Ryan Reynolds filmography

Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian actor and producer. He made his acting debut on television in the teen drama Fifteen in 1991.^[1] Two years later, he made his feature film debut by playing an orphan raised in India, who is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi to go on a hunger strike in a small town in Canada in Ordinary Magic (1993).^[2][3] Reynolds had a recurring role on the television show The Odyssey (1993). He followed this with minor appearances on The X-Files (1996), and the television film Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). His breakthrough role was as medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl.^[4][5]

Reynolds speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con

He also played a slacker in Van Wilder (2002), and vampire hunter Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004) with Wesley Snipes. Reynolds appeared in lead roles in the commercially successful romantic comedies Just Friends (2005), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and The Proposal (2009).^[6] In 2010, he played a military contractor who is captured by terrorists in the psychological thriller Buried.^[7][8] The following year, Reynolds starred in the title role of the superhero film Green Lantern, which received a generally negative reception from the critics and underperformed at the box office, leading to a decline in his career.^[9][10] In 2013, he voiced a garden snail in Turbo and a caveman in The Croods.^[11] Two years later, he appeared in the drama Mississippi Grind and played lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg in Woman in Gold.^[7]

Reynolds experienced a career turnaround when he played the titular antihero in the superhero film Deadpool (2016), which he also produced. It received generally positive reviews from critics, especially for his irreverent comedic performance, and Reynolds garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.^[12][13] The film was also a commercial success, grossing a worldwide total of over $782 million at the box-office.^[14][15] He reprised the role in its 2018 and 2024 sequels Deadpool 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine, which was also a critical and commercial success.^[16] The latter became the highest grossing R-rated film of all time, with a worldwide gross of over $1.338 billion.^[17][18] He voiced Pikachu in the film Detective Pikachu (2019).

Film

List of Ryan Reynolds film credits

Year	Title	Roles	Notes	Ref.
1993	Ordinary Magic	Jeffrey "Ganesh" Moore		[2]
1997	The Alarmist	Howard Ancona		[19]
1999	Coming Soon	Henry Lipschitz		[20]
	Dick	Chip		[21]
2000	Boltneck	Karl	Originally known as Big Monster on Campus	[22][23]
	Alive	John		[24]
2001	Finder's Fee	Quigley		[25]
2002	Van Wilder	Van Wilder		[26]
	Buying the Cow	Mike Hanson		[27]
2003	The In-Laws	Mark Tobias		[28]
	Foolproof	Kevin		[29]
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Male nurse		[30]
	Blade: Trinity	Hannibal King		[31]
2005	The Amityville Horror	George Lutz		[32]
	Waiting...	Monty		[33]
	Just Friends	Chris Brander		[34]
2006	Smokin' Aces	Richard Messner		[35][36]
2007	The Nines	Gary / Gavin / Gabriel[a]		[37]
2008	Chaos Theory	Frank Allen		[38]
	Definitely, Maybe	Will Hayes		[39]
	Fireflies in the Garden	Michael		[40]
2009	Adventureland	Mike Connell		[41]
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Weapon XI[b]	Additional dialogue	[42][43]
	The Proposal	Andrew Paxton		[44]
	Paper Man	Captain Excellent		[45]
2010	Buried	Paul Conroy		[46]
2011	Green Lantern	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern		[47]
	The Change-Up	Mitch Planko		[48]
	The Whale	Narrator	Also executive producer	[49]
2012	Safe House	Matt Weston		[50]
	Ted	Jared	Uncredited cameo	[51]
2013	The Croods	Guy	Voice	[52]
	Turbo	Turbo		[53]
	R.I.P.D.	Nick Walker		[54]
2014	The Voices	Jerry Hickfang, Bosco, Mr. Whiskers, The Deer, and Bunny Monkey[c]	Voices	[55]
	The Captive	Matthew		[56]
	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Cowboy	Uncredited cameo	[57]
2015	Mississippi Grind	Curtis		[58]
	Woman in Gold	E. Randol Schoenberg		[59]
	Self/less	Young Damian / Edward[b]		[60]
2016	Criminal	Bill Pope		[61]
	Deadpool	Wade Wilson / Deadpool	Also producer	[62]
2017	No Good Deed		Short film; also writer	[63]
	Life	Rory Adams		[64]
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Michael Bryce		[65]
2018	Deadpool 2	Wade Wilson / Deadpool[b], Juggernaut, Himself (cameo)	Voice and motion capture for Juggernaut; Also producer and writer	[66][67] [68][69]
2019	Great Bear Rainforest	Narrator	Documentary	[70]
	Detective Pikachu	Detective Pikachu / Harry Goodman[d]	Voice only and facial motion capture for Pikachu	[71][72]
	Hobbs & Shaw	Victor Locke (uncredited), Eteon Director[d]	Voice only and credited under the pseudonym Champ Nightengale	[73]
	6 Underground	One		[74]
2020	The Croods: A New Age	Guy	Voice	[75]
2021	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	Michael Bryce		[76]
	Deadpool and Korg React	Wade Wilson / Deadpool	Promotional short film; also producer and director	[77]
	Free Guy	Guy, Dude[d]	Provides the voice and facial capture for Dude; also producer	[78][79]
	Red Notice	Nolan Booth		[80]
2022	The Adam Project	Adam Reed	Also producer	[81][82]
	Bullet Train	Carver	Uncredited cameo	[83]
	Spirited	Clint Briggs	Also producer	[84]
	Shotgun Wedding	—	Executive producer only	[84]
2023	Ghosted	Jonas	Cameo	[85]
2024	IF	Cal	Also producer	[86]
	Deadpool & Wolverine	Wade Wilson / Deadpool, Nicepool[e]	Also producer and writer	[87]
2025	Animal Friends †	TBA	Post-production; also producer	[88]
TBA	Mayday †	TBA		[89]

