- Matthew Ryan Phillippe is an American actor, director, and writer.
- He was born September 10th, 1974 in New Castle, Deleware.
- Phillippe attended New Castle Baptist Academy. He played basketball and soccer & earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
- Phillippe’s acting career began after being signed to Cathy Parker Management in Voorhees, NJ. He made an appearance in the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, his character was Billy Douglas and was the first gay teen on a daytime soap opera.
- Phillippe’s moved to Los Angeles where he appeared in the likes of Matlock, DUe South, the TV miniseries The Secrets of Lake Success. In 1997 he was in horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
