Ryan Reynolds

Age: 49

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Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur and film producer. Known for starring in comedicand superhero films, he was the world's second-highest-paid actor in 2020 and 2024. Reynolds has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. His films as a leading actor have grossed $6.6 billion worldwide. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Reynolds began acting at the age of thirteen, taking on small roles in various television series. He had his first lead role in the teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993), then played the lead role in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001). Reynolds later starred in a range of films, including the commercially successful romantic comedies National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009), the critically unsuccessful superhero films Blade: Trinity (2004), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Green Lantern (2011), and the biographical drama Woman in Gold (2015). Reynolds achieved his greatest commercial success as the titular character in the Deadpool franchise, starring in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). His performance in the first received a Golden Globe nomination, while the latter emerged as his highest-grossing release. He has since appeared in the sci-fi horror Life (2017), and action films like 6 Underground (2019), Free Guy (2021), and The Adam Project (2022). Reynolds has also lent his voice to animated films, including The Croods franchise (2013–2020), Turbo (2013), and the animated character Pikachu in Detective Pikachu (2019). In 2017, Time included Reynolds in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. A businessman, he holds an ownership stake in Mint Mobile and is a co-owner of Welsh soccer club Wrexham; the latter is documented in the Emmy Award-winning television series Welcome to Wrexham (2022–present). Divorced from actress Scarlett Johansson, Reynolds has been married to Blake Lively since 2012; he has four children with the latter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Ryan Reynolds

Gilbert

for Gilbert in Enchanted (Genderswap)

Suggested by feliciaaubinfrancis

Enchanted (Genderswap)

In the animated fairy tale kingdom of Andalasia, the evil King Nemesis schemes to protect his claim to the throne, which he will lose once his stepdaughter, Princess Edythe, finds her true love and marries him. He enlists his loyal henchwoman Natasha to keep Edythe distracted. Gilbert, a young man, dreams of meeting a princess and experiencing a "happily ever after." Edythe hears Gilbert singing and sets off to find him. Natasha sets free a captured troll to kill Gilbert, but Edythe rescues him in time. When they meet, they instantly fall in love and plan to get married the following day. Disguised as an old man, Nemesis intercepts Gilbert on his way to the wedding and pushes him into a well, where he is magically transformed into a live action version of himself and transported to the manhole in New York City's Times Square. Gilbert quickly becomes lost. Meanwhile, Roberta a divorce lawyer, prepares to propose to her longtime boyfriend Nathan, much to the dismay of her son Morgan. Roberta and Morgan encounter Gilbert on their way home, and Roberta begrudgingly allows Gilbert to stay the night at their apartment at the insistence of Morgan, who trusts Gilbert.

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