Ryan Gosling's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Young Hercules Hercules Anatomy of a Scene Ryan Gosling

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Fracture 2007 - Lars and the Real Girl 2006 - Half Nelson 2004 - The Notebook 2003 - The United States Of Leland 2002 - Murder by Numbers 2002 - The Slaughter Rule 2001 - The Believer 2000 - Remember the Titans 1996 - Frankenstein and Me

BIOGRAPHY:

Ryan Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, to Thomas and Donna Gosling, and was the second of their two children. The Gosling family, who are Mormon, moved to Cornwall, Ontario, where Ryan grew up and was home-schooled by his mother. Ryan attended Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational High School in Cornwall, where he excelled in Drama and Fine Arts. The family then relocated to Burlington, Ontario, where Ryan attended Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario.

Ryan first performed as a singer at talent contests with his older sister Mandi. He attended an open audition in Montreal for the TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" ("MMC" (1989)) in January 1993 and beat out 17,000 other aspiring actors for a a spot on the show. While appearing on "MMC" for two years, he lived with co-star Justin Timberlake's family.

Though he received no formal acting training, after "MMC," Gosling segued into an acting career, appearing on the TV series "Young Hercules" (1998) and "Breaker High" (1997), as well as the films The Slaughter Rule (2002), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Remember the Titans (2000). He first attracted serious critical attention with his performance as the Jewish neo-Nazi in the controversial film The Believer (2001), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. He was cast in the part by writer-director Henry Bean, who believed that Gosling's strict Mormon upbringing gave him the insight to understand the character Danny, whose obsessiveness with the Judaism he was born into turns to hatred. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Male Lead in 2002 for the role and won the Golden Aries award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics.

After appearing in the sleeper The Notebook (2004) in 2004, Gosling won the dubious honor of being named one of the 50 Hottest Bachelors by People Magazine. More significantly, he was named the Male Star of Tomorrow at the 2004 Show West convention of movie exhibitors.

Gosling reached the summit of his profession with his performance in Half Nelson (2006), which garnered him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. In a short time, he has established himself as one of the finest actors of his generation.


TRIVIA:

• Built the kitchen table featured in _The Notebook (2004)_ (qv) in preparation for his role as Noah.
• One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
• Has an older sister named Mandi.
• His favourite actor is 'Gary Oldman' (qv).
• Was ranked #23 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).
• Is an accomplished jazz guitarist.
• Traveled to Chad in 2005 to make a documentary on the Darfur refugees living there.
• Has released a song titled "Put Me in the Car," which can be found on his Web site.