Ryan Phillippe
Biography
Ryan Phillippe is an American actor born on September 10, 1974, in New Castle, Delaware. He began his acting career with a role on the soap opera One Life to Live, followed by his feature film debut in Crimson Tide. Phillippe gained prominence in the late 1990s with starring roles in films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer, 54, Playing by Heart, and Cruel Intentions. Throughout the 2000s and beyond, he took on a range of roles in various films, including The Way of the Gun, Crash, Flags of Our Fathers, and Breach. Phillippe has appeared in over 90 known credits, primarily in acting roles.
Career overview
Ryan Phillippe is an American actor born on September 10, 1974, in New Castle, Delaware. He began his acting career by appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1992 to 1993. His feature film debut came in 1995 with the movie Crimson Tide.
In the late 1990s, Phillippe gained prominence with starring roles in several films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, 54, Playing by Heart, and Cruel Intentions. Throughout the 2000s, he took on a range of roles in various films, such as The Way of the Gun, Antitrust, Gosford Park, Igby Goes Down, The I Inside, Crash, Flags of Our Fathers, Breach, Stop-Loss, MacGruber, and The Bang Bang Club.
Phillippe has appeared in numerous films, with a total of 90 known credits. His acting career spans multiple decades, with a notable start in the 1990s and continued work in the 2000s and beyond.
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- One Mile: Chapter One (2026) as Danny
- One Mile: Chapter One (2026) Executive Producer
- One Mile: Chapter Two (2026) as Danny
- One Mile: Chapter Two (2026) Executive Producer
- Motorheads (2025) as Logan Maddox
- The Patient (2025) as The Patient
- Saint Clare (2025) as Detective Timmons
- Prey (2024) as Andrew
- The Locksmith (2023) as Miller Graham
- Commitment to Life (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Miranda's Victim (2023) as John Flynn
- American Murderer (2022) as Special Agent Lance Leising
- I Love That for You (2022) as Ryan Phillippe
- Summit Fever (2022) as Leo
- Collide (2022) as Hunter
- Collide (2022) Executive Producer
- One Shot (2021) as Jack Yorke
- MacGruber (2021) as Dixon Piper
- Brothers by Blood (2021) as Charley
- Lady of the Manor (2021) as Tanner / Lord Wadsworth
- Big Sky (2020) as Cody Hoyt
- My Darling Vivian (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Visible: Out on Television (2020) as Self
- The 2nd (2020) as Vic Davis
- The 2nd (2020) Producer
- Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw (2020) as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Alive (2019) as Mark Escher
- Will & Grace (2017) as Ryan Phillippe
- Wish Upon (2017) as Jonathan Shannon
- Shooter (2016) as Bob Lee Swagger
- The Circle (2016) as Victor
- Secrets and Lies (2015) as Ben Crawford
- Return to Sender (2015) as UPS Delivery Guy
- Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- Catch Hell (2014) as Reagan Pearce
- Catch Hell (2014) Director
- Catch Hell (2014) Writer
- Catch Hell (2014) Producer
- Reclaim (2014) as Steven
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) as Milton
- Drunk History (2013) as Benjamin Hayes
- Straight A's (2013) as Scott
- Isolated (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- Isolated (2013) Executive Producer
- The Eric Andre Show (2012) as Self
- Men at Work (2012) as Ryan Phillippe
- Revenge for Jolly! (2012) as Bachmeier
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) as Louis Roulet
- Setup (2011) as Vincent
- The Bang Bang Club (2011) as Greg Marinovich
- MacGruber (2010) as Piper
- Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010) as Handsome Guy
- Stop-Loss (2008) as Brandon King
- Franklyn (2008) as Preest
- Damages (2007) as Channing McClaren
- Breach (2007) as Eric O'Neill
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006) as John 'Doc' Bradley
- Five Fingers (2006) as Martijn
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Reggie Mantle (voice)
- Crash (2005) as Officer Tom Hansen
- Chaos (2005) as Det. Shane Dekker
- The I Inside (2004) as Simon Cable
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Igby Goes Down (2002) as Oliver
- The Making of Gosford Park (2002) as Self
- Gosford Park (2001) as Henry Denton
- Antitrust (2001) as Milo Hoffman
- The Way of the Gun (2000) as Mr. Parker
- Company Man (2000) as Petrov
- Cruel Intentions (1999) as Sébastian Valmont
- The Early Show (1999) as Self
- Teen Choice Awards (1999) as Self
- 54 (1998) as Shane O'Shea
- Playing by Heart (1998) as Keenan
- Homegrown (1998) as Harlan Dykstra
- King of the Hill (1997) as Wally (voice)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) as Barry Cox
- Nowhere (1997) as Shad
- Little Boy Blue (1997) as Jimmy West
- Lifeform (1996) as Private Ryan
- White Squall (1996) as Gil Martin
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
- Crimson Tide (1995) as Seaman Grattam
- Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995) as Tom Redman
- Chicago Hope (1994) as David Holgren
- Due South (1994) as Del Porter
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994) as Robert Fowler
- Raw (1993) as Lt. Dixon Piper
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Secrets of Lake Success (1993) as Stew Atkins
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Matlock (1986) as Michael
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Reach as Zack