Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe

Born 1974-09-10 (age 51) New Castle, Delaware, USA
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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.

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Known For

Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions

1999

as SĂŠbastian Valmont

Crash
Crash

2005

as Officer Tom Hansen

Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide

1995

as Seaman Grattam

I Know What You Did Last Summer
One Mile: Chapter One
Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers

2006

as John 'Doc' Bradley

Chaos
Chaos

2005

as Det. Shane Dekker

Prey
Prey

2024

as Andrew

Gosford Park
Gosford Park

2001

as Henry Denton

One Mile: Chapter Two
White Squall
White Squall

1996

as Gil Martin

Return to Sender
Return to Sender

2015

as UPS Delivery Guy

The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

as Louis Roulet

54
54

1998

as Shane O'Shea

Nowhere
Nowhere

1997

as Shad

One Shot
One Shot

2021

as Jack Yorke

Wish Upon
Wish Upon

2017

as Jonathan Shannon

Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss

2008

as Brandon King

MacGruber
MacGruber

2010

as Piper

Breach
Breach

2007

as Eric O'Neill