Ryan Phillippe

Matthew Ryan Phillippe (/ˈfɪlɪpi/; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas on the soap opera One Life to Live, he came to fame in the late 1990s with starring roles in a string of films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, and 54. In the 2000s, he appeared in several films, including Gosford Park (2001), Crash (2004), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Breach (2007), Stop-Loss (2008), MacGruber (2010), and The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). In 2010, Phillippe starred as Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Greg Marinovich in The Bang-Bang Club. Currently, he stars in the lead role of Bob Lee Swagger in the USA Network thriller drama Shooter.\n', ' He was married to actress Reese Witherspoon from 1999 to 2007; together, they have a daughter and a son. He also has a daughter from a relationship with actress Alexis Knapp.\n', ' Phillippe was born in New Castle, Delaware. His mother, Susan, ran a day care center in the family\'s house, and his father, Richard Phillippe, was a chemist. Phillippe is of part French descent. Phillippe graduated from New Castle Christian Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.\n', '