Matthew Ryan Phillippe (born September 10, 1974), better known as Ryan Phillippe, is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera
One Life to Live he came to fame in the late 1990s starring in a string of films, including
I Know What You Did Last Summer,
Cruel Intentions and
54. Phillippe's more recent roles include the 2005 Academy Award-winning
ensemble film Crash and the 2006 war drama
Flags of Our Fathers. In 2007 he starred in
Breach, a movie based on the true story of FBI Operative Eric O'Neill who is assigned to shadow and help catch his boss, Robert Hanssen, a spy for the Soviet Union and Russia, in the act of selling secret material.