Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 10, 1974
Place of Birth:
New Castle, Delaware, USA
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Ryan Phillippe
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Saint Clare | Detective Timmons |
| 2024 | Prey | Andrew |
| 2023 | The Locksmith | Miller |
| 2023 | Miranda's Victim | John Flynn |
| 2022 | Summit Fever | Leo |
| 2022 | Collide | Hunter |
| 2022 | American Murderer | Special Agent Lance Leising |
| 2021 | One Shot | Jack Yorke |
| 2021 | Lady of the Manor | Tanner / Lord Wadsworth |
| 2020 | Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw | Self |
| 2020 | Brothers by Blood | Charley |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | The 2nd | Vic Davis |
| 2017 | Wish Upon | Jonathan Shannon |
| 2016 | The Circle | Victor |
| 2015 | Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Return to Sender | UPS Delivery Guy |
| 2014 | Reclaim | Steven |
| 2014 | Catch Hell | Reagan Pearce |
| 2013 | Straight A's | Scott |
| 2013 | Isolated | Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Revenge for Jolly! | Bachmeier |
| 2011 | The Bang Bang Club | Greg Marinovich |
| 2011 | Setup | Vincent |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Louis Roulet |
| 2010 | MacGruber | Piper |
| 2008 | Franklyn | Preest |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Brandon King |
| 2007 | Breach | Eric O'Neill |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | John 'Doc' Bradley |
| 2006 | Five Fingers | Martijn |
| 2005 | Crash | Officer Tom Hansen |
| 2005 | Chaos | Det. Shane Dekker |
| 2004 | The I Inside | Simon Cable |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Oliver |
| 2002 | The Making of 'Gosford Park' | Self |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Henry Denton |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Milo Hoffman |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun | Mr. Parker |
| 2000 | Company Man | Petrov |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions | Sébastian Valmont |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Keenan |
| 1998 | 54 | Shane O'Shea |
| 1998 | Homegrown | Harlan Dykstra |
| 1997 | Nowhere | Shad |
| 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Barry Cox |
| 1997 | Little Boy Blue | Jimmy West |
| 1996 | White Squall | Gil Martin |
| 1996 | Lifeform | Private Ryan |
| 1995 | Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare | Tom Redman |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Seaman Grattam |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Robert Fowler |
| The Patient | The Patient | |
| One Mile | Danny | |
| One More Mile | Danny | |
| Reach | Zack |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Motorheads | Logan |
| 2022 | I Love That for You | Ryan Phillippe |
| 2021 | MacGruber | Dixon Piper |
| 2020 | Big Sky | Cody Hoyt |
| 2020 | Visible: Out on Television | Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2017 | Will & Grace | Ryan Phillippe |
| 2016 | Shooter | Bob Lee Swagger |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies | Ben Crawford |
| 2013 | Drunk History | Benjamin Hayes |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Milton |
| 2012 | Men At Work | Ryan Phillippe |
| 2012 | The Eric Andre Show | Self |
| 2010 | Nick Swardson's Pretend Time | Handsome Guy |
| 2007 | Damages | Channing McClaren |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | Reggie Mantle (voice) |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self |
| 1999 | Teen Choice Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Wally (voice) |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Russell 'Rusty' Dobson |
| 1994 | Due South | Del Porter |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | The Secrets of Lake Success | Stew Atkins |
| 1993 | Raw | Lt. Dixon Piper |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Michael |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |