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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, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. Between 1991-93, Ryan appeared in Fifteen (1990), a Nickelodeon 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 television movies. He did small roles in Glenn Close's Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) and CBS's update of In Cold Blood (1996). However, his run of luck had led him to decide to quit acting.

One night, he ran into fellow Vancouver actor and native Chris William 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 Los Angeles motel. On the first night of their stay, Reynolds' 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.

He has been married to Blake Lively since September 9, 2012. They have three daughters and a son. He was previously married to Scarlett Johansson.

Ryan Reynolds at an event for Deadpool 2 (2018)

(February 2010) TV commercial for the Province of British Columbia tourism (playing himself)

(2010) TV commercial for Hugo Boss &quot;Bottled Night&quot; mens fragrance

(2012) Print ads for the Nissan Leaf electric car

(2011) Appears in the clip &quot;The Lonely Island: Threw It On The Ground&quot; along with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1676221/?ref_=nmwrk">Andy Samberg</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000704/?ref_=nmwrk">Elijah Wood</a>.

(2020) As partial owner of Mint Mobile, he has appear in several commercial on a recurring basis

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