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In 2007, Phillippe began dating Australian actress [[Abbie Cornish]], whom he had met the previous year while filming ''[[Stop-Loss (film)|Stop-Loss]]''.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20204909,00.html Ryan Phillippe Steps Out with Abbie Cornish]</ref> On February 21, 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Phillippe and Cornish had ended their relationship.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20346016,00.html Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish Split]</ref>
In 2007, Phillippe began dating Australian actress [[Abbie Cornish]], whom he had met the previous year while filming ''[[Stop-Loss (film)|Stop-Loss]]''.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20204909,00.html Ryan Phillippe Steps Out with Abbie Cornish]</ref> On February 21, 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Phillippe and Cornish had ended their relationship.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20346016,00.html Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish Split]</ref>


Phillippe is a [[Philadelphia Eagles]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]] & [[Philadelphia 76ers]] fan. He is also an avid Howard Stern listener<ref name="Philadelphia Style"/>. During his interviews on [[The Howard Stern Show]] he has made several references to the show's history, showing that he is a "Super Fan." He has also compared his battle with depression to that of former Stern Show co-host [[Artie Lange]]'s. In his most recent Stern Show interview, he stated that he loves being a part of The Stern Universe but would appreciate if they could pronounce his name correctly.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}
Phillippe is a [[Philadelphia Eagles]],[[Philadelphia Phillies]],[[Philadelphia Flyers]] & [[Philadelphia 76ers]] fan. He is also an avid Howard Stern listener<ref name="Philadelphia Style"/>. During his interviews on [[The Howard Stern Show]] he has made several references to the show's history, showing that he is a "Super Fan." He has also compared his battle with depression to that of former Stern Show co-host [[Artie Lange]]'s. In his most recent Stern Show interview, he stated that he loves being a part of The Stern Universe but would appreciate if they could pronounce his name correctly.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 02:07, 17 September 2010

Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe at the premiere of The Bang Bang Club, during the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
Born
Matthew Ryan Phillippe
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse(s)Reese Witherspoon
(m. 1999–2007) 2 children

Matthew Ryan Phillippe (Template:Pron-en; born September 10, 1974), better known as Ryan Phillippe, is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live he came to fame in the late 1990s starring in a string of films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions and 54. Phillippe's more recent roles include the 2005 Academy Award-winning ensemble film Crash and the 2006 war drama Flags of Our Fathers. In 2007 he starred in Breach, a movie based on the true story of FBI operative Eric O'Neill who is assigned to shadow and help catch his boss, Robert Hanssen, a spy for the Soviet Union and Russia, in the act of selling secret material. He premiered his latest movie "The Bang Bang Club" at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010, which was well received by critics. [1]

Early life

Phillippe was born in New Castle, Delaware, the son of Susan, who ran a day care center in the family's house, and Richard Phillippe, who worked for DuPont.[2] Phillippe is of French descent.[3] He has three sisters. Phillippe attended New Castle Baptist Academy, where he played basketball and soccer, as well as earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do;[4] he was also the Yearbook Editor in his senior year.

Career

Phillippe's acting career began with an appearance in ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. His character Billy Douglas, whom he played from 1992 to 1993, was the first gay teenager on a daytime soap opera. After leaving the show, Phillippe moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in a number of small parts in various television series including Matlock, the tv mini-series The Secrets of Lake Success, and movies, including the 1995 film Crimson Tide and the 1996 film White Squall.

Phillippe was cast in the 1997 horror film, I Know What You Did Last Summer, which co-starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The film was a success, and led to Phillippe gaining wider renown and being cast in a few more high-profile films, including 54 in 1998. In 1999 he starred in Cruel Intentions, a modern retelling of the Choderlos de Laclos novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which also starred Phillippe's future wife, Reese Witherspoon, as well as his I Know What You Did Last Summer co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar. It was a success among its intended teenage audience, cementing Phillippe's ability to play characters that require sex appeal. Phillippe can also be seen in the Marcy Playground music video "Comin' Up From Behind", which also appears on the film's soundtrack.

In the years following, Phillippe appeared in the crime drama The Way of the Gun, starred as a famed software engineer in the thriller Antitrust, and co-starred in Robert Altman's critically-acclaimed Gosford Park, which featured several of Britain's most respected actors and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. Subsequently, Phillippe had supporting parts in the films Igby Goes Down (2002) and Crash (2005), which won the Oscar for Best Picture. His 2003 film, The I Inside, premiered on cable.

