Ryan Phillippe

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Biography

Ryan Phillippe first gained attention for his groundbreaking role as daytime television's first openly gay male teen on "One Life to Live" (ABC, 1968-2012). By the end of the 1990s, he had become one of the hottest stars on the twenty-something radar. Teen-oriented hits like "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997) and "Cruel Intentions" (1999) gave the chiseled blond actor instant box office cred, but he wisely tempered the multiplex hits …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

Matthew Ryan Phillippe on September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, USA

Career Milestones

Raised in New Castle, Delaware

1992

Acting debut in ABC's daytime drama "One Life to Live" as a gay teenager

1993

Primetime debut, "The Secrets of Lake Success" (NBC)

1995

Feature film debut, "Crimson Tide"

1996

Featured in the ensemble drama, "White Squall"

1997

Appeared in the Gregg Araki ensemble, "Nowhere"

1997

First starring role in the thriller, "I Know What You Did Last Summer"

1998

Cast opposite Mike Myers in "54" playing a bartender at the legendary NYC disco

1999

Co-starred with Sarah Michelle Gellar and future wife, Reese Witherspoon in "Cruel Intentions"

2000

Acted in Christopher McQuarrie's feature directorial debut, "The Way of the Gun"

2001

Played the manservant of a visiting American movie producer in Robert Altman's critically-acclaimed "Gosford Park"

2001

Starred as a hot shot computer programmer in "Antitrust"

2002

Co-starred with Kieran Culkin and Susan Sarandon in the satirical black comedy "Igby Goes Down"

2005

Co-starred in Paul Haggis' directorial debut "Crash," a multicharacter study of L.A. race relations

2006

Portrayed one of the men who lifted the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima in Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers"

2007

Portrayed FBI up-and-comer Eric O'Neill in "Breach" opposite Chris Cooper

2008

Played a war hero in "Stop-Loss" directed by Kimberly Peirce

2010

Co-starred with Will Forte in "MacGruber," based on the "SNL" sketch of the same name

2011

Co-starred as a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder in "The Lincoln Lawyer"

Awards

2000

MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance in Cruel Intentions

2002

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Gosford Park

2006

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Crash