Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated
Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in
The Notebook and
The Believer, and he won the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male and the
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role in
Half Nelson, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. He was nominated for another
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for
Lars and the Real Girl.
Early life
Ryan Gosling was born in
London, Ontario,
Canada, and raised in
Cornwall, Ontario, the son of Donna, a secretary, and Thomas Gosling, a paper mill worker.
He grew up LDS
Mormon, and recognizes how these experiences still shape and affect his character.
[www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/10/In-Love-With-A-Real-Doll.aspx] His parents divorced when he was young, and he dropped out of high school at age seventeen. He then moved to New Zealand, where he worked on the series "
Young Hercules" for two years, with the company who created "Xena, Warrior Princess".
[Gosling of 'Half Nelson': An Un-Hollywood Star The Washington Post, August 25, 2006]
Gosling then moved to Los Angeles in 1999, where he was given a place to stay at the
West Hollywood apartment of Director
Ron Oliver (
Goosebumps and
Breaker High).
Career
Gosling was a cast member on the hit show
The Mickey Mouse Club along side fellow stars;
Christina Aguilera,
Britney Spears,
Justin Timberlake,
J.C. Chasez, and
Keri Russell. He was the last set of new Mouseketeers to be admitted into the show before it ended its run. He sang, danced and acted on the show.
Gosling has had no formal training as an actor. His fame spread to the United States after he starred in the 2001 controversial drama
The Believer, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the
Sundance Film Festival.
[Sundance Film Festival, January 18 - 28, 2001 at FilmFestivals.com]
Gosling won the Best Actor category at the
Spirit Awards (formerly known as the Independent Spirit Awards) for his role as a drug-addicted, junior high school history teacher in the 2006 film Half Nelson. For the same role he was nominated for an
Academy Award, a
Screen Actors Guild Award, and a
Broadcast Film Critics Association award as best actor.
[Half Nelson - Awards & Nominations at Yahoo Movies]
On December 13, 2007, Gosling was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for
Lars and the Real Girl. A week later, he was subsequently nominated for a
Screen Actors Guild Award. He had also received a
Broadcast Film Critics Association nomination and won a
Satellite Award for this performance as well. In February 2008, he was presented with the inaugural Independent Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
["Daily Nexus"] In her introduction, presenter
Jenelle Riley called him "the most consistent and compelling actor working today."
On December 25, 2008 Gosling's band
Dead Man's Bones released a music video and free download for their song “In The Room Where You Sleep,”
and on April 4, 2009, the band released a music video for their song "Name In Stone" on
MySpace and
YouTube. The self-titled debut album from the band, featuring members of the
Silverlake Conservatory of Music's children's choir, was released on October 6, 2009 through
ANTI- records.
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He has completed filming
Blue Valentine with
Michelle Williams.
[www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/]
In 2009, Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields successfully toured around North America this Halloween with their band
Dead Man's Bones with local children choirs similar to the LA group, Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir, which they recorded with on the album.
[www.deadmansbones.net/#/Tour/]
Currently, Derek Cianfrance's directorial debut
Blue Valentine will premiere at the 2010
Sundance Film Festival as one of
16 films selected from
1,058 submissions for the dramatic competition. Written by Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, the screenplay won the 2006 Chrysler Film Project contest, which came with $1 million of funding.
[www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/24/sundance-photo-preview-blue-valentine-starring-michelle-williams-and-ryan-gosling/]
Personal life
Gosling divides his time between
Toronto, Canada and
Los Angeles, USA.
[ The Observer] Gosling also has several homemade tattoos.
He has a dog named George which he rescued from a kennel in Los Angeles. He is a partner in Beverly Hills restaurant, "Tagine," which specializes in Moroccan cuisine. Gosling endorsed the 2008
Barack Obama presidential campaign.
He dated his co-star
Rachel McAdams whom he had met while filming
The Notebook. They broke up in February 2007. The two later reunited in August 2008 but once again called it quits in November 2008.
Filmography
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