Ryan Phillippe

Birthday: 10 September 1974, New Castle, Delaware, USA

Birth Name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe

Height: 175 cm

Ryan Phillippe was born on September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, to Susan (Thomas), a nurse, and Richard Phillippe, a chemical technician. He has three sisters, Kirsten, Lindsay, and Katelyn, and attended New Castle Baptist Academy. Ryan's acting career began with the soap opera One Life to Live (1968). It was no small role. His character, Billy Douglas, was US daytime television's first gay teenager. Billy struggled with coming out issues and the town's anti-gay reactions. After several other television appearances and he began appearing in movies of his own, Nowhere (1997), White Squall (1996) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Cruel Intentions (1999), Crash (2005), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), and Stop-Loss (2008). Show less «

I think who Reese is sort of radiates and emanates. She's incredibly conscientious, kind and good to...Show more »

I think who Reese is sort of radiates and emanates. She's incredibly conscientious, kind and good to people. She has a perspective that extends far beyond her own personal gain, and I think that's an impressive thing. Show less «

Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.

(About his daughter, Ava): She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does somethi...Show more »

(About his daughter, Ava): She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing. Show less «

I have good taste, that's the one thing I'm cocky about.

I'm way funnier than people know me to be. And it's a dark humor, like a gallows humor.

I'm such a supporter of women, work-related. I'm happy for my wife and I'm ecstatic that she makes m...Show more »

I'm such a supporter of women, work-related. I'm happy for my wife and I'm ecstatic that she makes more than most men in Hollywood. The first writer I hired for a movie I'm producing was a black woman. She did an amazing job. It's like I just think that seeing women get passed over, being so intimately involved with so many women throughout my life - my sisters, my mother and that sort of thing - it's shaped me and given me a sensitivity and understanding that I don't think a lot of men necessarily have. Show less «

(On working and being with Reese Witherspoon on the film Cruel Intentions (1999)): It was great. I'm...Show more »

(On working and being with Reese Witherspoon on the film Cruel Intentions (1999)): It was great. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn't have as colorful a role as Sarah's and mine, but she did an amazing job. Really elevated the piece. Show less «

I was pretty close to getting Star Wars, they wanted me to play Anakin. I think I'm okay with having...Show more »

I was pretty close to getting Star Wars, they wanted me to play Anakin. I think I'm okay with having missed out on that. Show less «

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children. I think it's what y...Show more »

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children. I think it's what you talk to them about, what you expose them to, what you make them mindful of. And you've got to do that anywhere you live. LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight. I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people. Show less «

I have a huge CD collection. Music is an obsession of mine.

(On filming the Iraqi war film Stop-Loss (2008) in Morocco): You felt like a monster. We were there ...Show more »

(On filming the Iraqi war film Stop-Loss (2008) in Morocco): You felt like a monster. We were there in full gear, with these assault rifles, on what's akin to their Christmas. We were barging into peoples' actual homes to shoot those scenes. I felt incredibly uncomfortable and ashamed at the time. Show less «

My skin is so thick at this point. I've been in the entertainment industry for 23 years so there's n...Show more »

My skin is so thick at this point. I've been in the entertainment industry for 23 years so there's nothing anyone can say that I haven't heard or thought myself. You just keep moving, you know? That noise is so quiet at this stage of my life. What can people say that hasn't been said, and what does it really matter? Who am I trying to really prove anything to at this point in my life? Myself, my kids, my family... Show less «

I'm very feminist, man. I was raised by four women, my dad worked the 4 P.M. to midnight shift, so I...Show more »

I'm very feminist, man. I was raised by four women, my dad worked the 4 P.M. to midnight shift, so I was basically raised by four women. I'm so pro, pro female. Show less «

Things like my baby and my wife are a lot more important to me than being in one of the top ten gros...Show more »

Things like my baby and my wife are a lot more important to me than being in one of the top ten grossing movies of all time. Show less «

(On starting a family with Reese): "It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most...Show more »

(On starting a family with Reese): "It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic." Show less «

I secretly sing Frank Sinatra songs in the shower.

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