Welcome to Wrexham

Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries about Ryan Reynolds and his business partner Rob McElhenney taking ownership of a historic yet struggling Football Club. In 2020, McElhenney and Reynolds teamed up, before ever meeting in person, to take over chairman duties of the Club in hopes to turn the organization into an underdog story the entire world could root for.

Career Highlights

Ryan Reynolds is one of Hollywood's most diverse leading men seamlessly transitioning through varied genres of drama, action and comedy in his rich and ever-evolving career. He is equally as successful off-screen as a producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and marketing powerhouse.Reynolds is the Golden Globe® nominated star and producer of the 20th Century billion-dollar franchise Deadpool. The movie opened in February 2016 and shattered expectations, opening to $152.2 million over the four-day Presidents' Day weekend, making it the biggest R-rated opening of all time and the biggest February opening in box office history. The superhero juggernaut also replaced Matrix Reloaded as the highest-grossing R-rated film in history with more than $750 million globally. The film received two Golden Globe nominations. A Best Actor nod for Reynolds and Best Picture nomination for the film, making it the first live-action superhero movie to pick up a Golden Globe nomination in the Comedy or Musical category. The film also received a Writers Guild of America (WGA) nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and a PGA Award nomination for Best Picture. The highly anticipated sequel Deadpool 2 released in May 2018, bringing in over $748 million globally, making it the highest grossing title in the X-Men universe. Deadpool &amp; Wolverine directed by Shawn Levy hit theatres in July 2024 and quickly became the highest grossing R-rated film in history, once again shattering box-office records.Reynolds upcoming projects include Mayday alongside Kenneth Branagh, a documentary on John Candy directed by Colin Hanks, and Underdogs, a natural history series for National Geographic produced by Maximum Effort and narrated by Reynolds. His recent film credits include Paramount's IF directed by John Krasinski, which opened in theaters May 17, 2024. His other recent film credits include Spirited for Apple TV+, the musical reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol opposite Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer, which quickly became the most watched Apple TV+ movie to date, and the hit Netflix time-travel adventure film The Adam Project, produced by Maximum Effort and 21 Laps and directed by Shawn Levy. The Adam Project is Netflix's fourth most-viewed English-language movie of all time making Reynolds the only actor with three films on Netflix's all-time top 10 list (Red Notice, The Adam Project, 6 Underground). And Disney's Free Guy which he produced under his Maximum Effort banner. The action comedy opened at number one at the box office and grossed over $330 million dollars globally during the pandemic.Reynolds is the star and executive producer of the Emmy®-winning Welcome to Wrexham on FX alongside Rob McElhenney. The docuseries follows the pair as they navigate running the third oldest professional Football Club in the world. The series has also earned a Producer Guild Award and Critics' Choice Award. Reynolds' production company Maximum Effort recently inked an exclusive first-look at 20th Television and also has first-look deal with Paramount for features.Beyond acting, Reynolds is a successful entrepreneur and an award-winning marketer, creating breakthrough campaigns for Deadpool, as well Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile and the Match Group. He is an owner of Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile and Wrexham Football Club, Chief Creative Officer of MNTN and a co-founder of Maximum Effort Productions. He has been recognized as one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal and AdWeek, among others.Reynolds launched The Group Effort Initiative along with his wife Blake Lively in 2020 via their companies Maximum Effort and B for Effort. The GEI program creates a pipeline for members of underrepresented communities to get real experience towards lasting careers within the entertainment industry. Reynolds is also the founder of The Creative Ladder, a nonprofit that helps make creative careers more accessible to all, especially those from underrepresented communities.

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Ryan Reynolds is the WAFC Co-Chairman of the Red Dragons football club.

Ryan Reynolds Headshot wearing a green jacket with a Wrexham logo a tan button up underneath

Ryan Reynolds | WAFC Co-Chairman | Welcome to Wrexham

Welcome to Wrexham

Career Highlights

Humphrey Ker
as WAFC Executive Director / Executive Producer

Shaun Harvey
as WAFC Director

Michael Williamson
as WAFC Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Reynolds | WAFC Co-Chairman | Welcome to Wrexham

Shaun Harveyas WAFC Director

Michael Williamsonas WAFC Chief Executive Officer

Shaun Harvey
as WAFC Director

Michael Williamson
as WAFC Chief Executive Officer