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Born | Ryan Rodney Reynolds October 23, 1976 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Years active | 1991–present |
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Children | 4 |
Relatives | Chester Reynolds (grandfather) |
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Ryan Rodney Reynolds OBC (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 comedies such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009), and the action films Blade: Trinity (2004) and Green Lantern (2011). He also provided voice acting in the animated features The Croods film series (2013–2020) and Turbo (2013).
Reynolds's 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 a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. He has since stared 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), as well as voiced Pikachu in Detective Pikachu (2019).
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 was documented in the Emmy Award-winning TV series Welcome to Wrexham. In 2020, Reynolds sold his ownership stake of Aviation Gin to Diageo as part of a $610 million deal.[1] He also sits on the board of the Match Group.[2]
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