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Ah, the handsome Ryan Reynolds - one of Hollywood's hottest actors.So, how did this young lad from Vancouver make the big time in 'Tinstletown' ?Well, as a kid, he formed an improv group called 'Yellow Snow', but his first real acting break came as a teenager on the Nickelodeon series 'Fifteen.'The show didn't last long though and Ryan wasn't getting much work.At one point, Ryan was ready to quit, but a friend convinced him to hang in and together, they moved to Los Angeles.After some hard times, Ryan eventually landed a starring role in the sitcom 'Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place'. After that series ended he made the jump to the big screen.There was National Lampoon's 'Van Wilder', 'The In-Laws', a cameo in 'Harold & Kumar Go To Whitecastle'and he played a smarmy server in 'Waiting.'From there, he took it up a notch - as a leading man in the romantic comedy 'Definitely Maybe' and a lead role in the recent film, 'Adventureland.'He's also in the blockbuster - X Men Origins: Wolverine.In his latest film, Ryan plays Sandra Bullock's young assistant in 'The Proposal.'