Ryan Reynolds To Be Honored With American Cinematheque Award

Ryan Reynolds will be honored with the American Cinematheque Award on November 17. Reynolds will be the 36th recipient of the award and will be honored with a career retrospective.

The award is given annually at the American Cinematheque’s gala, formerly called the Moving Picture Ball, at the Beverly Hilton. The gala is a fundraiser for the nonprofit programs year-round at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Los Feliz 3 Theatre in Los Feliz and Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

The award is bestowed upon, “an extraordinary artist in the entertainment industry who is fully engaged in his or her work and is committed to making a significant contribution to the art of the motion pictures.” Eddie Murphy was the first to win the award in 1986. Past honorees have included Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Martin Scorsese, Bette Midler, Samuel L. Jackson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Recent winners include Charlize Theron, Spike Lee and Scarlett Johansson.

“Ryan Reynolds is a Renaissance Man 2.0 for our times,” praised AC Board Chair Rick Nicita. “He is an actor, a business entrepreneur, a writer, a comedian, a producer and a creative innovator on screen and off. Most important to us, he is a true modern movie star. He has reached the heights of stardom in movies shown on all platforms, in all genres ranging from comedies to dramas to action films or combinations of all three.”

Reynolds was most recently in Netflix’s
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The Adam Project. The film is the third film that has starred Reynolds that has ended up on Netflix’s all-time top 10 list. Other films on the list include Red Notice and Six Underground. Reynolds has several unreleased projects in the works including Clue, Deadpool 3, Spirited, and If. Reynolds is also the owner of several businesses including Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile, Wrexham Football Club and is a co-founder of Maximum Effort Prods.