Increasingly Benjamin Buttonesque actor/vampire Ryan Phillippe continues demonstrating the results of aging backwards with his endlessly addictive Instagram account.
Related: This is Ryan Phillippe at 42
One of his more recent shots features the 43-year-old actor popping ’round to his local tattoo artist in the hopes of getting some ink.
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The results, as you can see below, are irretrievably badass.
Here are a few other highlights from his Instagram account — in cause you haven’t been keeping up with the Phillippes:
Donald Trump
Good golly miss Molly!! I wish I look like that when i’m 43.
ChrisK
No reason you can’t if you take care of your body. Also helps that he’s always had a lean body. Of coarse having a personal trainer and lots of time to spend at the gym doesn’t hurt.
Ummmm Yeah
And he’s 5’9″ which is much easier to put muscle on than a tall guy and not short enough to show extra weight right away.
pudman56
I fell in lust with him the first day he was on One Life To Live, many, many years ago. He just keeps getting better.
hwc2016
This is the way most people should look at 43, but sadly a lot of people party & do drugs, smoke, drink and abuse their bodies, so by the time they hit 43- that look 53.
Bob LaBlah
Don’t forget a lot of people out there are at the genes they inherited from their parents. It simply isn’t in the cards for all of us to look like action figures due to that reason not matter how many hours they put into the gym.
youarekiddingme
Bob Lablah…Don’t be a “Hater” because you can’t stay in shape. Blaming poor genetics for poor lifestyle choices will make you feel better but it won’t change your life. Get up, eat healthier, start exercising and feel better about yourself! One day at a time. You may not ever look like Ryan but who knows, you may surprise yourself!!
Young Timer
Yeah, he looks good.
Judging from the casting lists at the movie and TV studios for the past few years, he’s had a lot of time to spend at the gym
mikhailmaui
He has actually been quite busy in 2016/2017 playing Bobby Lee Swagger in the TV series “Shooter”
Celtic
Ryan is a very HOT & SEXY man. I am a huge fan of his acting, too. I love the genre he tends toward in acting.
ejkranz
I looked just as well or even better at 43, believe me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/zBGfxyMdh8/?taken-by=ejkranz
jpcolter
Sorry, vut no.
ChrisK
I agree that you did:) If you take care of yourself then most of us can look good at 43.
I think 50 is when things start to get more difficult. As George Orwell said. Everyone gets the face they deserve at age 50. Make that the body too.
Tanengrin
You’re my type, rather than Ryan
STS
@ejkranz, if that’s really you at 43, I agree you’re hot! 🙂 There is no reason you both can’t be hot, hot is not a competition, we can all be hot if we want to be. My brother and I committed to working out everyday for a year, I lifted weights and walked, he biked and swam with a little bit of weights here and there, we are both in our 50’s and we both looked and felt great. We had both been active and had never really given up on fitness so it wasn’t completely foreign to us, and although life eventually got in the way of the “Everyday” part we still both hit the gym 4 to 6 times a week.
It’s true actor’s get paid to go to the gym, but most people’s bodies will respond fairly well to a regular exercise routine. Gym heads make it seem complicated and difficult but the truth is simple, find an activity you enjoy and make time to do it every day, even if you don’t change anything else you’ll be much more fit, you’ll look better and you’ll be healthier. One other tip that really helped me was cooking at home more, again, it’s not hard, it keeps you out of the restaurants and you have more control over what you put in your body.
happiness17
I’ve had the hots for Ryan Phillippe since he was on One Life to Live in the 90s as a gay teenager. He was very cute and wholesome then. Unfortunately it’s my understanding that the sponsors forced the network to kill his character off due to their obvious homophobia. Ryan has certainly matured into quite the man! The other gay character on One Life to Live, Kish (aka Scott Evans) was quite the stud on the show. In 2009 the sponsors didn’t object at first if Ryan and his boyfriend had all out hot sex.
Eventually they were written off. Scott Evans has got to be one of the hottest and cutest actors around. To see more of Scott go to: https://youtu.be/JvRAuVk_BB8 ( or Scott Evans-Dynamite)
Esscourt
Are you his agent?
ChrisK
I hope you’re his agent because you serious have no life.
Dwight
The character was written off, but he was not killed off. The character left town to attend college.
JayHobeSound
Ughh. A “fan” video: clips with hideous music.
Rex Huskey
he’s def light in his loafers…
Paco
43 is still young. Maybe not in gay years, but it is still young in human years. Sexy Mr. Phillippe definitely takes care of himself, but I think he also got lucky with the genetic lottery.
paul dorian lord fredine
yeah cause 42 is soooooo old.
Hillers
The incredibly beautiful Mr. Phillippe. I’ve been in love with him for some 20 years now. *le sigh*
john.k
He’s a beautiful man but I really hate those sleeve tattoos. As an arms fan they spoil the view for me!
Tanengrin
He looks great, sure, but I don’t find him attractive at all ( just my taste)
roth99
He is in amazingly great shape. I don’t care if he has a lot of time and a trainer. I have time too but use it to eat and watch TV. He has to be very careful of his diet. Starches and Sweets are just about out to keep lean and mean. He was almost too handsome as a young actor. Other actors his age have lost their hair and have a pot belly!
Zambos271
I remember popping the biggest stiffy when I saw his naked butt in Cruel Intentions.
He was smoking hot in 54. The uncut version showed the bisexuality of his character. I love that movie!
alanballs
The excuses here, for not looking great at any age, surprise me, from gay guys….. If you eat organic, nutritious foods, stay away from all the processed crap, balance your fats/proteins/carbohydrates, drink plenty of clean water, exercise vigorously every day, and make some time to meditate, anyone and everyone can look their best until they croak. The fact that our water, our air and our foods are poisoned by Big-Pharma, Big-Agra and Big-biochemical corporations, doesn’t make it easy, but it’s also not impossible.
deppa
organic foods…no processed foods…balanced diet…exercising daily…a recipe for a boring life. If you have an active job and are moderate in food/booze intake, there is no reason to be that extreme.
My Dad was a journeyman plumber and he ate a fair amount and had a few beers each week and was in much better shape than any high paid trainer-influenced, artificial body like Phillippe’s. I think a natural, more organic-influenced body (like one of a construction worker) looks a lot better.
judysdad
I’ve always found him very, very sexy. That was in his more “preppy” days. Those ugly tats ruin it for me.
crowebobby
If you’re born with short legs, wide hips and narrow shoulders, you’re not going to be a hottie no matter what you do, though you can definitely look “your” best. I like that Ryan’s muscles (especially his pecs and abs) don’t look like they’ve been blow up with bicycle pump. And he has enough fat on him that his stomach will feel like human flesh and not paper-thin skin stretched over raw muscle.
Paco
And no amount of exercise and “healthy living” can help a face that people want to cover with a paper bag.
crowebobby
Hey, Paco. I’m 80 years old in this profile picture. I was never a traffic-stopping beauty but I was good-looking enough to do fashion shows. But you’re right, exercise and healthy living aren’t going to do much for me now.
Paco
No need to take it personally. I was speaking in general.
jd.cali
He looks awesome at any age.
nickedbeater
I want to suck on his nuts.
darren michaels
At 43, Ryan Phillippe is three for three..showing off his crazily ripped body, new ink and his Platnium Amex.
JayHobeSound
Good on him. He matured well from a pretty boy into a fine man.