October 23: Happy Birthday Ryan Reynolds

https://lebeauleblog.com/2016/10/23/october-23-happy-birthday-ryan-reynolds-and-emilia-clarke/

Ryan Reynolds is turning 40 today. His first acting job was in a Canadian TV series called Hillside (renamed Fifteen in the US). American audiences got to know him in the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (the pizza place was dropped from the show, and the title, after two seasons), where he played one of the leads.

Reynolds first lead role in a film was in National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, a critical flop but a modest financial success given its small budget; the remake of The Amityville Horror was much the same story, with somewhat bigger numbers across the board. He also began to find a niche in romantic comedy:
https://youtu.be/GkPbF_FJuho

Reynolds also ventured into the superhero genre, playing some guy named Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but his star potential seemed to crash and burn along with 2011’s Green Lantern and 2013’s R.I.P.D. But he came roaring back this year as the star of the year’s biggest unexpected hit, Deadpool, playing some guy named Wade Wilson, who from what I hear bears a slight resemblance to the character of that name he played in Wolverine.