Ryan Phillippe
Biography
Matthew Ryan Phillippe, born on September 10, 1974, is a well-known American actor. He gained initial recognition for his role as Billy Douglas in the soap opera *One Life to Live* from 1992 to 1993, followed by his film debut in *Crimson Tide* (1995). Phillippe's career soared in the late 1990s with significant performances in *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (1997), *54* (1998), *Playing by Heart* (1998), and *Cruel Intentions* (1999).
In the 2000s and later, he showcased his versatility in films including *The Way of the Gun* (2000), *Antitrust* (2001), *Gosford Park* (2001), *Igby Goes Down* (2002), and *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2011). He also starred as Bob Lee Swagger in the USA Network series *Shooter* (2016–2018) and reprised his role in Peacock's *MacGruber* (2021).
Phillippe's personal life includes a marriage to actress Reese Witherspoon, whom he met at her 21st
Filmography
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One Mile: Chapter Two
2026 • Danny
Saint Clare
2025 • Detective Timmons
Wish Upon
2017 • Jonathan Shannon
Straight A's
2013 • Scott
Catch Hell
2014 • Reagan Pearce
American Murderer
2022 • Special Agent Lance Leising
Homegrown
1998 • Harlan Dykstra
Lady of the Manor
2021 • Tanner / Lord Wadsworth
Reclaim
2014 • Steven
Collide (2022) (2022)
2022 • Hunter
Summit Fever
2022 • Leo
Isolated
2013 • Narrator (voice)
Miranda's Victim
2023 • John Flynn
Setup
2011 • Vincent
MacGruber
2010 • Piper
The 2nd
2020 • Vic Davis
Five Fingers
2006 • Martijn
The I Inside
2004 • Simon Cable
The Bang Bang Club
2011 • Greg Marinovich
My Darling Vivian
2020 • Self (archive footage)
White Squall
1996 • Gil Martin
Antitrust
2001 • Milo Hoffman