Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian television and film actor best known for his roles in the comedy films National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Waiting..., Just Friends, Definitely, Maybe and The Proposal and as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to James (a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman who later became a food wholesaler) and Tammy Reynolds (a retail salesper...
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Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian television and film actor best known for his roles in the comedy films National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Waiting..., Just Friends, Definitely, Maybe and The Proposal and as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to James (a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman who later became a food wholesaler) and Tammy Reynolds (a retail salesperson). The youngest of four brothers, Reynolds graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School, located in Vancouver, in 1994. He then attended Kwantlen College in Vancouver until dropping out.
Reynolds held several jobs at places such as yacht clubs, nightclubs, and grocery stores, and created an improv comedy group in Vancouver called Yellow Snow when he was a child.
Reynolds's career began in 1990 when he starred as Billy in the Canadian-produced teen soap Hillside, distributed in the United States by Nickelodeon as Fifteen. As an adult, Reynolds...
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