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Ryan Phillippe
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn September 10, 1974 (50 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Saint Clare · as Detective Timmons |
| 2024 | Prey · as Andrew |
| 2023 | Miranda's Victim · as John Flynn |
| 2023 | The Locksmith · as Miller |
| 2022 | American Murderer · as Special Agent Lance Leising |
| 2022 | Summit Fever · as Leo |
| 2022 | Collide · as Hunter |
| 2021 | MacGruber (TV Series) · as Dixon Piper |
| 2021 | One Shot · as Jack Yorke |
| 2021 | Lady of the Manor · as Tanner / Lord Wadsworth |
| 2020 | Brothers by Blood · as Charley |
| 2020 | The 2nd · as Vic Davis |
| 2020 | Big Sky (2020) (TV Series) · as Cody Hoyt |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Historical Roasts (TV Series) · as Julius Caesar |
| 2017 | Wish Upon · as Jonathan Shannon |
| 2016 | Shooter (TV Series) · as Bob Lee Swagger |
| 2015 | Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Return to Sender · as Ups Delivery Guy |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies (2015) (TV Series) · as Ben Crawford |
| 2014 | Catch Hell · as Reagan Pearce |
| 2014 | Reclaim · as Steven |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) · as Milton |
| 2013 | Straight A's · as Scott |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Benjamin Hayes |
| 2013 | Isolated · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Revenge for Jolly! · as Bachmeier |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer · as Louis Roulet |
| 2010 | Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (TV Series) · as Handsome Guy |
| 2010 | The Bang Bang Club · as Greg Marinovich |
| 2010 | MacGruber · as Piper |
| 2008 | Franklyn · as Preest |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss · as Brandon King |
| 2007 | Damages (TV Series) · as Channing Mcclaren |
| 2007 | Breach · as Eric O'neill |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers · as John 'doc' Bradley |
| 2006 | Five Fingers · as Martijn |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | SNL Digital Shorts (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Crash · as Officer Tom Hansen |
| 2004 | The I Inside · as Simon Cable |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down · as Oliver |
| 2001 | Gosford Park · as Henry Denton |
| 2001 | Antitrust · as Milo Hoffman |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Reggie Mantle (voice) |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun · as Mr. Parker |
| 2000 | Company Man · as Petrov |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions · as Sébastian Valmont |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart · as Keenan |
| 1998 | 54 · as Shane O'shea |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer · as Barry Cox |
| 1997 | Little Boy Blue · as Jimmy West |
| 1997 | Nowhere · as Shad |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Wally (voice) |
| 1996 | Lifeform · as Private Ryan |
| 1996 | White Squall · as Gil Martin |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide · as Seaman Grattam |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Russell 'rusty' Dobson |
| 1995 | Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare · as Tom Redman |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor · as Robert Fowler |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Del Porter |
| 1993 | The Secrets of Lake Success (TV Series) · as Stew Atkins |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Lt. Dixon Piper |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Michael |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Billy Douglas |