Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tammy, worked as a retail-store saleswoman. Between 1991-93, Ryan appeared in _"Hillside" .
Has a fear of flying since he once went skydiving and parachute failed to open at the first attempt.
Failed his high school drama class.
Used to work in a grocery store.
Attended Kwantlen College for a few months before leaving to pursue his acting career.
Is the youngest of four brothers. Two of his three elder brothers are policemen.
Received a Youth in Film Award nomination for best actor for his work on Nickelodeons teen drama "Hillside" .
Accompanied musician Alanis Morissette to the 2003 Canadian Juno Music Awards.
In early 2001, he met actress Rachael Leigh Cook and the two immediately hit it off. However, Rachael had to fly to Britain shortly after to film Blow Dry . Ryan ended up surprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule, and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year.
Became engaged to his girlfriend of two years, Canadian singer Alanis Morissette in June 2004. They announced the engagement was off in June 2006.
Has expressed great interest in portraying the DC Comics character the Flash, should Warner Bros. ever decide to do a film adaptation of the comic book.
On the television series episode, "The Outer Limits" {If These Walls Could Talk (#1.19)} , he played a ghost trapped in a haunted house. Ironically, in The Amityville Horror , he plays a living man trapped in a haunted house.
Was offered the role of Xander Harris on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" , which went to Nicholas Brendon.
He was traveling in Indonesia with his former fiance, Alanis Morissette , when the tsunami struck. They were uninjured since they were staying on the opposite end of the island from where the tsunami hit.
Ryan alleges he is friends with Paul Anka and meets with him once in a while.
(May 5, 2008) Engaged to Scarlett Johansson.
In 2002, he badly injured his back jumping from a bridge in Zurich, Switzerland.
Is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers.
Loves traveling and riding motorcycles.
Married fiance Scarlett Johansson in a private Canadian ceremony on September 27, 2008.
Currently resides in Beverly Hills, California.
In November 2008, he ran in the New York City Marathon on behalf of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. His father was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease in 1995.
Was named the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2010. This was during the same time that his wife, Scarlett Johansson was named as "Babe of the Year" by GQ magazine.
Former brother-in-law of Vanessa Johansson , Hunter Johansson , Adrian Johansson and Christian Johansson.
Former son-in-law of Karsten Johansson and Melanie Sloan.
Gained 25 pounds of muscle for his role as "Hannibal King" in Blade: Trinity .
Has English and Irish ancestry.
Son-in-law of Ernie Lively and Elaine Lively.
Brother-in-law of Eric Lively , Bart Johnson and Robyn Lively.
(October 2012) Attended the World Celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament in Haikou, China.
Lives in ultra trendy Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz. Giovanni Ribisi , Bo Barrett , Scarlett Johansson , Chris Pine , Brad Pitt , Mark Ruffalo , Kristen Stuart , Michael Cera and Robert Pattinson , Hannah Telle are among the other actors who also call Los Feliz home.
One of the few actors to star in films based on comic books from both the Marvel Comics ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the Deadpool ) and DC Comics ( Green Lantern ) catalogs.
Has been in three Marvel movies: Blade: Trinity (Hannibal King), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Wade Wilson/Deadpool), and the Deadpool movie (Wade Wilson/Deadpool).
He did not enjoy working on Green Lantern . He admits to having a poor working relationship with director Martin Campbell. Also said that the films failure, critically and financially, was a huge relief because he did not want to play Hal Jordan, again.
On April 12, 2015, he was involved in a hit-and-run incident between filming of Deadpool in Canada. While walking through a parking garage, he was struck by the car of a paparazzo, who then fled the scene. Reynolds sustained only minor injuries, and later joked about the incident on Twitter.
Became a father for the first time at age 38 when his wife Blake Lively gave birth to their daughter James Reynolds on December 16, 2014.
Along with Chris William Martin , he is one of only two actors to appear in both the first and last episodes of "Hillside" .
Is the only actor to appear in all 65 episodes of "Hillside" .
He was awarded a star on Canadas Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in 2014.
On Halloween 2015, he went Trick-or-Treating with children as the character Deadpool, promoting his role as the title character in Deadpool .
Became a father for the second time at age 39 when his wife Blake Lively gave birth to their daughter Ines Reynolds in September 2016.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 15, 2016.
(May 2017) Merited a place in Time magazines "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage written by Helen Mirren.
He first became a fan of Deadpool when he found a comic where Deadpool describes himself as looking like "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar-Pei".
Can do a standing back flip.
Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an,overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to,access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is,incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.
(on getting into acting) I started when I was 13 years old. I did a,really horrible soap opera called Fifteen for Nickelodeon that stoned,college kids kept on the air for three years. And then the first movie,I did was in Sri Lanka when I was 14. I spent three months there. I was,there without my parents working on a movie in a country that was in,the midst of a civil war. It was pretty wild.
I did two trips in 2006. I did one through New Zealand on a motorcycle,and I tried to cross Australia on a motorcycle from one end of the,continent to the other. My friend and I did not make it, unfortunately,- he crashed, and we had to find a hospital.
It was an adventure.
When I was a little kid - maybe nine or ten - I was a complete asshole.
Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.
I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America, where I had to wait another two years. I came here to do improv and to try to join the Groundlings. .
