ACTOR

Ryan Reynolds

1976 - Today

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Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian-American actor, producer and co-owner of Welsh association football club Wrexham A.F.C. Throughout his 30-year career in film and television, he has received multiple accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award, three People's Choice Awards, a Grammy and Golden Globe nomination, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Led by his several appearances as Deadpool in the 20th Century Fox X-Men films, he is one of the highest-grossing film actors of all time, with a worldwide box-office gross of over $5 billion. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993), and had minor roles before landing the lead role on the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl between 1998 and 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryan Reynolds has received more than 50,301,340 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Ryan Reynolds is the 599th most popular actor (up from 684th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Canada (up from 51st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Actor.

Ryan Reynolds is most famous for his roles in films such as Deadpool, The Proposal, and Buried.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Highsnobiety
Ryan Reynolds Is Pretty in Pink Bode
Ryan Reynolds is perpetually stylish but even one of Hollywood’s most handsome regular dudes can kick things up a notch on occasion. For the occasion of guesting on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show on August 9, Reynolds let a pink quilted Bode shirt do the kicking fo…
Jake Silbert
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
GQ Magazine
Ryan Reynolds Hops Aboard the Bode Bus
A Bode quilted shirt has become Hollywood’s favorite gateway garment.
Eileen Cartter
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Eonline.com
Ryan Reynolds Hilariously Recalls Telling Wife Blake Lively That He "Slipped Into Someone's DMs Again"
Ryan Reynolds had “bad news” and “really bad news” to tell Blake Lively—and they both involved Rob McElhenney. Watch the Deadpool star joke about the start of his friendship with the actor.
Kisha Forde
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Just Jared
Ryan Reynolds Slid Into a Star's DMs & Blake Lively Reacts
Ryan Reynolds is sliding into the DMs! The 45-year-old Free Guy star revealed that he snuck into the direct messages of another star, and his wife Blake Lively is reacting after the fact. Ryan made the revelation during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Fin…
Just Jared
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ryan Reynolds ranks 599 out of 9,996. Before him are Tom Berenger, Brooke Shields, Lois Maxwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Terence Stamp, and Silvana Armenulić. After him are Claudette Colbert, Milena Dravić, Emmy Göring, Richard Barthelmess, Tim Roth, and Maria Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Ryan Reynolds ranks 8. Before him are Reese Witherspoon, Andriy Shevchenko, Francesco Totti, Cillian Murphy, Chester Bennington, and Benedict Cumberbatch. After him are Yuval Noah Harari, Michael Ballack, Clarence Seedorf, Ramzan Kadyrov, Judit Polgár, and Alexei Navalny.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ryan Reynolds ranks 46 out of 1,350. Before him are Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Mary Pickford (1892), Jim Peebles (1935), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), and Lois Maxwell (1927). After him are Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), Charles Taylor (1931), Elizabeth Arden (1878), Geneviève Bujold (1942), Arthur B. McDonald (1943), and Drake (1986).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Ryan Reynolds ranks 10. Before him are Christopher Plummer (1929), Michael J. Fox (1961), William Shatner (1931), Dan Aykroyd (1952), Mary Pickford (1892), and Lois Maxwell (1927). After him are Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), Geneviève Bujold (1942), Pamela Anderson (1967), Glenn Ford (1916), Ryan Gosling (1980), and Mack Sennett (1880).

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