12 Facts About Ryan Stiles

Ryan Lee Stiles was born on April 22,1959 and is an American-Canadian comedian and actor.

Ryan Stiles played Herb Melnick on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men and was a performer on the show Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza.

The youngest of five children, Ryan Stiles was born in Seattle to Canadian parents Irene and Sonny Stiles.

Ryan Stiles grew up with his mother, a homemaker, and his father, a supervisor at a Vancouver-based Canadian fish processing plant.

Ryan Stiles was a regular improv performer with the Vancouver Theatresports League and Punchlines' "No Name Player" before joining the Second City comedy ensemble at Expo 86.

Ryan Stiles continued performing with Second City in Toronto and later in Los Angeles.

In 1995, Ryan Stiles was asked by American comic Drew Carey to be a regular on his sitcom The Drew Carey Show.

Ryan Stiles played Carey's erudite but underachieving best friend, Lewis Kiniski.

Ryan Stiles received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 2002 for his work on the show.

Ryan Stiles portrayed recurring character Dr Herb Melnick on Two and a Half Men from 2004 until the show's end in 2015.

Ryan Stiles has been a frequent fundraiser for children with burn injuries, raising over $500,000 for the Burned Children Recovery Center since 2009 and helping the foundation to recover from the Great Recession.

In 1981, Ryan Stiles met Patricia McDonald at Punchlines, where she was a waitress.