    ryan rodney reynolds (born october 23, 1976) is a canadian actor. reynolds is known for playing michael bergen on the abc sitcom two guys and a girl (1998â2001), billy simpson in the ytv canadian teen soap opera hillside (1991-1993), as well as marvel comics characters hannibal king in blade: trinity (2004) and wade wilson in x-men origins: wolverine (2009). he has starred in films such as serving in silence: the margarethe cammermeyer story, national lampoon's van wilder, finder's fee, just friends, definitely, maybe, the proposal, the amityville horror, the change-up, smokin' aces, adventureland, buried, and safe house. he also portrayed the dc comics superhero hal jordan / green lantern in green lantern (2011) and made cameos in two well known films: harold & kumar go to white castle and ted. in 2013, he starred in the lead voice role as the title character in turbo. ==early life== ryan rodney reynolds was born on october 23, 1976, in vancouver, british columbia. his father, jim, is a food wholesaler, and his mother, tammy, is a retail salesperson. he is of irish ancestry and was raised as a roman catholic.  
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