Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born 23 October 1976) is a Canadian actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Some of his most prominent roles are Billy Simpson in the YTV Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991), Michael Bergen on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001), and various comic book characters including Marvel Comics superheroes Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004), and Wade Wilson / Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Deadpool (2016); the latter role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. He portrayed the Hal Jordan incarnation of the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern in the 2011 film of the same name.