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Background[]
Ryan Reynolds ( b. 23 October 1976 ) is a Canadian actor, producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.
Reynolds is best known for performing largely in comedic roles but was catapulted into international stardom for his repeated performances as the irreverent Merc with Mouth Deadpool in the X-Men Franchise. He is also mockingly remembered for his role as test pilot Hal Jordan in the 2011 box-office bomb Green Lantern by comic book fans and Reynolds himself.
Filmography[]
- Fifteen (1990) 13 episodes
- Ordinary Magic (1993)
- The Odyssey (1993-94) 14 episodes
- My Name Is Kate (1994)
- Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
- The Marshal (1995) 1 episode
- The Outer Limits (1995-98)
- Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995) 1 episode
- The X-Files (1996) 1 episode
- A Secret Between Friends: A Moment of Truth Movie (1996)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
- The John Larroquette Show (1996) 1 episode
- In Cold Blood (1996)
- The Alarmist (1997)
- Tourist Trap (1998)
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998-01) series regular
- Coming Soon (1999)
- Dick (1999)
- Big Monster on Campus (2000)
- We All Fall Down (2000)
- Finder's Fee (2001)
- Van Wilder (2002)
- Buying the Cow (2002)
- Scrubs (2003) 1 episode
- The In-Laws (2003)
- Foolproof (2003)
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Zeroman (2004-05) series regular
- School of Life (2005)
- The Amityville Horror (2005)
- Waiting... (2005)
- Just Friends (2005)
- Smokin' Aces (2006)
- The Nines (2007)
- My Boys (2007) 1 episode
- Definitely, Maybe (2008)
- Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
- Chaos Theory (2008)
- Adventureland (2009)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
- The Proposal (2009)
- Paper Man (2009)
- Buried (2010)
- Green Lantern (2011)
- Family Guy (2011-17) 3 episodes
- The Change-Up (2011)
- Safe House (2012)
- Ted (2012)
- The Croods (2013)
- Turbo (2013)
- R.I.P.D. (2013)
- The Voices (2014)
- The Captive (2014)
- A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
- Mississippi Grind (2015)
- Woman in Gold (2015)
- Selfless (2015)
- How Deadpool Spent Halloween (2015)
- The 12 Days of Deadpool (2015)
- The 'Pool Log (2015)
- Deadpool (2016)
- Australia Day Message from Deadpool (2016)
- Deadpool: Happy Year of the Monkey! (2016)
- Criminal (2016)
- Honest Trailers (2016-18) 3 episode3
- Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)
- Life (2017)
- The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
- Gettin' Wet on Wet with Deadpool 2 (2017)
- Deadpool 2 (2018)
- Asesinato en el Hormiguero Express (2018)
- Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019)
- Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
- 6 Underground (2019)
- James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends (2020) 1 episode
- The Croods: A New Age (2020)
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
- Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Korg and Deadpool (2021)
- Free Guy (2021)
- Corner Gas Animated (2021) 1 episode
- Red Notice (2021)
- The Nature of Things (2022) 1 episode
- Betty White: A Celebration (2022)
- The Adam Project (2022)
- Curb Your Carbon (2022)
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2022) 1 episode
- Bullet Train (2022)
- Choreographers React (2023) 1 episode
- American Auto (2023) 1 episode
- Spirited (2022)
- Ghosted (2023)
- Welcome to Wrexham (2023-?) series regular
- IF (2024)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Trivia[]
- Failed his high school drama class.
- Has a fear of flying after a skydiving incident where his chute failed to open at the first attempt.
- Has appeared in five comic book based movies over the course of his career. He has portrayed Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity; Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and reprised the role in Deadpool; Hal Jordan in Green Lantern; and Nick Walker in R.I.P.D. He is also one of the few actors who have appeared in major roles in both Marvel and DC Comics franchises.
Quotes[]
- "I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!"
- "When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment."
- "A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service."