Ryan Phillippe
Biography
Ryan Phillippe was born on September 10, 1974, in New Castle, Delaware.� Ryan first appeared in the television series One Life to Live.� He played daytime TV�s first gay teenager, Billy Douglas.� He later moved to NBC�s Lake Success.� He appeared in a number of smaller TV roles before he moved to what he�s more recognized for: films.� Ryan�s first big success was in the film White Squall, where he costarred with Scott Wolf, Ethan Embry, and Jeff Bridges.�
Nationwide recognition came after the success of the 1997 horror film, I Know What You Did Last Summer. He had a starring role alongside other Young-Hollywooders, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Sarah Michelle Gellar.���While in the �big films�, Ryan also starred in a number of smaller budget, independent films, like Homegrown, Little Boy Blue, and Nowhere.
Ryan�s first leading role was in the remake of the 70�s nightclub, 54, in which he plays Shane O�Shea, a kid from New Jersey.
Ryan recently married his girlfriend, and costar from Cruel Intentions, Reese Witherspoon.� Reese recently gave birth to the couple's first child.
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