Ryan Reynolds filmography

Reynolds at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
Reynolds promoting Deadpool & Wolverine at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con

Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian actor and producer. He made his acting debut on television in the teen drama Fifteen in 1991.[1] Two years later, he made his feature film debut by playing an orphan raised in India, who is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi to go on a hunger strike in a small town in Canada in Ordinary Magic (1993).[2][3] Reynolds had a recurring role on the television show The Odyssey (1993). He followed this with minor appearances on The X-Files (1996), and the television film Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). His breakthrough role was as medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl.[4][5]

He also played a slacker in National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), and vampire hunter Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004) with Wesley Snipes. Reynolds appeared in lead roles in the commercially successful romantic comedies Just Friends (2005), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and The Proposal (2009).[6] In 2010, he played a military contractor who is captured by terrorists in the psychological thriller Buried.[7][8] The following year, Reynolds starred in the title role of the superhero film Green Lantern, which received a generally negative reception from the critics and underperformed at the box office, leading to a decline in his career.[9][10] In 2013, he voiced a garden snail in Turbo and a caveman in The Croods.[11] Two years later, he appeared in the drama Mississippi Grind and played lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg in Woman in Gold.[7]

Reynolds experienced a career turnaround when he played the titular antihero in the superhero film Deadpool (2016), which he also produced. It received generally positive reviews from critics, especially for his irreverent comedic performance, and Reynolds garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[12][13] The film was also a commercial success, grossing a worldwide total of over $782 million at the box-office.[14][15] He reprised the role in its 2018 sequel Deadpool 2, which was also a critical and commercial success.[16] It became the highest grossing R-rated film, with a worldwide gross of over $785 million.[17][a] The following year, he voiced Pikachu in the film Detective Pikachu (2019).

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  4. ^ Fuster, Jeremy; Welk, Brian (March 20, 2017). "The Evolution of Ryan Reynolds, From 'Van Wilder' to 'Detective Pikachu' (Photos)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Travers, Ben (February 7, 2015). "Why Ryan Reynolds Should Return to TV Now More Than Ever". IndieWire. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  6. ^ FitzPatrick, Hayley (January 30, 2019). "Ryan Reynolds set to produce and star in a new romantic comedy". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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  8. ^ French, Philip (October 3, 2010). "Buried". The Observer. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Yahr, Emily (February 11, 2016). "Why we root for Ryan Reynolds to succeed – despite his many failures". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  10. ^ Desta, Yohanna (March 22, 2017). "Ryan Reynolds Will Never Live Down Green Lantern, Which Is Fine with Ryan Reynolds". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  11. ^ Wendroff, Jessica Ariel (May 6, 2019). "'Detective Pikachu': 5 of Ryan Reynolds' Animated Voice Roles". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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  13. ^ Sharf, Zack (October 2, 2018). "Jake Gyllenhaal Pens an Emotional Tribute to Ryan Reynolds: 'He's a Gentleman in an Era of Foppish Putzes'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Deadpool". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  15. ^ McClintock, Pamela; Couch, Aaron (October 25, 2019). "Box Office: 'Joker' Passes 'Deadpool' as Top-Grossing R-Rated Pic of All Time". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  16. ^ "I. Deadpool 2: What the critics thought". BBC News. May 15, 2018. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  17. ^ a b McNary, Dave (October 25, 2019). "'Joker' Passes 'Deadpool 2' to Become the Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie". Variety. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.


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