Ryan Phillippe
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1974-09-10 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- New Castle, Delaware, USA
- Also known as
- Matthew Ryan Phillippe
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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Raw
1993
as Lt. Dixon Piper
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Milton
King of the Hill
1997
as Wally (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Robot Chicken
2005
as Reggie Mantle (voice)
Chicago Hope
1994
as David Holgren
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Matlock
1986
as Michael
Due South
1994
as Del Porter
Damages
2007
as Channing McClaren
The Outer Limits
1995
as Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
Big Sky
2020
as Cody Hoyt
Shooter
2016
as Bob Lee Swagger
Drunk History
2013
as Benjamin Hayes
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Will & Grace
2017
as Ryan Phillippe
The Eric Andre Show
2012
as Self
Secrets and Lies
2015
as Ben Crawford
Men at Work
2012
as Ryan Phillippe
Motorheads
2025
as Logan Maddox
Visible: Out on Television
2020
as Self
I Love That for You
2022
as Ryan Phillippe
MacGruber
2021
as Dixon Piper
The Early Show
1999
as Self
The Secrets of Lake Success
1993
as Stew Atkins
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
2010
as Handsome Guy
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
Movies (58)
Cruel Intentions
1999
as Sébastian Valmont
Crimson Tide
1995
as Seaman Grattam
Crash
2005
as Officer Tom Hansen
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
as Louis Roulet
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997
as Barry Cox
Gosford Park
2001
as Henry Denton
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
as John 'Doc' Bradley
Chaos
2005
as Det. Shane Dekker
Prey
2024
as Andrew
One Mile: Chapter One
2026
as Danny
Return to Sender
2015
as UPS Delivery Guy
White Squall
1996
as Gil Martin
One Mile: Chapter Two
2026
as Danny
Wish Upon
2017
as Jonathan Shannon
Stop-Loss
2008
as Brandon King
Nowhere
1997
as Shad
54
1998
as Shane O'Shea
Breach
2007
as Eric O'Neill
The 2nd
2020
as Vic Davis
Playing by Heart
1998
as Keenan
MacGruber
2010
as Piper
One Shot
2021
as Jack Yorke
Setup
2011
as Vincent
American Murderer
2022
as Special Agent Lance Leising
Igby Goes Down
2002
as Oliver
Miranda's Victim
2023
as John Flynn
Antitrust
2001
as Milo Hoffman
Franklyn
2008
as Preest
The Locksmith
2023
as Miller Graham
Company Man
2000
as Petrov
Little Boy Blue
1997
as Jimmy West
The I Inside
2004
as Simon Cable
The Way of the Gun
2000
as Mr. Parker
Lady of the Manor
2021
as Tanner / Lord Wadsworth
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
Collide
2022
as Hunter
Homegrown
1998
as Harlan Dykstra
Saint Clare
2025
as Detective Timmons
Brothers by Blood
2021
as Charley
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
as Robert Fowler
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
as Bachmeier
Catch Hell
2014
as Reagan Pearce
The Patient
2025
as The Patient
Summit Fever
2022
as Leo
Straight A's
2013
as Scott
Reclaim
2014
as Steven
Five Fingers
2006
as Martijn
Lifeform
1996
as Private Ryan
The Bang Bang Club
2011
as Greg Marinovich
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995
as Tom Redman
The Circle
2016
as Victor
Isolated
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
2020
as Self
Alive
2019
as Mark Escher
Reach
as Zack
Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades
2015
as Narrator (voice)
About 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 (2… With 90 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Ryan Phillippe has appeared in 58 films and 32 TV shows.
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- Cruel Intentions (1999) — as Sébastian Valmont
- Crimson Tide (1995) — as Seaman Grattam
- Crash (2005) — as Officer Tom Hansen
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) — as Louis Roulet
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) — as Barry Cox
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