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Ryan Gosling
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born November 12, 1980 (43 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2026 | Project Hail Mary · as Ryland Grace |
| 2024 | The Fall Guy · as Colt Seavers |
| 2023 | Barbie · as Ken |
| 2022 | The Gray Man · as Six |
| 2019 | My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres · as Blue Penguin (voice) |
| 2018 | First Man · as Neil Armstrong |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 · as 'k' |
| 2017 | The Nice Guys: Word of the Day · as Holland March |
| 2017 | Song to Song · as Bv |
| 2016 | La La Land · as Sebastian |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys · as Holland March |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys: The Nice Guys Detective Agency · as Holland March |
| 2015 | The Big Short · as Jared Vennett |
| 2013 | Only God Forgives · as Julian |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad · as Sgt. Jerry Wooters |
| 2012 | The Place Beyond the Pines · as Luke Glanton |
| 2011 | Touch of Evil · as The Invisible Man |
| 2011 | The Ides of March · as Stephen Meyers |
| 2011 | Drive · as Driver |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. · as Jacob Palmer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | ReGeneration · as Narration (voice) |
| 2010 | Blue Valentine · as Dean |
| 2010 | All Good Things · as David Marks |
| 2010 | Unraveling the Story: Interview with Andrew Jarecki · as David Marks |
| 2007 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Dad |
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl · as Lars Lindstrom |
| 2007 | Fracture · as William Beachum |
| 2006 | Half Nelson · as Dan Dunne |
| 2005 | Stay · as Henry Letham |
| 2005 | I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust · as Ilya Gerber (voice) |
| 2005 | The Notebook: Deleted Scenes · as Noah |
| 2004 | The Notebook · as Noah Calhoun |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland · as Leland P. Fitzgerald |
| 2002 | The Slaughter Rule · as Roy Chutney |
| 2002 | Murder by Numbers · as Richard Haywood |
| 2001 | The Believer · as Danny Balint |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans · as Alan Bosley |
| 1999 | The Unbelievables · as Josh |
| 1998 | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Young Hercules (TV Series) · as Hercules |
| 1998 | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy · as Tommy |
| 1997 | Breaker High (TV Series) · as Sean Hanlon |
| 1997 | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (TV Series) · as Sean |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series) · as Adam |
| 1996 | Jonovision (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1996 | Frankenstein and Me · as Kenny |
| 1996 | Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die · as Greg Banks |
| 1995 | Flash Forward (TV Series) · as Scott Stuckey |
| 1995 | Goosebumps (TV Series) · as Greg Banks |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV Series) · as Zylus |
| 1993 | Ready or Not (TV Series) · as Matt Kalinsky |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) · as Kevin |
| 1990 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series) · as Jamie Leary |
| 1990 | Road to Avonlea (TV Series) · as Bret Mcnulty |
| 1989 | MMC (TV Series) · as Mouseketeer |