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 (1992–1993) and making his feature film debut in Crimson Tide (1995), he came to prominence in the late 1990s with starring roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), 54 (1998), Playing by Heart (1998), and Cruel Intentions (1999). Throughout the 2000s and beyond, he took on a range of roles in films such as The Way of the Gun (2000), Antitrust (2001), Gosford Park (2001), Igby Goes Down (2002), The I Inside (2003), Crash (2004), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Breach (2007), Stop-Loss (2008), MacGruber (2010), The Bang Bang Club (2010), and The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). Outside of film, Phillippe appeared in the lead role of Bob Lee Swagger on USA Network's Shooter (2016–2018) and reprised his portrayal of Dixon Piper in the Peacock adaptation of MacGruber (2021). In 1997, Phillippe met actress Reese Witherspoon at a party for her 21st birthday. Phillippe and Witherspoon, who was six months pregnant, married on June 5, 1999. Their daughter Eva was born in 1999 and their son Deacon was born in 2003. On October 30, 2006, the couple released a statement announcing that they were formally separating. Witherspoon filed for divorce on November 8, 2006, citing  irreconcilable differences as the cause. The couple's marriage officially ended on October 5, 2007, with final divorce arrangements settled on June 13, 2008, according to court documents. They shared joint custody of their children. He began dating model and actress Alexis Knapp in May 2010; they ended their relationship in September that same year. After their breakup, Knapp discovered that she was pregnant by Phillippe and gave birth to a daughter in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Phillippe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026One Mile: Chapter One — Danny, Executive Producer
• 2026One Mile: Chapter Two — Danny, Executive Producer
• 9-1-1: Nashville — Rogue Kelly
• Motorheads — Logan Maddox
• 2025Saint Clare — Detective Timmons
• 2025The Patient — The Patient
• 2024Prey — Andrew
• 2023Miranda's Victim — John Flynn
• 2023The Locksmith — Miller Graham
• 2022American Murderer — Special Agent Lance Leising
• 2022Collide — Hunter, Executive Producer
• I Love That for You — Ryan Phillippe
• 2022Summit Fever — Leo
• 2021Brothers by Blood — Charley
• 2021Lady of the Manor — Tanner / Lord Wadsworth
• MacGruber — Dixon Piper
• 2021One Shot — Jack Yorke
• Big Sky — Cody Hoyt
• 2020The 2nd — Vic Davis, Producer
• 2019Alive — Mark Escher
• Will & Grace — Ryan Phillippe
• 2017Wish Upon — Jonathan Shannon
• Shooter — Bob Lee Swagger
• 2016The Circle — Victor
• 2015Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Return to Sender — UPS Delivery Guy
• Secrets and Lies — Ben Crawford
• 2014Catch Hell — Reagan Pearce, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2014Reclaim — Steven
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Milton
• Drunk History — Benjamin Hayes
• 2013Isolated — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2013Straight A's — Scott
• Men at Work — Ryan Phillippe
• 2012Revenge for Jolly! — Bachmeier
• 2011Setup — Vincent
• 2011The Bang Bang Club — Greg Marinovich
• 2011The Lincoln Lawyer — Louis Roulet
• 2010MacGruber — Piper
• Nick Swardson's Pretend Time — Handsome Guy
• 2008Franklyn — Preest
• 2008Stop-Loss — Brandon King
• 2007Breach — Eric O'Neill
• Damages — Channing McClaren
• 2006Five Fingers — Martijn
• 2006Flags of Our Fathers — John 'Doc' Bradley
• 2005Chaos — Det. Shane Dekker
• 2005Crash — Officer Tom Hansen
• Robot Chicken — Reggie Mantle (voice)
• 2004The I Inside — Simon Cable
• 2002Igby Goes Down — Oliver
• 2001Antitrust — Milo Hoffman
• 2001Gosford Park — Henry Denton
• 2000Company Man — Petrov
• 2000The Way of the Gun — Mr. Parker
• 1999Cruel Intentions — Sébastian Valmont
• 199854 — Shane O'Shea
• 1998Homegrown — Harlan Dykstra
• 1998Little Boy Blue — Jimmy West / Danny Knight
• 1998Playing by Heart — Keenan
• 1997I Know What You Did Last Summer — Barry Cox
• King of the Hill — Wally (voice)
• 1997Nowhere — Shad
• 1996Lifeform — Private Ryan
• 1996White Squall — Gil Martin
• 1995Crimson Tide — Seaman Grattam
• 1995Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare — Tom Redman
• The Outer Limits — Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
• Chicago Hope — David Holgren
• Due South — Del Porter
• 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor — Robert Fowler
• Raw — Lt. Dixon Piper
• The Secrets of Lake Success — Stew Atkins
• Matlock — Michael
• Reach — Zack

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw — Self
• 2020My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)
• Visible: Out on Television — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002The Making of Gosford Park — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars — Self