Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor and filmmaker celebrated for his range across independent cinema, blockbuster hits, and a worldwide box office exceeding $1.9 billion.
Ryan Gosling - Personal Information
- Name: Ryan Gosling
- Date of Birth: November 12, 1980
- Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Stunts
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.
Born 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).
Gosling 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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Ryan Gosling's most notable film and television appearances across his career.
- Star Wars: Starfighter (2027)
- Project Hail Mary (2026) as Ryland Grace
- Megadoc (2025) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Matarile (2025) as Literalmente tu
- The Fall Guy (2024) as Colt Seavers
- Barbie (2023) as Ken
- The Gray Man (2022) as Six
- The Blade Runner Phenomenon (2021) as Self - Actor (K) (archive footage)
- My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres (2019) as Blue Penguin (voice)
- First Man (2018) as Neil Armstrong
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