Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 12, 1980
Place of Birth:
London, Ontario, Canada
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Ryan Gosling
Biography
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award.\n\nBorn and raised in Canada, he rose to prominence at age 13 for being a child star on the Disney Channel's The Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1995), and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs, including Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995) and Goosebumps (1996). His first film role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001), and he went on to star in several independent films, including Murder by Numbers (2002), The Slaughter Rule (2002), and The United States of Leland (2003).\n\nGosling gained wider recognition and stardom for the 2004 romance film The Notebook. This was followed by starring roles in a string of critically acclaimed independent dramas including Half Nelson (2006), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Gosling co-starred in three mainstream films in 2011, the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love and the action drama Drive, all of which were critical and commercial successes. He then starred in the acclaimed financial satire The Big Short (2015) and the romantic musical La La Land (2016), the latter of which won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further acclaim followed with the science fiction thriller Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the biopic First Man (2018). In addition to acting, he made his directorial debut in 2014's Lost River.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2007 | Drunk History | Dad |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 1998 | Young Hercules | Hercules |
| 1997 | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | Sean |
| 1997 | Breaker High | Sean Hanlon |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Adam |
| 1995 | Goosebumps | Greg Banks |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Zylus |
| 1995 | Flash Forward | Scott Stuckey |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Kevin |
| 1993 | Ready or Not | Matt Kalinsky |
| 1992 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Jamie Leary |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self |
| 1990 | Road to Avonlea | Bret McNulty |
| 1989 | MMC | Mouseketeer |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |