Biography
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actor.
His father James was a grocery wholesaler and his mother Tammy Reynolds a salesperson. He is the youngest of four brothers; two of them are currently employed as police officers.
Ryan is probably best known for the movie Van Wilder by National Lampoon, though he also starred for four years in the American TV series Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place playing medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen. Ryan had a cameo in 2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle playing a nurse, and has appeared in The In-Laws, with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks, and the Canadian production Foolproof (2003). In 2004, he co-starred in the action/horror flick Blade: Trinity, as Hannibal King. His latest film role sees him playing Monty in the 2005 film Waiting.... He is also the main character Geroge Lutz in the horror movie The Amityville Horror.
In December 2004, David Goyer (writer of the Blade trilogy and Batman Begins) announced plans to write and direct a major motion picture starring Reynolds as the Wally West version of the Flash.
Since 2002, he has been romantically linked to Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, to whom he has become engaged. The couple lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the penthouse suite of newly-built lofts downtown and in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Filmography
Blowback (2006)
Ride Along (2006)
Horrible Bosses (2006)
Chaos Theory (2006)
Smokin' Aces (2006) - Richard Messner
Just Friends (2006) - Chris
Waiting... (2005) - Monty
The Amityville Horror (2005) - George Lutz
School of Life (2005) (TV) - Michael "Mr. D" D'Angelo
Blade: Trinity (2004) - Hannibal King
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) - Male Nurse
Zeroman (2004) TV Series (voice) - Ty Cheese
Foolproof (2003) - Kevin
The In-Laws (2003) - Mark Tobias
Buying the Cow (2002) - Mike Hanson
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) - Van Wilder
Finder's Fee (2001) - Quigley
We All Fall Down (2000) - Red Shoes
Big Monster on Campus (2000) - Karl O'Reilly
Dick (1999) - Chip
Coming Soon (1999) - Henry Lipschitz
Tourist Trap (1998) (TV)
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998) TV Series - Berg
The Alarmist (1997) - Howard Ancona
In Cold Blood (1996) (TV) - Bobby Rupp
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV) - Seth
When Friendship Kills (1996) (TV) - Ben Colson
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV) - Andy
My Name Is Kate (1994) (TV) - Kevin Bannister
Ordinary Magic (1993) - Ganesh/Jeffrey
The Odyssey (1992) TV Series - Macro
Fifteen (1990) TV Series - Billy Simpson
