Actor Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His father James was a grocery wholesaler and his mother Tammy Reynolds a salesperson. He is the youngest of four brothers; two of them are currently employed as police officers. Ryan is probably best known for the movie Van Wilder by National Lampoon, though he also starred for four years in the American TV series Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place playing medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen. Ryan had a cameo in 2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle playing a male nurse, and has appeared in The In-Laws, and the Canadian production Foolproof. In 2004, he co-starred in the action/horror flick Blade: Trinity, as Hannibal King. The role led to his current status as a beefcake sex symbol amongst both women and gay men.