The Life Story of Hollywood Icon Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds did what many young people do after high school—he enrolled in college. In 1994, he attended Kwantlen Polytechnic University, but the classroom walls didn’t hold his imagination. Acting had already sparked something in him, even if it hadn’t paid much yet.

After just a few months, he dropped out. It wasn’t a grand leap—it was more like quietly choosing discomfort over predictability. Friends were baffled, but he followed a hunch, a gut feeling. The decision would prove pivotal: rejecting structure in favor of creative chaos marked the beginning of Ryan’s pursuit—and eventual capture—of his destiny.