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Reynolds appeared in ''People''{{'}}s [[People (magazine)#Sexiest Man Alive|Sexiest Man Alive]] lists in 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20237714_20159879_20366815,00.html#20366815|title=The Sexiest Men Alive|work=People|date=November 14, 2007|accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref> and 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20315920_20320457_20705505,00.html#20705505|title=The Sexiest Men Alive 2009|work=People|date=November 18, 2009|accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref> and was awarded the top honor in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iknowjack.radio.com/2010/11/17/people-magazine-names-ryan-reynolds-as-sexiest-man-alive|title=People Magazine Names Ryan Reynolds As Sexiest Man Alive}}</ref> In April 2011, he was ranked #15 on ''[[People]]'''s Most Beautiful 2011 list.<ref>{{cite web|title=PEOPLE's Most Beautiful 2011|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20360857_20481337,00.html#20936756|date=April 13, 2011|publisher=People.com|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref> |
Reynolds appeared in ''People''{{'}}s [[People (magazine)#Sexiest Man Alive|Sexiest Man Alive]] lists in 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20237714_20159879_20366815,00.html#20366815|title=The Sexiest Men Alive|work=People|date=November 14, 2007|accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref> and 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20315920_20320457_20705505,00.html#20705505|title=The Sexiest Men Alive 2009|work=People|date=November 18, 2009|accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref> and was awarded the top honor in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iknowjack.radio.com/2010/11/17/people-magazine-names-ryan-reynolds-as-sexiest-man-alive|title=People Magazine Names Ryan Reynolds As Sexiest Man Alive}}</ref> In April 2011, he was ranked #15 on ''[[People]]'''s Most Beautiful 2011 list.<ref>{{cite web|title=PEOPLE's Most Beautiful 2011|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20360857_20481337,00.html#20936756|date=April 13, 2011|publisher=People.com|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref> |
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He is now in a relationship with Blake Lively. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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Revision as of 09:52, 17 December 2011
Ryan Reynolds | |
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 Reynolds in September 2010 | |
| Born | Ryan Rodney Reynolds October 23, 1976 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | Scarlett Johansson (2008-11; divorced) |
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976)[1] is a Canadian film and television actor. Reynolds first became known on television playing the role of Michael Bergen on ABC's Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001). He has since appeared in films such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Just Friends, Definitely, Maybe, The Proposal, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Green Lantern.
Early life
Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father, Jim, is a semi-professional boxer and food wholesaler, and his mother, Tammy, is a retail salesperson.[1] He is of Irish ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic.[2] The youngest of four brothers,[3] he graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver in 1994. He later attended Kwantlen Polytechnic University, also in Vancouver, until dropping out.[4]
Career
Reynolds' career began in 1990 when he starred as "Billy" in the Canadian-produced teen soap Hillside, distributed in the United States by Nickelodeon as Fifteen. As an adult, Reynolds starred in the National Lampoon movie Van Wilder and the American television series Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place, playing medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen. In 1993-94 he had a recurring role in The Odyssey as Macro. He also cameoed in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle as a nurse, appeared in The In-Laws with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks, as well as the Canadian production Foolproof.
In 2005 he played a waiter named Monty in Waiting..., and as music executive Chris Brander in the romantic comedy Just Friends alongside Amy Smart and Anna Faris. Reynolds played the protagonist in the 2008 film Definitely, Maybe. He has also appeared in the second season finale of the television series Scrubs. In 2007, Reynolds guest-starred as Brendan's friend Hams in the episode "Douchebag in the City" of the TBS sitcom My Boys. In 2009, he portrayed Andrew Paxton, starring opposite Sandra Bullock, in The Proposal, and Mike Connell in Adventureland.
Although he has performed primarily in comedies, Reynolds underwent intense physical training to play an action role as the character of Hannibal King in the 2004 film Blade: Trinity. Reynolds played George Lutz in the 2005 remake of the 1979 horror film The Amityville Horror. He played an FBI agent alongside Ray Liotta in the 2006 crime action film Smokin' Aces.
