Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Celebrate Shared Birthday Month with a 'Perfect Fall Day' and Flower-Covered Cake

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.Photo:Shawn Levy/Instagram

Shawn Levy/Instagram

Happy birthday month,Hugh JackmanandRyan Reynolds!

Jackman, who turns 56 on Oct. 12, and Reynolds, who will be 48 on the 23rd, stood on either side of a birthday cakefor the photo, holding up the florally decorated, three-tier dessert and making surprised faces for the camera.

Levy, 56, joined the pair for a couple of group snapshots in the two subsequent slides, which showed the three men posing amid a serene-looking woodsy backdrop.

“October is the best month for buddy birthdays🎂 A perfect fall day celebrating early with two of the BEST❤️💛,” the filmmaker wrote in his caption.

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Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy and Hugh Jackman.Shawn Levy/Instagram

Reynolds and Jackmango way back as friends, but Levy has known Jackman even longer than Reynolds — and in fact, Jackman predicted the two would hit it off.

As Levy recalled to PEOPLE in April, “Hugh said, ‘For what it’s worth, if you ever meet and work with Ryan Reynolds, you’re never going to stop,' " while on the set of their 2011 movieReal Steel.

“That was 2010,” he added with a grin. “Hugh Jackman, the prophet — a little-known special talent.”

And since then, “Ryan and I havebecome extremely close friends," Levy said, noting that they spend “a lot” of time together, especially since they live “half a block from each other" in New York City.

“More than I’ve spent with any male friend since literally high school," he added.

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Hugh Jackman, Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds in New York City on Feb. 28, 2022.Monica Schipper/Getty Images

Monica Schipper/Getty Images

Levy, Reynolds and Jackman have been spotted all over the Big Apple together, and were even seen hanging out together alongsideTaylor Swiftin a box at a Jets-Chiefs game last year.

Speaking with PEOPLE in October 2023, Levy noted how he not only met Reynolds but went on to direct him in bothFree Guy(2021) andThe Adam Project(2022) beforeDeadpool & Wolverine— and Jackman’s prediction was correct.

“I haven’t made a truly close friend since college,” he said. “Mendon’t tend to make a lot of friends. But Hugh and Ryan happen to be the two guys that I talk about real life s— with.”

Levy added at the time, “We get together as husbands and guys and dads. And now we get to work together, which has been an absolute blast.”

source: people.com