Ryan Phillippe reunites with son Deacon on…
Like father, like son.
Ryan Phillippe’s new function on Prime Video’s “Motorheads” turned into a household affair — as his son, Deacon Phillippe, 21, performs his brother onscreen.
“It was the showrunner’s idea, John A. Norris,” Ryan, 50, solely advised The Post.
“He came up to me and said, ‘We’re thinking about offering the role of Christian in flashbacks to your son.’ I was like, ‘wow.’ And internally I’m like, ‘please!’”
Ryan Phillippe in “Motorheads.”
Deacon Reese Phillippe and Ryan Phillippe attend Michael Rubin’s 2022 Fanatics Super Bowl Party on February 12, 2022 in Culver City, California. Getty Images for Fanatics
The “Cruel Intentions” star defined, “I wanted it, but I wanted to play it very cool and let them work it out, separate of me. I said, ‘Well, then offer it to him, and see what he thinks.’ And then [Deacon] said he wanted to – what a joy.”
Ryan shares Deacon with his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon, 49, whom he was married to from 1999 to 2008. They also share daughter Ava, 25. (Ryan has a third little one, daughter Kai, 13, with his ex, “Pitch Perfect” actress Alexis Knapp).
This is Deacon’s second function, after showing in the Netflix sequence “Never Have I Ever.”
Ryan Philippe on the poster for “Motorheads” with Melissa Collazo and Michael Cimino.
“Motorheads” (premiering May 20 on Prime Video) follows high schoolers Zac (Michael Cimino) and Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo), who transfer with their mother (Nathalie Kelley) back to her Rust Belt hometown, where there’s a thriving avenue race scene. They’re close with their uncle, Logan (Phillippe), a former NASCAR mechanic who now struggles to keep an auto physique store afloat.
Logan’s youthful brother and the kids’ father, Christian, was a legend in the road race scene, but vanished under mysterious circumstances 17 years in the past.
“We didn’t have scenes together, but he was playing my brother. And so, we sat in a room with John the showrunner…and talked about what our childhood would have been like growing up – which is such a unique thing to have with your son,” Ryan advised The Post.
Ryan Phillippe, Deacon, and Reese Witherspoon in a 2021 Instagram picture. Instagram
He added: “I was there on set for him for a lot of his initial work days, just in case.”
“The Lincoln Lawyer” actor defined that since appearing is new to his son, he was on set “just to kind of show him the ropes, and let him know how things typically go, or if he had any questions.”
“I was there for his first night shoot, watching him be bleary-eyed at three in the morning,” he recalled. “So, it did feel like a shared experience, even though we weren’t onscreen together.”
Deacon Phillippe with his mother, Reese Witherspoon. reesewitherspoon/Instagram
The show was filmed in Ontario, Canada, which meant that Ryan had to relocate for 5 months. He didn’t get to see his household as a lot, so it was “gratifying for me to have [Deacon] come up off and on throughout the production,” he defined. “And just to get to spend that time together.”
Deacon is presently enrolled at New York University.
“Things change once your kids get older and move out,” the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” star stated. “And so, the fact that we would get to live together for a few days here and there during the making of the show was really awesome.”
Ryan Phillippe with his son, Deacon, in an Instagram picture. Ryan Phillippe/Instagram
A avenue race scene in “Motorheads.”
When requested what advice he gave his son, Ryan stated, “He’s a very sharp kid. I get advice from him often!”
“He grew up around [the TV and film industry] too, with his mother and with me. It’s not like he’s walking into a foreign situation,” he defined. “Our kids spend time on sets. And, I’m enjoying seeing him grow into it, and own it.”
Nevertheless, he did give Deacon some space on one specific day of taking pictures.
“He did have to do a scene with a girl – like, a kissing scene. I’m like, ‘I won’t be there for that!’” he quipped.
Ryan Phillippe talks about filming “Motorheads” with his son Deacon in his video interview with The Post in May of 2025.
Ava Phillippe has also accomplished some appearing roles in “Doctor Odyssey” and “Ransom Canyon.”
As for whether or not she’d be part of Ryan and Deacon on “Motorheads,” her well-known dad advised the Post: “That would be up to the guys that are calling the shots – but, you never know!”
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