1974-09-10 New Castle, Delaware, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Phillippe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Prey | Andrew | 2024-03-15 |
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The Locksmith | Miller | 2023-02-03 |
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Miranda's Victim | John Flynn | 2023-10-06 |
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Collide | Hunter | 2022-08-05 |
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Summit Fever | Leo | 2022-10-13 |
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American Murderer | Special Agent Lance Leising | 2022-10-21 |
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One Shot | Jack Yorke | 2021-11-05 |
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Lady of the Manor | Tanner / Lord Wadsworth | 2021-09-17 |
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Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw | Self | 2020-10-24 |
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The 2nd | Vic Davis | 2020-12-14 |
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My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
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Brothers by Blood | Charley | 2020-09-08 |
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Wish Upon | Jonathan Shannon | 2017-07-07 |
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The Circle | Victor | 2016-11-15 |
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Return to Sender | UPS Delivery Guy | 2015-05-31 |
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Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades | Narrator (voice) | 2015-11-10 |
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Reclaim | Steven | 2014-09-19 |
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Catch Hell | Reagan Pearce | 2014-10-10 |
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Straight A's | Scott | 2013-01-16 |
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Isolated | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-30 |
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Revenge for Jolly! | Bachmeier | 2012-07-17 |
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Setup | Vincent | 2011-10-17 |
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The Lincoln Lawyer | Louis Roulet | 2011-03-17 |
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The Bang Bang Club | Greg Marinovich | 2011-04-22 |
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MacGruber | Lt. Dixon Piper | 2010-05-21 |
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Stop-Loss | Brandon King | 2008-03-28 |
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Franklyn | Preest | 2008-10-16 |
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Breach | Eric O'Neill | 2007-02-12 |
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Five Fingers | Martijn | 2006-05-01 |
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Flags of Our Fathers | John 'Doc' Bradley | 2006-10-18 |
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Crash | Officer Tom Hansen | 2005-05-06 |
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Chaos | Det. Shane Dekker | 2005-01-17 |
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The I Inside | Simon Cable | 2004-01-15 |
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Igby Goes Down | Oliver | 2002-09-13 |
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The Making of 'Gosford Park' | Self | 2002-06-18 |
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Antitrust | Milo Hoffman | 2001-01-11 |
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Gosford Park | Henry Denton | 2001-11-07 |
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Company Man | Petrov | 2000-03-09 |
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The Way of the Gun | Mr. Parker | 2000-09-08 |
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Cruel Intentions | Sebastian Valmont | 1999-03-05 |
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54 | Shane O'Shea | 1998-08-28 |
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Playing by Heart | Keenan | 1998-12-30 |
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Homegrown | Harlan Dykstra | 1998-04-17 |
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I Know What You Did Last Summer | Barry Cox | 1997-10-17 |
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Little Boy Blue | Jimmy West | 1997-06-01 |
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Nowhere | Shad | 1997-05-09 |
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Invader | Private Ryan | 1996-09-24 |
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White Squall | Gil Martin | 1996-02-02 |
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Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare | Tom Redman | 1995-03-07 |
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Crimson Tide | Seaman Grattam | 1995-05-12 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Robert Fowler | 1994-11-09 |
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Saint Clare | Detective Timmons |
