
Ryan Phillippe
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Biography
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.
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Saturday Night Live

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Raw

Matlock

The Outer Limits

Teen Choice Awards

The Early Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Will & Grace

Chicago Hope

SNL Digital Shorts

King of the Hill

Robot Chicken

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Drunk History

The Eric Andre Show

I Love That for You

Nick Swardson's Pretend Time

Crimson Tide

Visible: Out on Television

Crash

Damages

Gosford Park

Return to Sender

The Oscars

The Secrets of Lake Success

Company Man

Big Sky

Igby Goes Down

Lady of the Manor

I Know What You Did Last Summer

MacGruber

MacGruber

One Shot

The Lincoln Lawyer

Chaos

Reclaim

American Murderer

Wish Upon

Setup

Breach

Stop-Loss

Cruel Intentions

Flags of Our Fathers

Motorheads

Collide

Shooter

54

The Locksmith

Prey
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