Ryan Reynolds
Biography
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur, and film producer. Known for starring in comedic and 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 and 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 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 lattermost emerged as his highest-grossing release. He has 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 Time 100—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; with whom he has four children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Running Man

Family Guy

Family Guy

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
All Movies (94)
- Animal Friends2027 · as Pony (voice)
- Mayday2026 · as Troy Kelly
- I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not2025 · as Self
- In Dispute: Lively v. Baldoni2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · as Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · as Self - Wade Wilson / Deadpool
- Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Nicepool
- I Am: Celine Dion2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- IF2024 · as Cal
- Hate to Love: Nickelback2024 · as Self
- Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/202023 · as Self
- Ghosted2023 · as Jonas
- Ryan Reynolds: Funny Business2023 · as Self (archive footage)
- Spirited2022 · as Clint Briggs
- Bullet Train2022 · as Carver (uncredited)
- The Adam Project2022 · as Big Adam
- How Did We Get Here?2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- Betty White: A Celebration2022 · as Self
- Ryan Reynolds: I'm a Laureate?2021 · as Self
- Red Notice2021 · as Nolan Booth
- Free Guy2021 · as Guy
- Deadpool and Korg React2021 · as Deadpool
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard2021 · as Michael Bryce
- Dear Diary: World's First Pranks2021 · as Guy (voice)
- The Croods: A New Age2020 · as Guy (voice)
- Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble2020 · as Self
- LA Originals2020 · as Self
- 6 Underground2019 · as One
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019 · as Eteon Director / Victor Locke
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019 · as Detective Pikachu (voice)
- Great Bear Rainforest: Land of the Spirit Bear2019 · as Narrator (voice)
- Once Upon a Deadpool2018 · as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Juggernaut (voice)
- Betty White: First Lady of Television2018 · as Self
- Deadpool 22018 · as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Juggernaut (voice)
- The Hitman's Bodyguard2017 · as Michael Bryce
- Life2017 · as Rory Adams
- Deadpool: No Good Deed2017 · as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
- Criminal2016 · as Bill Pope
- Huntwatch2016 · as Narrator (voice)
- Deadpool2016 · as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
- Self/less2015 · as Young Damian
- Mississippi Grind2015 · as Curtis
- Woman in Gold2015 · as Randol Schoenberg
- The Captive2014 · as Matthew
- A Million Ways to Die in the West2014 · as Man Killed by Clinch in Bar (uncredited)
- The Voices2014 · as Jerry Hickfang / Mr. Whiskers (voice) / Bosco (voice) / Deer (voice) / Bunny Monkey (voice)
- R.I.P.D.2013 · as Nick Walker
- Turbo2013 · as Turbo (voice)
- The Croods2013 · as Guy (voice)
- Ted2012 · as Jared (uncredited)
- Safe House2012 · as Matt Weston
- The Whale2011 · as Narrator
- The Change-Up2011 · as Mitch Planko
- Green Lantern2011 · as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
- Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics2010 · as Narrator (voice)
- Buried2010 · as Paul Conroy
- Weapon X Mutant Files2009 · as Self
- Paper Man2009 · as Captain Excellent
- The Proposal2009 · as Andrew Paxton
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine2009 · as Wade Wilson
- Adventureland2009 · as Mike Connell
- Fireflies in the Garden2008 · as Michael Waechter
- Chaos Theory2008 · as Frank Allen
- Definitely, Maybe2008 · as Will Hayes
- The Nines2007 · as Gary / Gavin / Gabriel
- Smokin' Aces2006 · as Richard Messner
- Just Friends2005 · as Chris Brander
- Waiting...2005 · as Monty
- Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity2005 · as Self
- The Amityville Horror2005 · as George Lutz
- School of Life2005 · as Mr. D
- Blade: Trinity2004 · as Hannibal King
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle2004 · as Male Nurse
- Foolproof2003 · as Kevin
- The In-Laws2003 · as Mark Tobias
- Buying the Cow2002 · as Mike Hanson
- National Lampoon's Van Wilder2002 · as Van Wilder
- Finder's Fee2001 · as Quigley
- We All Fall Down1999 · as Red Shoes
- Dick1999 · as Chip
- Coming Soon1999 · as Henry Lipschitz
- The Alarmist1998 · as Howard Ancona
- Tourist Trap1998 · as Wade Early
- Big Monster on Campus1998 · as Karl O'Reilly
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch1996 · as Seth
- When Friendship Kills1996 · as Ben Colson
- Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story1995 · as Andy
- My Name Is Kate1994 · as Kevin Bannister
- Ordinary Magic1993 · as Ganesh / Jeffrey
- Boy Band—
- Calamity Hustle—
- Untitled Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Film— · as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
- Eloise—
- Untitled Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Remake—
All TV Shows (66)
- Necaxa2025 · as Self
- Underdogs2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- All Town Aren't We2024 · as Self
- Bedtime Stories with Ryan2023 · as Himself
- Welcome to Wrexham2022 · as Self
- American Auto2021 · as Ryan Reynolds
- Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
- Some Good News2020 · as Weatherman
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- Corner Gas Animated2018 · as Ryan Reynolds (voice)
- Late Night Berlin2018 · as Self
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman2018 · as Self
- Life of Kylie2017 · as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- Hot Ones2015 · as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest
- Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest (archive footage)
- The Men in Blazers Show2014 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
- Have You Been Paying Attention?2013 · as Self - Video Quizmaster
- Circus Halligalli2013 · as Self
- Conan2010 · as Self
- Running Man2010
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- TNT Show2009 · as Self
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
- The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
- The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
- Zeroman2004 · as Ty Cheese (voice)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest Host
- Top Gear2002 · as Self
- Scrubs2001 · as Spence
- Click2000 · as Self
- Family Guy1999 · as Ryan Reynolds (voice)
- Family Guy1999 · as Overweight Guy (voice)
- Two Guys and a Girl1998 · as Michael 'Berg' Bergen
- The View1997 · as Self
- In Cold Blood1996 · as Bobby Rupp
- MADtv1995 · as Self
- The Outer Limits1995 · as Derek Tillman
- The Outer Limits1995 · as Paul Nodel
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- The X-Files1993 · as Jay De Boom
- The John Larroquette Show1993 · as Tony Hemingway
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
- The Odyssey1992 · as Marco
- Hillside1991 · as Billy Simpson
- This Morning1988 · as Self - Guest
- This Morning1988 · as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- Kids' Choice Awards1987 · as Self
- Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Winner
- Today1952 · as Self