. Accompanied by fellow aspiring actor, Chris Martin, he then quickly headed for L.A. even before he turned 20 years old. In this cosmopolitan city, he wonderfully managed to obtain some roles, mostly in small screen productions, such as "My Name is Kate" (1994), "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (1996-2003), and "In Cold Blood" (1996).
His star started to display its brilliant shine when he was selected to portray an aimless graduate student named Berg who worked at Boston's Beacon St. Pizza parlor in ABC's sitcom, "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998-2001). Warmly received, this comedy series not only brought Ryan to wider public attention, but also served as a great vehicle for him to grow his status. Becoming busier, he determinedly chose to get involved in big screen productions, among others "Coming Soon" (1999), "We All Fall Down" (2000), "Finder's Fee" (2001), and "Buying the Cow" (2002). It was his performance in the latter movie that finally caught the attention of Artisan Studios, which thus offered him the title role in "Van Wilder" (2002).
A National Lampoon movie, "Van Wilder" wonderfully made its way to score well as it collected more than 21 million
Prominent roles in more high-profile films followed, including the part of Hannibal King in 2004's Blade Trinity, and the lead role of George Lutz in the 2005 remake of the classic horror movie The Amityville Horror. He soon followed this up with starring roles in two comedies: 2005's Waiting and Just Friends. With his career on a meteoric path upward, he continued to branch, snagging starring roles in films like the supernatural thriller The Nines, and the romantic comedy Definitely Maybe, eventually signing on to play the character of Deadpool in the next installment in the X-Men franchise X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as well as starring alongside Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy The Proposal.
Traveling with a friend, Reynolds moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s. He got his first major television job in 1998, playing a medical student on the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (later renamed Two Guys and a Girl). After the show finished in 2001, Reynolds soon made the leap to feature films. He starred in the comedy National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (2002) as a perennial, fun-loving college student. While the film did poorly at the box office, it eventually became a cult classic.
For several years, Reynolds appeared in a string of lackluster films—both critically and commercially. He played a vampire hunter in Blade: Trinity (2004) opposite Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel and starred in the 2005 remake The Amityville Horror. While his movies may not have been wowing audiences, Reynolds enjoyed great popularity nonetheless. He was featured in People magazine’s “Sexiest People” issue in 2007, earning the title “Sexiest Renaissance Man” from the publication.
In 2009, Reynolds’s film career took off. He played the mercenary Deadpool in the box office hit X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. Teamed with Sandra Bullock, Reynolds showed his comedic talents in The Proposal. He continued to thrive professionally, expanding his range with the independent drama Buried in 2010. In the film, Reynolds played an American working in Iraq who gets kidnapped and buried alive.
Reynolds made a triumphant return to the big screen in 2011. Taking on a comic book hero, he starred in The Green Lantern with Blake Lively. Reynolds then showed off his comedic talents in The Change-Up with Jason Bateman. Not only to slow down, he has several other film projects currently in the works. He will lend his voice to two forthcoming animated movies, The Croods and Turbo.
He has made cameos in popular films such as Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Ted (2012), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).
Reynolds has garnered a lot of attention for his personal life. He dated singer Alanis Morissette for several years. The pair got engaged in 2004, but they broke up in 2007. That same year, Reynolds became involved with actress Scarlett Johansson. The couple wed in a small ceremony in 2008.
Reynolds experienced some personal heartbreak when he and Johansson announced in December 2010 that they were separating. “After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we’ve decided to end our marriage,” the couple said in a joint statement. “We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we leave it.”
The talented actor found love again with Green Lantern co-star Blake Lively. The couple wed on September 9, 2012, near Charleston, South Carolina, after dating for less than a year. Reynolds and Lively welcomed their first child, a daughter names James, in December 2014.
Officially having made the transition into Leading Man Actor, Reynolds took a few unexpected roles in smaller films, playing supporting characters in 2009's Adventureland and making a quirky comedic turn in 2010's Paper Man. By 2011, however, Reynolds was ready to get back in the game, taking the lead in the super hero movie Green Lantern. The next year he appeared alongside Denzel Washington in the action thriller Safe House. He made cameo appearances in two Seth MacFarlane films, Ted and A Million Ways to Die in the West, and voiced a character in the animated film The Croods. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
1. Reynolds has been afraid of flying since he went skydiving and his parachute failed to open at the first attempt. So while playing the Green Lantern was definitely a challenge, he was able to face his fear through repetition. "By the forth or fifth day of doing it you kinda start to get used to it."
2. Reynolds is Canadian and was born in Vancouver.
3. He attended Kwantlen College for a few months before leaving to pursue his acting career.
4. It feels like most actors were the stars of their high school drama class (you know the type). As it turns out, Reynolds failed his drama class.
5. He made his acting debut playing Billy on the Canadian soap opera "Hillside," also known as "Fifteen" in the U.S.
6. For "Just Friends," in which Reynolds plays the overweight high school version of his character, Reynolds wore a 12-pound makeup face that took four hours to put on. When he stepped outside in full makeup he was so unrecognizable that when a fan came up to him, he pretended he wasn't himself.
7. Reynolds was engaged to singer Alanis Morissette. The couple called the engagement was off in June of 2006.
8. Reynolds and Morissette were traveling in Indonesia when the tsunami struck in 2004. They were uninjured since they were staying on the opposite end of the island from where the tsunami hit.
9. ? Reynolds used to work in a grocery store.
10. Reynolds is the youngest of four brothers, and two of his three older brothers are policemen. We wonder if they helped him prep for "R.I.P.D."
11. Reynolds dated Rachael Leigh Cook for a year beginning in 2001. He proved himself a real sweetheart when he secretly followed her to London and surprised her while she was shooting her film "Blow Dry."
12. In 2002, Reynolds badly injured his back jumping from a bridge in Zurich, Switzerland.
13. For his role as Hannibal King in "Blade: Trinity," Reynolds gained 25 pounds. According to Men's Fitness his three-month-long workout was six days a week and consisted of a 3,200-calorie daily diet.
14. Reynolds is a big fan of the Green Bay Packers.
15. For his part in "The Amityville Horror", Reynolds chose not to become close with the actors who played his children so that when his character began going crazy, it would be easier for him to act abusive. In fact, he was so distant from the young actors that they told those on the set, "Ryan doesn't like us!"
16. Reynolds loves riding motorcycles.
17. Reynolds married Scarlett Johansson in a private Canadian ceremony on September 27, 2008. The couple divorced in 2010.
18. In November 2008, Reynolds ran in the New York City Marathon on behalf of the Michael J.
Fox Foundation. Reynolds, who has claimed to be anything but a runner, ran for his father, Jim Reynolds, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1995.
19. Reynolds is of Irish descent.
20. For his film "Buried," Reynolds said that he suffered from claustrophobia towards the end of filming, similar to his character who is trapped in a coffin. The coffin he shot in was gradually filled with more sand as filming went on. He described the last day of shooting as "unlike anything I experienced in my life, and I never ever want to experience that again."
21. Reynolds was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine at the same time that his then wife, Scarlett Johansson, was named Babe of the Year by GQ Magazine.
22. Reynolds was offered the role of Xander in the show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." The part instead went to Nicholas Brendon.
23. Reynolds appeared on the BBC show "Top Gear" as the Star In a Reasonably-Priced Car. He posted a time of 1.43:7, which was good enough for eighth place.
24. ? In September 2012, Reynolds married actress Blake Lively in South Carolina. The two live together in Bedford, New York.
25. Although raised as a Roman Catholic, Reynolds has said, "Religion poisons everything good in this world."
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