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October 23rd, 2007 - Happy Birthday Ryan Reynolds!
By Allie | October 23, 2007
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor.
He’s 31!
He came to prominence in the television sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001), before establishing a career as a Hollywood motion picture actor, starring in both comedic and dramatic roles.
Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Tammy, a salesperson and career student, and Jim Reynolds, a Vancouver food wholesaler and former semi-professional boxer. He is the youngest of four brothers; one of them currently employed as a police officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. His father was also in the police force for a short time. Reynolds graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1994. He also attended Kwantlen University College, in Richmond, British Columbia, for a time.
Reynolds starred in the National Lampoon movie Van Wilder and the American television series Two Guys and a Girl, playing medical student Michael “Berg” Bergen. He also cameoed in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle as the male nurse, appeared in The In-Laws with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks, and in 2003, the Canadian production Foolproof. In 2004, he played a part in Blade: Trinity, a film for which he had to gain 25 pounds of pure muscle. In 2005 he played a waiter named Monty in Waiting…, and as music executive Chris Brander in the romantic comedy Just Friends alongside Amy Smart and Anna Faris. He has also appeared in an episode of the television series Scrubs, where he played Spence, a college friend of J.D. and Turk.
Although he has performed primarily in comedies, Reynolds played the dark character George Lutz in the remake of the horror movie, The Amityville Horror. Reynolds underwent intense physical training to play an action role as the character of Hannibal King in the film Blade: Trinity, which also starred Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel. He has also played as an FBI agent alongside Ray Liotta in the thriller Smokin’ Aces.
In a March 2005 interview, Reynolds spoke of his interest and involvement in a possible film adaptation of Deadpool with screenwriter David S. Goyer and also the possibilty of playing the incarnation of The Flash known as Wally West in an adaption of the popular DC comics character in the upcoming movie project.
Other October 23rd Birthdays:
Dwight Yoakam-Country Singer - 51
Weird Al Yankovic-Singer - 48
Masiela Lusha-Actress - 22
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