Television

List of Ryan Reynolds television credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
1991–1993	Hillside	Billy Simpson	13 episodes; aka Fifteen	[1][90]
1993–1994	The Odyssey	Macro / Lee[f]	13 episodes	[1]
1994	My Name is Kate	Kevin Bannister	Television film	[91]
1995–1998	The Outer Limits	Paul Nodel / Derek Tillman[f]	3 episodes	[92]
1995	Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story	Andy	Television film	[93]
1996	The X-Files	Jay "Boom" DeBoom	Episode: "Syzygy"	[94]
	The John Larroquette Show	Tony Hemingway	Episode: "Napping to Success"	[95]
	When Friendship Kills	Ben	Television film; aka A Secret Between Friends: 'A Moment of Truth' Movie	[96][97]
	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Seth	Television film	[98]
	In Cold Blood	Bobby Rupp	Television miniseries	[99]
1998	Tourist Trap	Wade Early	Television film	[100]
1998–2001	Two Guys and a Girl	Michael "Berg" Bergen	Main Cast	[101]
2003	Scrubs	Spence	Episode: "My Dream Job"	[102]
2004–2005	Zeroman	Ty Cheese	13 episodes Voice	[103]
2005	School of Life	Michael "Mr. D" D'Angelo	Television film	[104]
2009 2017 2019	Saturday Night Live	Host / Himself	Episode: "Ryan Reynolds/Lady Gaga" (Host) Episode: "Melissa McCarthy/Haim" (Cameo) Episode: "Will Ferrell/King Princess" (Cameo)	[105][106][107]
2010	Sesame Street	Himself		[108]
2011, 2012, 2017	Family Guy	Himself / Overweight Guy[f]	3 episodes Voice	[103][109][110]
2012	Top Gear	Himself		[111][112]
2013	Murder in Manhattan	—	Executive producer; Television film	[113]
2020	Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time	Himself	1 episode	[114]
	Don't	Commentator	Also executive producer	[115][116]
2021	Corner Gas Animated	Himself	Episode: "Ruby Re-Burn" Voice cameo	[117]
2022	My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman		Episode: "Ryan Reynolds"	[118]
2022–present	Welcome to Wrexham		Also co-creator and executive producer	[119]
2023	American Auto		Episode: "Celebrity" Credited as Champ Nightengale	[120]
2024	Marvel Studios: Assembled		Episode: "The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine"	[121]

Key

†	Denotes television shows that have not yet been released

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
2011	Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern[g]	Voice	[122]
2018	Marvel Strike Force	Wade Wilson / Deadpool[g]		[123]
2021, 2024	Fortnite Battle Royale	Guy, Wade Wilson / Deadpool		[124]
2022	FIFA 23	Himself	Voice	[125]

Music and web videos

List of Ryan Reynolds music and web video credits

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	"Threw It on the Ground"	The Lonely Island	Himself	Premiered on Saturday Night Live as Host	[126][127]
2016	"Honest Trailers – Deadpool (Feat. Deadpool)"	Honest Trailers	Wade Wilson / Deadpool (voice)[h]		[128]
2017	"Honest Trailers – Logan (Feat. Deadpool) – 200th Episode!!"				[129]
2018	"Honest Trailers – Deadpool 2 (Feat. Deadpool)"				[130]
2018	"Ashes"	Celine Dion	Wade Wilson / Deadpool	Deadpool 2 opening credits theme song	[131]
2019	"You Need to Calm Down"	Taylor Swift	Painter	Cameo	[132]
2024	"Chk Chk Boom"	Stray Kids	News presenter (wearing both suit and Deadpool costumes)		[133]

Notes

1. In this film, Reynolds played three different characters.
2. In this film, Reynolds plays a character known by different names.
3. Reynolds played five different characters in this film.
4. Reynolds played two different characters in this film.
5. Credited as "Gordon Reynolds" for this role.
6. Reynolds played two different characters in this television show.
7. In this video game, Reynolds voiced a character known by different names.
8. In this video, Reynolds played a character known by different names.

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Ryan Reynolds