How much is Ryan Phillippe worth?
Net Worth: | $30 Million |
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Profession: | Professional Actor |
Date of Birth: | September 10, 1974 (age 47) |
Country: | United States of America |
Height: | 1.74 m |
About Ryan Phillippe
From Cruel Intentions to Crash to Gosford Park Ryan appears on the marquees just as frequently as he does in the news. He has chosen independent films over blockbuster smashes and has amassed a roster of leading actresses along the way. After more than two decades in the business, Ryan is now trying to plan his next step while also being a dad to three children.
Cool Hand Ryan
Delaware’s New Castle is where Matthew Ryan Phillippe was born and reared. His mother ran a daycare out of the house, and his father worked as a scientist. He was drawn to the industry at a young age despite not having access to acting classes or theatrical training; frequently, he put his three sisters in the movies he wrote and directed and hosted premieres for his parents. However, he didn’t begin to seriously consider it as a career until he saw Cool Hand Luke at the age of 12. The athletic charmer flourished in adolescence, and at the age of 15, he was identified while getting his hair trimmed at a barbershop.
A Teenage Soap Box
Before graduating from high school and moving to New York City in 1992, he found an agent and secured modeling jobs for a few years. At that point, he got his big break by portraying secret gay teen Billy Douglas on the popular ABC serial program One Life to Live. Ryan was the first gay character to ever appear on daytime television when he was 17 years old. However, his appearances would only last for 13 episodes. After being cut from the soap opera, Ryan gathered his belongings and moved to Hollywood.
The chiseled new kid with the model looks was hired within a short period of time. He made his big-screen debut in Crimson Tide as an extra, but soon after that, he costarred with Jeff Bridges in White Squall, where he had a much meatier (albeit still boat-related) role. The following year, in the slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer, he would get his big break as the arrogant affluent boy who turns into a gory corpse. Despite the fact that these roles served to spread his name across the Hollywood circuit.
Best Intentions
Ryan became a national idol as a result of the successful horror movie, just as his own heart was beginning to take shape. Reese Witherspoon, a relatively unknown actress, celebrated her 21st birthday, and he had crashed the party to score some free drinks. They allegedly spoke for hours before she reportedly said, “I think you’re my birthday present.” After two years of dating, the couple got hitched in June 1999, and their first child, Ava Elizabeth, was born in September of that same year. What a thoughtful birthday present!
His professional life was also interacting with Witherspoon at the same time. In Cruel Intentions, a modernized version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses for teenagers, the two co-starred. He would be at the pinnacle of his sex symbol status in the movie. Witherspoon began appearing in hit movies like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Alabama in 1999, while Ryan took a different path, seeking independent movies to immerse himself in. He agreed to a small part in Gosford Park so that he could work with famed filmmaker Robert Altman, and then he starred in the acclaimed independent comedy Igby Goes Down.
Art-Throb
Ryan continued to turn down easy money in favor of quality work as his family grew (son Deacon was born in 2003), which caused the tabloids to concentrate endlessly on how Witherspoon was more successful. Nevertheless, he collaborated with Clint Eastwood on Flags of Our Fathers and portrayed a rookie cop in Crash, which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2005. But as his career developed, his personal life fell apart around him; he and Witherspoon eventually got divorced in late 2006.
Ryan survived the tempest of his painful, public divorce, calling it “the worst time of my life,” He has kept up his relationships—most notably with Abbie Cornish and Amanda Seyfried—while also looking for challenging parts in movies like Stop-Loss, Breach, and The Lincoln Lawyer. He has been in the industry for close to 20 years, but he is only now beginning to establish himself as a professional actor.
“We’re actors man. We’ve got pretty good lives. We don’t have a lot to complain about.”