Ryan Reynolds loves being a "girl dad".

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

The 44-year-old actor has James, five, Inez, four, and Betty, 12 months, with Blake Lively, and he's admitted to relishing the challenge of raising three daughters.

Asked what makes him the ultimate "girl dad", Ryan replied: "I love being a girl dad. I have three daughters, which I never in a million years would imagine."

The movie star has three older brothers, so living in a house of girls is something new for him.

But Ryan - who has been married to Blake, 33, since 2012 - is loving the experience.

He told 'Access Hollywood': "I come from all boys. I have three older brothers.

"So for me to have three daughters has been such a ride and I love every second of it."

Ryan is one of the most in-demand actors in the world, but he makes every effort to spend as much time as possible at home with his family.

The 'Deadpool' star said: "I try to be as present as possible. I shoot movies and my wife shoots movies and we go travel all over the place and we just all go together.

"I think that that’s been the best part of it. We really don’t spend a lot of time apart. I get to spend a lot of time with my girls."

Asked if his wife and kids are the "superheroes" in his family, Ryan replied: "No joke, they're the most capable people I know.

"If anything got crazy or scary in my life, they’re the first people that I would lean on. They have wisdom and strength, they’re calm under fire, they have courage under fire - so yeah, to me [that] sounds like a true story."