In a March 2005 interview, Reynolds spoke of his interest and involvement in a possible film adaptation of Deadpool with screenwriter David S. Goyer,[5] as well as the possibility of playing the incarnation of The Flash known as Wally West in an adaption of the popular DC Comics character in the upcoming movie project. Reynolds portrayed Deadpool in the X-Men spinoff X-Men Origins: Wolverine and was announced to portray him again in a spin-off, Deadpool which is due out in 2013.[6]
Reynolds portrayed superhero Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in Warner Bros.' film Green Lantern, released June 17, 2011 in 3D; this made him one of the few actors to headline in movies based on both Marvel and DC characters.[7]
He also starred in the Spanish/Australian thriller Buried, which screened at the Sundance film festival.[8]
Reynolds is scheduled to portray Nick Cruz in the Universal Pictures film adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics R.I.P.D. (Rest in Peace Department), which has a planned release in 2013.[9]
Personal life
In 2002 Reynolds began dating Canadian singer Alanis Morissette. The two announced their engagement in June 2004.[10] In February 2007, representatives for Morissette and Reynolds announced that they had mutually decided to end their engagement.[11] Morissette said her album Flavors of Entanglement was created out of her grief after the breakup.[12]
Soon after the end of his relationship with Morissette in 2007, Reynolds began dating actress Scarlett Johansson,[13] and the couple announced their engagement on May 5, 2008.[14] They married on September 27, 2008, in a quiet ceremony near Tofino, British Columbia.[15] On December 14, 2010, Reynolds and Johansson announced that they had separated.[16]
On December 23, Reynolds filed for divorce and Johansson filed her response simultaneously in Los Angeles.[17] the divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011.[18]
In October 2008 Reynolds wrote for The Huffington Post regarding his plan to run the New York City Marathon for his father, who suffers from Parkinson's disease.[19]
Reynolds appeared in People's Sexiest Man Alive lists in 2008[20] and 2009,[21] and was awarded the top honor in 2010.[22] In April 2011, he was ranked #15 on People's Most Beautiful 2011 list.[23] He is now in a relationship with Blake Lively.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Ordinary Magic | Ganesh/Jeffrey | |
| 1994 | My Name Is Kate | Kevin Bannister | TV Film |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Andy | TV Film |
| 1996 | When Friendship Kills | Ben Colson | TV Film |
| 1996 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Seth | TV Film |
| 1996 | In Cold Blood | Bobby Rupp | TV Film |
| 1997 | The Alarmist | Howard Ancona | |
| 1998 | Tourist Trap | Wade Early | TV Film |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | Henry Lipschitz | |
| 1999 | Dick | Chip | |
| 2000 | Boltneck (Big Monster On Campus) | Carl | |
| 2001 | Finder's Fee | Quigley | |
| 2002 | National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Van Wilder | |
| 2002 | Buying the Cow | Mike Hanson | Direct-to-Video |
| 2003 | The In-Laws | Mark Tobias | |
| 2003 | Foolproof | Kevin | |
| 2004 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Male nurse | Cameo |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Hannibal King | |
| 2005 | School of Life | Michael "Mr. D" D'Angelo | TV Film |
| 2005 | The Amityville Horror | George Lutz | |
| 2005 | Waiting... | Monty | |
| 2005 | Just Friends | Chris Brander | |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Richard Messner | |
| 2007 | The Nines | Gary/Gavin/Gabriel | |
| 2008 | Chaos Theory | Frank Allen | |
| 2008 | Definitely, Maybe | Will Hayes | |
| 2008 | Fireflies in the Garden | Michael Taylor | |
| 2009 | Adventureland | Mike Connell | |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Wade Wilson / Deadpool | Shared role with Scott Adkins |
| 2009 | The Proposal | Andrew Paxton | |
| 2009 | Paper Man | Captain Excellent | |
| 2010 | Secret Origin: Story Of DC Comics | Narrator | |
| 2010 | Buried | Paul Conroy | |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Hal Jordan / Green Lantern | |
| 2011 | The Change-Up | Mitch Planko | |
| 2011 | The Whale[24] | Narrator | Post-production |
| 2012 | Safe House | Matt Weston | Post-production |
| 2013 | R.I.P.D. | Nick Walker | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1993 | Fifteen | Billy Simpson | Also known as Hillside. 65 Episodes |
| 1993– 1994 |
The Odyssey | Macro | Recurring role, 14 episodes |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Derek Tillman | Season 1, Episode 20: "If These Walls Could Talk" |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Rick | Season 2, Episode 3: "The Heartbreak Kid" |
| 1995 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Griffin | Season 1, Episode 9: "Redemption" |
| 1996 | The X-Files | Jay "Boom" DeBoom | Season 3, Episode 13: "Syzygy" |
| 1996 | The John Larroquette Show | Tony Hemingway | Season 4, episode 7: "Napping to Success" |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | Paul Nodel | Season 3, Episode 12: "Double Helix" |
| 1998 | The Outer Limits | Paul Nodel | Season 4, Episode 23: "The Origin of Species" |
| 1998– 2001 |
Two Guys and a Girl | Michael "Berg" Bergen | Main role, 81 episodes |