In 2006, Phillippe played real-life Navy corpsman John Bradley in the war film Flags of Our Fathers, directed by Clint Eastwood and following the journey of the United States Marines who lifted the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. Phillippe has said that the film was the "best experience" of his career because of its "personal meaning" to him,[5] and that he would have "given [his] life" to fight in World War II, noting that both of his grandfathers fought in the war.[6] Phillippe's role was positively received by film critic Richard Roeper, who specified that he thought it was Phillippe's best performance to date.[7] Phillippe's next role was in the thriller Breach, in which he played FBI investigator Eric O'Neill opposite Chris Cooper. He has since commented that he believes Cooper to be "the best actor America has to offer".[8] He then starred in several 2007 and 2008 films, including Chaos, in which he plays a police officer, Five Fingers, a drama set in Morocco, Kimberly Pierce's Iraq war film Stop-Loss, and the futuristic story Franklyn.

Next up for Phillippe was a rare comedic role as Lt. Dixon Piper in MacGruber, the film adaptation of the popular SNL skit. Filmed during the summer of 2009 in Albuquerque, the movie was released in the US and Canada on May 21, 2010.[9][10] As part of the film's promotion, Phillippe made his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on April 17, 2010, along with first-time musical performer Ke$ha.[11] Two days later, on April 19, 2010, Phillippe co-hosted WWE Raw with Jonathan Swift and Charo, also in support of MacGruber.[12]

Phillippe starred in the the Canadian/South African production The Bang Bang Club, which tells the real-life story of the Bang-Bang Club, four South African photographers whose images documented the bloody end of apartheid.[13] Phillippe stars as Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Greg Marinovich. The movie premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. It is speculated to be his "big movie". [14]Filming for the movie took place in South Africa, beginning in March 2009. Phillippe described the filming process as "really run-and-gun. There were no comforts, and I actually appreciate that". He noted that the experience has impacted him, explaining that "we were shooting during the day in Soweto, and it was an endless procession of funerals—death is so common. Kids there have no quality of life. It has made me want to get more involved in Africa-based charities."[4] An early cut of the film was shown at Cannes Film Festival in May 2009[15], with the final version premiering at Cannes in May 2010. The film will be screened in September 2010 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, and is expected to have a wider theatre release later in 2010.[16]

In July 2010, Phillippe began filming a role as a California playboy accused of a crime in the film adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer. The movie, which also stars Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, and William H. Macy, is scheduled for a March 2011 release.[17] Phillippe is also set to star in Christopher McQuarrie's The Stanford Prison Experiment, an upcoming film about the infamous 1971 psychology experiment.[18]

Phillippe and his long-time friends Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, and David E. Siegal run a production company called Lucid Films. Phillippe is becoming more actively involved in his films as a producer,[6] and in 2010, he and Meyer began "getting a show going for Showtime", serving as producers.[4]

Personal life

In 1997, Phillippe attended a party given for actress Reese Witherspoon's 21st birthday. Upon meeting Witherspoon, Phillippe was reported to have spent all night talking to the young actress, with Witherspoon telling Phillippe, "I think you're my birthday present."[19] The following morning, Phillippe left California to film I Know What You Did Last Summer in North Carolina, and subsequently began a long-distance courtship with Witherspoon by mail, e-mail, and telephone. When Phillippe returned to Los Angeles, the couple continued dating and became engaged in December 1998. The following year, the pair starred in Cruel Intentions together. Phillippe and Witherspoon married on June 5, 1999, in a small ceremony on a plantation near North Charleston, South Carolina.

On September 9, 1999, Phillippe and Witherspoon had a daughter named Ava Elizabeth, after Phillippe's grandmother. Their son, Deacon Reese (named after Phillippe's distant relative, Deacon Phillippe, a baseball player) was born on October 23, 2003. The family resided in a gated community in Brentwood, California.

