Ryan Phillippe
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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King of the Hill
1997 · Wally (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Raw
1993 · Lt. Dixon Piper
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Milton
Chicago Hope
1994 · David Holgren
Damages
2007 · Channing McClaren
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Robot Chicken
2005 · Reggie Mantle (voice)
Matlock
1986 · Michael
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Due South
1994 · Del Porter
Big Sky
2020 · Cody Hoyt
The Outer Limits
1995 · Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Shooter
2016 · Bob Lee Swagger
Drunk History
2013 · Benjamin Hayes
The Eric Andre Show
2012 · Self
Will & Grace
2017 · Ryan Phillippe
One Mile: Chapter One
2026 · Danny
Secrets and Lies
2015 · Ben Crawford
Cruel Intentions
1999 · Sébastian Valmont
Crash
2005 · Officer Tom Hansen
Crimson Tide
1995 · Seaman Grattam
Men at Work
2012 · Ryan Phillippe
Motorheads
2025 · Logan Maddox
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997 · Barry Cox
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011 · Louis Roulet
One Mile: Chapter Two
2026 · Danny
MacGruber
2021 · Dixon Piper
Nowhere
1997 · Shad
Prey
2024 · Andrew
54
1998 · Shane O'Shea
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 · John 'Doc' Bradley
Chaos
2005 · Det. Shane Dekker
The Patient
2025 · The Patient
I Love That for You
2022 · Ryan Phillippe
Gosford Park
2001 · Henry Denton
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Return to Sender
2015 · UPS Delivery Guy
Wish Upon
2017 · Jonathan Shannon
One Shot
2021 · Jack Yorke
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Self
White Squall
1996 · Gil Martin
Breach
2007 · Eric O'Neill
Stop-Loss
2008 · Brandon King
MacGruber
2010 · Piper
The 2nd
2020 · Vic Davis
The Locksmith
2023 · Miller Graham
The Way of the Gun
2000 · Mr. Parker
Setup
2011 · Vincent
Playing by Heart
1998 · Keenan
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
2010 · Handsome Guy
Antitrust
2001 · Milo Hoffman
Catch Hell
2014 · Reagan Pearce
American Murderer
2022 · Special Agent Lance Le...
Franklyn
2008 · Preest
Collide
2022 · Hunter
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Homegrown
1998 · Harlan Dykstra
My Darling Vivian
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Summit Fever
2022 · Leo
Igby Goes Down
2002 · Oliver
Brothers by Blood
2021 · Charley
Lady of the Manor
2021 · Tanner / Lord Wadswort...
Revenge for Jolly!
2012 · Bachmeier
Little Boy Blue
1997 · Jimmy West
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self
The I Inside
2004 · Simon Cable
Saint Clare
2025 · Detective Timmons
Miranda's Victim
2023 · John Flynn
Alive
2019 · Mark Escher
Straight A's
2013 · Scott
Reclaim
2014 · Steven
Five Fingers
2006 · Martijn
Company Man
2000 · Petrov
Lifeform
1996 · Private Ryan
The Secrets of Lake Success
1993 · Stew Atkins
The Bang Bang Club
2011 · Greg Marinovich
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Self
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995 · Tom Redman
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
2020 · Self
The Circle
2016 · Victor
Isolated
2013 · Narrator (voice)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Robert Fowler
Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades
2015 · Narrator (voice)