Ryan Phillippe was born on September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, to Susan (Thomas), a
nurse, and Richard Phillippe, a chemical technician. He has three sisters, Kirsten, Lindsay,
and Katelyn, and attended New Castle Baptist Academy. Ryan's acting career began with the soap opera
Liebe, Lüge, Leidenschaft (1968). It
was no small role. His character, Billy Douglas, was US daytime
television's first gay teenager. Billy struggled with coming out issues
and the town's anti-gay reactions. After several other television
appearances and he began appearing in movies of his own,
Nowhere - Eine Reise an den Abgrund der Seele (1997),
White Squall - Reißende Strömung (1996)
Ich weiß, was du letzten Sommer getan hast (1997),
Eiskalte Engel (1999),
Crash (2005),
Flags of Our Fathers (2006),
and Stop-Loss (2008).
