W E L C O M E T O T H E 09 t h
RYAN RODNEY REYNOLDS
A P P R E C I A T I O N T H R E A D

Personal Information

Date of Birth: October 23, 1976, Vancouver, Canada
Birth Name: Ryan Rodney Reynolds
Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Biography

Ryan is the youngest of four children. His father, Jim, was a Vancouver food wholesaler. His mother, Tammy, was a retail-store saleswoman. Between 1991-93, Ryan appeared in "Hillside" (1990) (aka "Fifteen"), a Nickleodeon series taped in Florida with many other Canadian actors. After the series ended, he returned to Vancouver where he played in a series of forgettable TV movies. He did small roles in Glenn Close's Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV) and CBS's update of In Cold Blood (1996) (TV). However, his run of luck had led him to decide to quit acting.

One night, he ran into fellow Vancouver actor and native Chris Martin. Martin found Ryan rather despondent and told him to pack everything: they were going to head to Los Angeles, California. The two stayed in a cheap LA motel. On the first night of their stay, Reynold's jeep was rolled downhill and stripped. For the next four months, Ryan drove it without doors. In 1997, he landed the role of Berg in "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998). Initially, the show was reviled by critics and seemed desperate for any type of ratings success. However, it was renewed for a second season but with a provision for a makeover by former "Roseanne" (1988) writer Kevin Abbott. The show became a minor success and has led to additional film roles for Ryan, most notably in the last-ever MGM film, a remake of The Amityville Horror (2005). Ryan was engaged to Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, another Nickelodeon veteran, between 2004-2006.

In Progress:

• Deadpool (2011) (announced) .... Wade Wilson / Deadpool
  Big Eyes (pre-production) .... Walter Keane
  Turbo (voice) (filming)
  R.I.P.D. (post-production) .... Nick Walker
  The Croods (post-production) .... Guy (voice)

Completed:

1. Safe House .... Matt Weston
2. The Change-Up .... Mitch Planko
3. Green Lantern .... Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
4. Buried .... Paul Conroy
5. Paper Man .... Captain Excellent
6. The Proposal (2009) .... Andrew Paxton
7. Paper Man (2009) .... Captain Excellent
8. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) .... Wade Wilson
9. Adventureland (2008) (post-production) .... Connell
10. Fireflies in the Garden (2008) (post-production) (Michael Waechter)
11. Definitely, Maybe (2008) (completed) (Will Hayes)
12. Chaos Theory (2007) (Frank)
13. The Nines (2007) (Gary/Gavin/Gabriel)
14. Smokin' Aces (2006) (Richard Messner)
15. Just Friends (2005) (Chris Brander)
16. Waiting... (2005) (Monty)
17. The Amityville Horror (2005) (George Lutz)
18. School of Life (2005) (TV) (Michael "Mr. D" D'Angelo)
19. Blade: Trinity (2004) (Hannibal King)
20. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) (Male Nurse)
21. "Zeroman" (2004) TV Series (voice) (Ty Cheese)
22. Foolproof (2003) (Kevin)
23. The In-Laws (2003/I) (Mark Tobias)
24. "Scrubs" (1 episode, 2003)
    - My Dream Job (2003) TV Episode (Spence)
25. Buying the Cow (2002) (Mike Hanson)
26. Van Wilder (2002) (Van Wilder)
27. Finder's Fee (2001) (Quigley)
28. "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (Berg) (81 episodes, 1998-2001)
29. We All Fall Down (2000) (Red Shoes)
30. Big Monster on Campus (2000) (Karl O'Reilly)
31. Dick (1999) (Chip)
32. Coming Soon (1999) (Henry Lipschitz)
33. "The Outer Limits" (3 episodes, 1995-1998)
    - The Origin of Species (1998) (Paul Nodel)
    - Double Helix (1997) (Paul Nodel)
    - If These Walls Could Talk (1995) (Derek Tillman)
34. Tourist Trap (1998) (TV)
35. Life During Wartime (1997) (Howard Ancona)
36. In Cold Blood (1996) (TV) (Bobby Rupp)
37. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV) (Seth)
38. When Friendship Kills (1996) (TV) (Ben Colson)
39. "The X Files" (1 episode, 1996)
    - Syzygy (1996) (Jay 'Boom' DeBoom)
40. "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years" (1 episode, 1995)
    - Redemption (1995)
41. Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV) (Andy)
42. "The Odyssey" (Macro) (13 episodes, 1993-1994)
43. My Name Is Kate (1994) (TV) (Kevin Bannister)
44. "The John Larroquette Show" (1 episode)
    - Napping to Success (????) (Tony Hemingway, John's Son)
45. Ordinary Magic (1993) (Ganesh/Jeffrey)
46. Hillside" (1990) TV Series (Billy Simpson) (unknown episodes)

Source: IMDB

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