Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor, comedian, film producer and screenwriter. 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). He also performed in dramatic roles in Buried(2010), Woman in Gold (2015), and Life (2017), and starred in action films such as Blade: Trinity (2004), Green Lantern (2011), and Safe House (2012).

Reynolds' 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 nominations at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.

Reynolds was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. He was married to actress Scarlett Johansson from 2008 to 2011 and has been married to actress Blake Lively, with whom he has three children, since 2012.

Early Life
Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976, in Vancouver, British Columbia,[1]  the youngest of four sons[2]  of food wholesaler James Chester Reynolds[3] [4]  and retail saleswoman Tamara Lee (née Stewart).[5] [6] [7]  His paternal grandfather, Chester Reynolds, was a farmer and politician who represented Stettler in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1944.[8]  He is of Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood.[9] [10]  He graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in 1994 and attended Kwantlen Polytechnic University, but dropped out.[11]  Two of his brothers work in law enforcement in British Columbia,[12] with one being a Mountie.[13]