Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian television and film actor best known for his roles in the comedy and romantic films National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Waiting..., Just Friends, Definitely Maybe and The Proposal, as well as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.Ryan Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to James (a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman who later became a food wholesaler) and Tammy Reynolds (a retail salesperson). Ryan Reynolds is of Irish ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic. The youngest of four brothers, Ryan Reynolds graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School, located in Vancouver, in 1994. Ryan Reynolds then attended Kwantlen College, in Vancouver, until dropping out.
