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As of September 2025, Ryan Reynolds' films have grossed over $6.6 billion worldwide. His highest-grossing individual release is Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), which earned $1.338 billion globally and became the twentieth-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release.
In September 2020, the Wrexham Supporters Trust announced that Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney were in talks to buy the Welsh football club. Their takeover was confirmed in November 2020 and received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority in February 2021. The investment is documented in the Emmy Award-winning series Welcome to Wrexham (2022-present).
Reynolds chose to forgo his fee to protect the film's budget and ensure Deadpool (2016) would be released. He used the modest amount he did receive to keep co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set with him during production.
Reynolds revealed in 2018 that he had long been conducting interviews in character as Deadpool to manage his anxiety. He has described himself as "quiet" and "shy" outside of performing and has said that self-deprecating humour helped him cope.
Reynolds joined the Michael J. Fox Foundation's board in 2009 to support research toward a cure for Parkinson's disease, which his father James was diagnosed with. James Reynolds died in 2015 after a twenty-year battle with the disease. Reynolds also ran the New York City Marathon for Team Fox in 2008.
Ryan Reynolds was born on the 23rd of October 1976, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in the Kitsilano neighbourhood as well as Vanier, Ontario. He began acting at thirteen, graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in 1994, and relocated to Los Angeles after fellow actor Chris William Martin encouraged him to return to the profession following a brief break.