On October 30, 2006, Phillippe and Witherspoon released a statement announcing that they had decided to formally separate.[20] After more than seven years of marriage, Witherspoon filed for divorce from her husband on November 8, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.[21] In light of the couple's lack of a prenuptial agreement, she requested that the court refuse to grant spousal support to Phillippe, and asked for joint legal custody and sole physical custody of the pair's two children. Phillippe filed for joint physical custody of the children on May 15, 2007, and did not seek any spousal support.[22] The couple's divorce became final June 13, 2008, according to court documents. The couple share joint custody of their children.[23]

In 2007, Phillippe began dating Australian actress Abbie Cornish, whom he had met the previous year while filming Stop-Loss.[24] On February 21, 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Phillippe and Cornish had ended their relationship.[25]

Phillippe is a Philadelphia Eagles,Philadelphia Phillies,Philadelphia Flyers & Philadelphia 76ers fan. He is also an avid Howard Stern listener[4]. During his interviews on The Howard Stern Show he has made several references to the show's history, showing that he is a "Super Fan." He has also compared his battle with depression to that of former Stern Show co-host Artie Lange's. In his most recent Stern Show interview, he stated that he loves being a part of The Stern Universe but would appreciate if they could pronounce his name correctly.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role
1995 Crimson Tide Seaman Grattam
1996 White Squall Gil Martin
1997 Nowhere Shad
Little Boy Blue Jimmy West
I Know What You Did Last Summer Barry William Cox
1998 54 Shane O'Shea
Playing by Heart Keenan
Homegrown Harlan Dykstra
1999 Cruel Intentions Sebastian Valmont
2000 The Way of the Gun Parker
Company Man Petrov
2001 AntiTrust Milo Hoffman
Gosford Park Henry Denton
2002 Igby Goes Down Oliver 'Ollie' Slocumb
2003 The I Inside Simon Cable
2004 Crash Officer Tommy Hanson
2006 Flags of Our Fathers John Bradley
Five Fingers Martijn
Chaos Det. Shane Dekker
2007 Breach Eric O'Neill
2008 Stop-Loss SSG Brandon King
2009 Franklyn Jonathan Preest
2010 The Bang Bang Club Greg Marinovich
MacGruber Lt. Dixon Piper

References

  1. ^ Friedman, Roger (September 16, 2010). "Ryan Philopee Finally Gets His Big Movie". Showbiz 411. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  2. ^ Ryan Phillippe Biography (1974–)
  3. ^ Brady, James (March 23, 2008). "In Step With...Ryan Phillippe". Parade (magazine). Retrieved April 15, 2010.: ("The surname Phillippe is French but isn’t pronounced that way. “We have French origins but ended up in Tennessee,” Ryan explained. “So we pronounce it fill-uh-pee.”)
  4. ^ a b c d "A Serious Man". Philadelphia Style Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  5. ^ "VOA.com". Movie Focuses on Story Behind Famous WWII Photo. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  6. ^ a b "Cleveland.com". Star of Eastwood film salutes heroes of World War II. Retrieved October 15, 2006.
  7. ^ "Ebert & Roeper". Reviews for the Weekend of October 7–8, 2006. Retrieved October 15, 2006.
  8. ^ Ryan Phillippe video interview, August 2007
  9. ^ "First Official Images from 'MacGruber'". News in Film. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  10. ^ "MacGruber: The Movie Really Happening!". Cinema Blend. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  11. ^ "Saturday Night Live Calls on First-Time Hosts Gabourey Sidibe and Ryan Phillippe". TVGuide.com.
  12. ^ "Upcoming Raw Guest Hosts". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  13. ^ "The Bang Bang Club Starring Ryan Phillippe Begins Filming". A 'n' E Vibe. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
  14. ^ Friedman, Roger (September 16, 2010). "Ryan Philopee Finally Gets His Big Movie". Showbiz 411. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  15. ^ "Cannes 2009: Gambit and Silk Spectre Go Bang Bang". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  16. ^ "The Bang Bang Club makes its debut at Cannes". Film Contact. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  17. ^ "The Lincoln Lawyer Retained". IGN Movies. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  18. ^ "Ryan Phillippe on Anna Faris, 'Stanford Prison Experiment' & 'MacGruber'". Cinematical. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  19. ^ "JANE Magazine". The Nine About-to-Be Biggest Stars. Retrieved October 15, 2006.
  20. ^ "Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe Split". People. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  21. ^ "Reese Files Divorce Petition". Court Documents TMZ. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  22. ^ "Ryan Phillippe Seeks Joint Custody of Kids". People. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  23. ^ "Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe Legally Free to Wed Others".
  24. ^ Ryan Phillippe Steps Out with Abbie Cornish
  25. ^ Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish Split

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