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40 Photos of Ryan Reynolds Through the Years

40 Photos of Ryan Reynolds Through the Years

By Madeline Boardman

October 23, 2016 at 03:05 PM EDT

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Ryan Reynolds Through The Years

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Born in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 23, 1976, Ryan Reynolds rose to fame in his teens in his native Canada, playing Billy Simpson in the early '90s series Fifteen before arriving stateside and building up his résumé with roles in Dick, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, and Van Wilder: Party Liaison. Years later, Reynolds is a major big-screen actor with box office successes like Deadpool and The Proposal to his name. See 40 photos of the star through the years, ahead.

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Ryan Reynolds at MTV's 10th Annual Rock 'n Jock Baseball Game in Los Angeles on September 10, 1999

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Ryan Reynolds at the Battlefield Earth Premiere in Hollywood on May 10, 2000

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Ryan Reynolds at the AMC and Movieline's Hollywood Life Magazine Young Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles on May 4, 2003

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Ryan Reynolds at the Amityville Horror World Premiere in Hollywood on April 7, 2005

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards on August 14, 2005

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Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 17, 2007

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards on August 26, 2007

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Ryan Reynolds at the Santa Barbara Film Festival World Premiere of Definitely, Maybe on January 24, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds With Hayden Panettiere at the Fireflies In The Garden Premiere at the 58th Berlinale Film Festival on February 10, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds at a Press Conference for the ING New York City Marathon on October 31, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2008 Benefit for The Michael J. Fox Foundation at the Sheraton New York Hotel on November 5, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds at the X-Men Origins - Wolverine Press Conference in Los Angeles on April 24, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds at the Screening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Hollywood on April 28, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds at the Los Angeles Premiere of The Proposal on June 1, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 18, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds With Sandra Bullock at the People's Choice Awards on January 6, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at the 64th Annual Tony Awards in New York City on June 13, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds With Blake Lively at the Green Lantern Panel at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego on July 24, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 22, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at Spike TV's Scream 2010 in Los Angeles on October 16, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at the CinemaCon Awards on March 31, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds at 2011 WonderCon in San Francisco on April 1, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards on June 5, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 1, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on August 4, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds at the Safe House Premiere in New York City on February 7, 2012

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Ryan Reynolds at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Haikou, China on October 21, 2012

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Ryan Reynolds at the Turbo Press Conference in New York City on July 11, 2013

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Ryan Reynolds on the <emToday Show on July 9, 2013

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Ryan Reynolds on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on July 18, 2013

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Ryan Reynolds With Blake Lively at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 5, 2014

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Ryan Reynolds at the Captives Photocall at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2014

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40 Photos of Ryan Reynolds Through the Years

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Ryan Reynolds at MTV's 10th Annual Rock 'n Jock Baseball Game in Los Angeles on September 10, 1999

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Ryan Reynolds at the Battlefield Earth Premiere in Hollywood on May 10, 2000

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Ryan Reynolds at the AMC and Movieline's Hollywood Life Magazine Young Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles on May 4, 2003

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Ryan Reynolds at the Amityville Horror World Premiere in Hollywood on April 7, 2005

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards on August 14, 2005

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Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 17, 2007

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards on August 26, 2007

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Ryan Reynolds at the Santa Barbara Film Festival World Premiere of Definitely, Maybe on January 24, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds With Hayden Panettiere at the Fireflies In The Garden Premiere at the 58th Berlinale Film Festival on February 10, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds at a Press Conference for the ING New York City Marathon on October 31, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2008 Benefit for The Michael J. Fox Foundation at the Sheraton New York Hotel on November 5, 2008

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Ryan Reynolds at the X-Men Origins - Wolverine Press Conference in Los Angeles on April 24, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds at the Screening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Hollywood on April 28, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds at the Los Angeles Premiere of The Proposal on June 1, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 18, 2009

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Ryan Reynolds With Sandra Bullock at the People's Choice Awards on January 6, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at the 64th Annual Tony Awards in New York City on June 13, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds With Blake Lively at the Green Lantern Panel at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego on July 24, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 22, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at Spike TV's Scream 2010 in Los Angeles on October 16, 2010

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Ryan Reynolds at the CinemaCon Awards on March 31, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds at 2011 WonderCon in San Francisco on April 1, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards on June 5, 2011

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Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 1, 2011

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