Ryan Rodney Reynolds, a talented Canadian actor, was born on October 23, 1976, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as the youngest of four siblings. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart),worked as a retail-store saleswoman. Reynolds' ancestry is a blend of Irish and Scottish roots.
Reynolds' early career began with the Nickelodeon series Fifteen, which he starred in from 1991 to 1993, alongside other Canadian actors. After the show ended, he returned to Vancouver and appeared in a series of television movies, albeit with small roles. His breakthrough role came in 1995 with Glenn Close's Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, followed by CBS's In Cold Blood update in 1996. However, his initial success was short-lived, and he eventually decided to quit acting.
One fateful night, Reynolds ran into fellow Vancouver actor Chris William Martin, who persuaded him to pack his bags and head to Los Angeles, California. The two stayed in a cheap motel, where Reynolds' jeep was stolen and stripped. For the next four months, he drove it without doors. In 1997, Reynolds landed the role of Berg in Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, which initially received negative reviews but was later revamped and became a minor success.
Reynolds' film career took off, with notable roles in the remake of The Amityville Horror in 2005. He was previously engaged to Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette from 2004 to 2006. In 2012, Reynolds married actress Blake Lively, with whom he has three daughters and a son. Prior to his marriage to Lively, he was married to Scarlett Johansson.
