Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe
Biography
Matthew Ryan Phillippe (/ˈfɪlɪpi/; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas on the soap opera One Life to Live (1992–1993) and making his feature film debut in Crimson Tide (1995), he came to prominence in the late 1990s with starring roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), 54 (1998), Playing by Heart (1998), and Cruel Intentions (1999). Throughout the 2000s and beyond, he took on a range of roles in films such as The Way of the Gun (2000), Antitrust (2001), Gosford Park (2001), Igby Goes Down (2002), The I Inside (2003), Crash (2004), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Breach (2007), Stop-Loss (2008), MacGruber (2010), The Bang Bang Club (2010), and The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). Outside of film, Phillippe appeared in the lead role of Bob Lee Swagger on USA Network's Shooter (2016–2018) and reprised his portrayal of Dixon Piper in the Peacock adaptation of MacGruber (2021). In 1997, Phillippe met actress Reese Witherspoon at a party for her 21st birthday. Phillippe and Witherspoon, who was six months pregnant, married on June 5, 1999. Their daughter Eva was born in 1999 and their son Deacon was born in 2003. On October 30, 2006, the couple released a statement announcing that they were formally separating. Witherspoon filed for divorce on November 8, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause. The couple's marriage officially ended on October 5, 2007, with final divorce arrangements settled on June 13, 2008, according to court documents. They shared joint custody of their children. He began dating model and actress Alexis Knapp in May 2010; they ended their relationship in September that same year. After their breakup, Knapp discovered that she was pregnant by Phillippe and gave birth to a daughter in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Phillippe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as The Patient
as Danny
as Danny
as Logan
as Detective Timmons
as Andrew
as John Flynn
as Miller
as Special Agent Lance Leising
as Leo
as Hunter
as Ryan Phillippe
as Jack Yorke
as Tanner / Lord Wadsworth
as Dixon Piper
as Vic Davis
as Self
as Charley
as Self (archive footage)
as Cody Hoyt
as Self
as Jonathan Shannon
as Ryan Phillippe
as Victor
as Bob Lee Swagger
as Narrator (voice)
as UPS Delivery Guy
as Ben Crawford
as Reagan Pearce
as Steven
as Narrator (voice)
as Scott
as Milton
as Benjamin Hayes
as Bachmeier
as Ryan Phillippe
as Self
as Vincent
as Greg Marinovich
as Louis Roulet
as Lt. Dixon Piper
as Handsome Guy
as Preest
as Brandon King
as Eric O'Neill
as Channing McClaren
as John 'Doc' Bradley
as Martijn
as Officer Tom Hansen
as Det. Shane Dekker
as Reggie Mantle (voice)
as Simon Cable
as Self
as Self
as Oliver
as Self
as Henry Denton
as Milo Hoffman
as Mr. Parker
as Petrov
as Sébastian Valmont
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Keenan
as Shane O'Shea
as Harlan Dykstra
as Barry Cox
as Jimmy West
as Shad
as Wally (voice)
as Private Ryan
as Gil Martin
as Seaman Grattam
as Tom Redman
as Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
as Robert Fowler
as Del Porter
as Stew Atkins
as Self - Guest
as Lt. Dixon Piper
as Self
as Michael
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Kyle
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer