Matthew Ryan Phillippe\u00a0(\/\u02c8f\u026al\u026api\/; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as\u00a0Billy Douglas\u00a0on the soap opera\u00a0One Life to Live\u00a0(1992\u20131993) and making his feature film debut in\u00a0Crimson Tide\u00a0(1995), he came to prominence in the late 1990s with starring roles in\u00a0I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), 54\u00a0(1998), Playing by Heart\u00a0(1998), and\u00a0Cruel Intentions\u00a0(1999).<\/p>\n
Throughout the 2000s and beyond, he took on a range of roles in films such as\u00a0The Way of the Gun\u00a0(2000),\u00a0Antitrust\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Gosford Park\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Igby Goes Down (2002),\u00a0The I Inside\u00a0(2003),\u00a0Crash\u00a0(2004),\u00a0Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Breach (2007), Stop-Loss\u00a0(2008),\u00a0MacGruber\u00a0(2010),\u00a0The Bang Bang Club\u00a0(2010), and\u00a0The Lincoln Lawyer\u00a0(2011).<\/p>\n
Outside of film, Phillippe appeared in the lead role of\u00a0Bob Lee Swagger\u00a0on\u00a0USA Network’s\u00a0Shooter\u00a0(2016\u20132018) and reprised his portrayal of Dixon Piper in the Peacock\u00a0adaptation of\u00a0MacGruber\u00a0(2021).<\/p>\n
In 1997, Phillippe met actress\u00a0Reese Witherspoon\u00a0at 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\u00a0 irreconcilable differences\u00a0as 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.<\/p>\n
He began dating model and actress\u00a0Alexis Knapp\u00a0in May 2010;\u00a0they 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.<\/p>\n
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Matthew Ryan Phillippe\u00a0(\/\u02c8f\u026al\u026api\/; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as\u00a0Billy Douglas\u00a0on the soap opera\u00a0One Life to Live\u00a0(1992\u20131993) and making his feature film debut in\u00a0Crimson Tide\u00a0(1995), he came to prominence in the late 1990s with starring roles in\u00a0I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), 54\u00a0(1998), Playing by Heart\u00a0(1998), and\u00a0Cruel Intentions\u00a0(1999). Throughout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-35495","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n