What is the best Ryan Reynolds comedy role of all time?

Whether breaking the fourth wall, romancing his boss, or voicing a caffeinated electric mouse, Reynolds has made comedy his superpower. Which role made you laugh hardest?

1

Deadpool — Deadpool

The 2016 R-rated superhero comedy in which Reynolds plays the fourth-wall-breaking mercenary Wade Wilson, a role he spent years fighting to make.

2

Deadpool — Deadpool 2

The 2018 sequel in which Reynolds' wisecracking antihero assembles a ragtag team and faces off against a time-traveling soldier named Cable.

3

Deadpool — Deadpool & Wolverine

The 2024 Marvel blockbuster teaming Reynolds' Deadpool with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine for an irreverent multiversal adventure.

4

Guy — Free Guy

Reynolds plays a bank teller who discovers he's a background NPC in a video game and decides to become the hero in the 2021 comedy.

5

Nick Mercer — The Proposal

The 2009 romantic comedy in which Reynolds plays a book editor forced into a fake engagement with his demanding boss, Sandra Bullock.

6

Van Wilder — National Lampoon's Van Wilder

The 2002 college comedy that launched Reynolds to stardom as the perpetual party-throwing campus legend who refuses to graduate.

7

Chris Brander — Just Friends

Reynolds plays a high-school loser turned music exec who returns to his hometown hoping to win the girl who friendzoned him in the 2005 comedy.

8

Detective Pikachu — Pokemon Detective Pikachu

Reynolds voices the coffee-addicted, wisecracking Pikachu in the 2019 live-action Pokemon mystery, a perfectly cast comedic gem.

9

Michael Bryce — The Hitman's Bodyguard

The 2017 action-comedy pairing Reynolds as an uptight bodyguard forced to protect Samuel L. Jackson's reckless hitman client.

10

Gary — The Voices

Reynolds' darkly comedic 2014 performance as a serial killer whose pets — a cheerful dog and a sarcastic cat — give him conflicting moral advice.

11

Will Hayes — Definitely, Maybe

A charming 2008 romantic comedy in which Reynolds plays a political consultant who recounts his complicated love life to his young daughter.

12

Monty — Waiting...

Reynolds' energetic turn as a slacker waiter in the 2005 ensemble restaurant comedy, a fan-favorite performance from his early career.