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Trivia
Birth name: Ryan Rodney Reynolds
Date of birth: 23 October 1976
Place of birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Nickname:
Ray
Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
His father James was a grocery wholesaler and his mother Tammy Reynolds a salesperson.
He is the youngest of four brothers; two of them are currently employed as police officers.
Ryan attended Kwantlen College for a few months before dropping out to pursue his acting career.
Has a fear of flying since he once went skydiving and parachute failed
to open at the first attempt.
Ryan is of Irish decent and was raised Catholic while growing up.
Failed his high school
drama class.
Ryan received a Youth In Film Award nomination for "Best Actor" for his work on Nickelodeon's Hillside (1990).
Used to work in a grocery store
Attended Kwantlen College for a few months before leaving to pursue his
acting career
Is the youngest of four brothers
Received a Youth in Film Award nomination for best actor for his work on
Nickelodeon's "Hillside" (1990) (aka "Fifteen").
Accompanied musician Alanis Morissette to the 2003 Canadian Juno Music
Awards.
To celebrate their one-year anniversary in May 2003, Ryan and his fiancée
Alanis Morissette wear matching rings on their fourth fingers of their
right hands.
On the first day of filming Just Friends, Ryan fell while skating and separated his shoulder! Ouch!
When Ryan works out, he usually goes for about an hour to two hours a day.
In early 2001, he met actress Rachael Leigh Cook and the two immediately
hit it off. However, Rachael had to fly to Britain shortly after to film
Blow Dry (2001). Ryan ended up surprising her, pulling out of his
filming schedule, and following her all the way to London. It was a
success and they ended up dating for a year.
Became engaged to his girlfriend of two years, Canadian singer Alanis
Morissette, in June 2004.
Ryan recently had an accident with a car while he was on his motorcycle; he was lucky and escaped with no injuries, as the car just skimmed the foot pedal (September 2005).
On an episode of The Outer Limits (1995), Ryan played a ghost trapped in a haunted house. Oddly enough, in The Amityville Horror (2005), he plays a living man trapped in a haunted house.
Ryan says most fans seem to recognize him from his Van Wilder role.
Since Two Guys and a Girl initially took place at a Boston pizza parlor named Beacon Street Pizza, he assumed that it was an actual place. So during one trip to Boston (while promoting his movie Van Wilder), he tried to locate the pizza parlor in question, unaware that it was fictional.
Two of his three elder brothers are policemen.
Ryan was traveling in Indonesia with his fiancé, Alanis Morissette, when the devastating tsunami struck, but both were uninjured because they were on the opposite end of the island.
In 2004, Ryan threw out the opening pitch at the Chicago Cubs game. He was so excited about the honor, he trained for two weeks for it!
Has expressed great interest in portraying the DC Comics character the
Flash, should Warner Bros. ever decide to do a film adaptation of the
comic book.
On an episode of "The Outer Limits" (1995), he played a ghost
trapped in a haunted house. Ironically, in The Amityville Horror (2005),
he plays a living man trapped in a haunted house.
In early 2001, Ryan met actress Rachael Leigh Cook and the two immediately hit it off. However, Rachael had to fly to Britain shortly after to film Blow Dry. Ryan ended up surprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule, and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year.
Was offered the role of "Xander" in "Buffy the Vampire
Slayer" (1997).
Loves traveling.
He was traveling in Indonesia with his fiancée, Alanis Morissette, when
the Tsunami struck, but both were uninjured because they were on the
opposite end of the island on which they were staying.
Reynolds has claimed that he is a Green Bay Packers fan.
Since 2002, he has been romantically linked to fellow Canadian, singer Alanis Morissette, to whom he has reportedly become engaged.
Reynolds has stated that he was attracted to Alanis's laid back attitude; an example he gave was that she did not need to take 2 hours to get ready to go grab a coffee, like other women he had dated in the past.
Was engaged to Alanis Morissette. [2004-2006]
Prior to Morissette, Reynolds dated actress Kristen Johnston.
Ryan and Alanis Morissette have called off their engagement [June,
2006].
On June 7, 2006, People Magazine reported that Morissette split from fianceé Ryan Reynolds, however neither party has confirmed this report, and the legitimacy of their break up is still in question.
On July 27, 2006, Morissette and Reynolds were spotted holding hands in Los Angeles, sinking rumors about their supposed break-up.
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