| 2003 | Scrubs | Spence | Season 2, Episode 22: "My Dream Job" |
| 2004– 2005 |
Zeroman | Ty Cheese | Recurring role, 14 Episodes |
| 2007 | My Boys | Hams | Season 1, Episode 19: Douchebag in the City |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Season 35, Episode 660 |
| 2011 | Family Guy | Himself | "Stewie Goes for a Drive" |
Awards and honors
Wins
- 2003 - Young Hollywood Awards for Next Generation - Male [25]
- 2005 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Scary Scene (The Amityville Horror)[25]
- 2009 - Scream Awards for Best Supporting Actor (X-Men Origins:Wolverine)[26]
- 2011 - ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award for Male Star of the Year
Nominations
- 1993 - Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Cable Series (Hillside)
- 2003 - MTV Movie Awards for Breakthrough Male Performance (Van Wilder: Party Liaison)
- 2009 - Gotham Awards for Best Ensemble Cast (Adventureland)
- 2009 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Male Summer Movie Star (The Proposal)
- 2010 - People's Choice Awards for Favourite Comedy Star, Favourite Movie Star, and Favourite On-Screen Team (The Proposal) and (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
- 2010 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Comedic Performance (The Proposal), Best Fight (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and Best Kiss (The Proposal)
- 2010 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actor (The Proposal), Choice Movie Chemistry (The Proposal), Choice Liplock Movie (The Proposal)
- 2011 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Actor (Buried)
- 2011 - Goya Awards for Best Actor (Buried)
- 2011 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Scared-as-S**t Performance (Buried)
- 2011 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actor (Green Lantern)
- 2012 - People's Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor (Green Lantern), Favorite Action Movie Star (Green Lantern), Favorite Movie Superhero (Green Lantern), Favorite Comedic Movie Actor (The Change-Up)
References
- Notes
- ^ a b "Ryan Reynolds profile at FilmReference.com". www.filmreference.com. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Posner, Michael (September 1, 2007). "Ryan Reynolds' Disappearing Act". enRoute, Air Canada's inflight magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2010.: ("Reynolds grew up in an Irish-Catholic household in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano. As a child, he went to church regularly...")
- ^ "Ryan Reynolds bio". Tribute.ca. Tribute Entertainment Media Group. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ "Ryan Reynolds Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ Stax (March 21, 2005). "The Latest on The Flash & Deadpool". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ "Ryan Reynolds Gets Deadpool Spin-off". TVGuide.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (July 10, 2009). "BFDealmemo on Variety.com". Weblogs.variety.com. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "Sundance '10: Ryan Reynolds Speaks to Us from Inside a Coffin: 'Buried' Trailer Debut!". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "Ryan Reynolds Playing the Undead in 'R.I.P.D.' Adaptation".
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (June 16, 2004). "Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds Engaged". People Weekly. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Jordan, Julie (February 2, 2007). "Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds End Engagement". People. People. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ "Alanis Morissette Talks Ryan Reynolds Breakup, Covering 'My Humps' — Access Hollywood". Access Hollywood. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ Messer, Lesley (April 9, 2007). "Mo & Ryan Reynolds Step Out in NYC". People Weekly. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ Chiu, Alexis (May 5, 2008). "Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds Engaged!". People Weekly. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ "Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Wed in Canada". People Weekly. September 28, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ "Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds Split Up". People. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Ryan Reynolds Files For Divorce From Scarlett". TMZ. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson's Divorce Finalized". Us Weekly. July 1, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ Reynolds, Ryan (October 9, 2008). "Ryan Reynolds: Why I'm Running the New York City Marathon". The Huffington Post. HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ "The Sexiest Men Alive". People. November 14, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "The Sexiest Men Alive 2009". People. November 18, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "People Magazine Names Ryan Reynolds As Sexiest Man Alive".
- ^ "PEOPLE's Most Beautiful 2011". People.com. April 13, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "The Whale". thewhalemovie.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ a b All Movie Profile
- ^ Marvel.com October 28, 2009 "Scream Awards"
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