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Ryan Gosling
Born	Ryan Thomas Gosling November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12) (age 28) London, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	actor, producer
Years active	1995 - present
Domestic partner(s)	Sandra Bullock (2002-2003) Rachel McAdams (2004-2007)(2008)
Awards won Other awards Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor 2006 Half Nelson Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2007 Lars and the Real Girl

Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Screen Actors Guild award-nominated Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles in The Notebook, Half Nelson, and Lars and the Real Girl.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Ryan Gosling was born in London, Ontario, Canada and raised in the small city of Cornwall, the son of Donna, a secretary, and Thomas Gosling, a paper mill worker.¹ His parents, who were Mormons,² divorced when he was young.³ He had difficulty in school and often engaged in fights with fellow students. On an appearance on the late night Canadian talk show Open Mike with Mike Bullard, Gosling told of how he was bullied in elementary school (he attended East Front Public School in Cornwall). His mother withdrew him from school and taught him at home from the age of ten.⁴ While Gosling's mother was Mormon, he was not raised in a strictly devout household and never really identified with Mormonism.⁵ After returning to the public system, he went to Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School. The family then relocated to Burlington, Ontario, where Ryan attended Lester B. Pearson High School (Burlington). Gosling dropped out at age seventeen.⁶

When Gosling first came to live in Los Angeles in 1997, he was given a place to stay at the West Hollywood apartment of Director Ron Oliver (Goosebumps & Breaker High).

Career

Gosling has had no formal training as an actor.⁷ His first acting experience was in the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club, for which he auditioned on a whim at the age of thirteen. As a result, he appeared in the show alongside Britney Spears, Keri Russell, Nikki DeLoach, Tony Lucca, Lindsey Alley, Christina Aguilera, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake in the show's sixth and seventh seasons.⁶ Later he appeared in other television series including Flash Forward, Young Hercules, and Ron Oliver's Goosebumps and Breaker High. 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.⁸ This success led to future films including Remember the Titans, The Slaughter Rule, and Murder by Numbers. Because of his turn as the romantic lead in the 2004 film The Notebook, Gosling was named one of People magazine's Fifty Hottest Bachelors and the Show West Male Star of Tomorrow.

In preparation for his role as Dan Dunne, a drug-addicted, junior high school history teacher in the 2006 film Half Nelson, Gosling moved to Brooklyn, shadowed a middle school teacher, and studied the Civil Rights Movement (a subject with which his character is fascinated).⁶ In March 2007, Gosling won the Best Actor category at the Spirit Awards (formerly known as the Independent Spirit Awards) for his role in the movie. 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.⁹ He also became the first Mickey Mouse Club member to be nominated for an Oscar.

Recently, Gosling has starred in the film Fracture alongside Anthony Hopkins. He was to begin filming for The Lovely Bones in October 2007, but has since been replaced by Mark Wahlberg.¹⁰¹¹ It was subsequently reported that director Peter Jackson fired him because he was "too demanding".¹² A few days later, however, Gosling denied these claims, explaining that his young age was behind the decision to replace him in the film. He said, "The age of the character versus my real age was always a concern of mine. Peter and I tried to make it work and ultimately it just didn't. I think the film is much better off with Mark Wahlberg in that role. Peter Jackson is an incredible filmmaker and I'm here to tell you that he has things up his sleeve that are going to blow people's minds. I'm going to be the first person in line to buy tickets."¹³ In 2007, Gosling was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.¹⁴¹⁵

Gosling made a surprise cameo appearance onstage at the Sacred Fools Theatre in Hollywood in the serialized play "Darque Magick" from writer/director Jenelle Riley. For months, the lead character in "Darque Magick" had been making references to his obsession with Gosling, finally culminating in the actor appearing in a videotaped plea for the character to return his dog.¹⁶

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. ¹⁷ In her introduction, presenter Jenelle Riley called him "the most consistent and compelling actor working today."

On January 12th, 2008, Courtney Love stated that Ryan Gosling would portray her former husband, Kurt Cobain, in his upcoming bio film. In January 2008, it was announced that Gosling would be appearing in a reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise, By Any Means Necessary.

Many people and reviewers have called Gosling "The most talented actor of his generation".

Personal life

Gosling divides his time between Toronto, Canada and Los Angeles, USA.³ Gosling also has several homemade tattoos.³ He has a dog named George whom he rescued from a kennel in Los Angeles. He is a partner in Beverly Hills restaurant, "Tagine," which specializes in Moroccan cuisine.

He was in a relationship with his The Notebook co-star, fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams, but Gosling announced their breakup in the November 2007 issue of GQ.¹⁸ In 2008, Gosling and McAdams were seen embracing each other at a restaurant near McAdams' Toronto home but called it quits in November after four months of being 'back together'. He calls Rachel one of the "greatest loves of his life." The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes had previously said that he was surprised to see the two together, as they argued a lot on the set of The Notebook.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993 - 1995	The Mickey Mouse Club	Himself
1995	Goosebumps	Greg Banks	"Say Cheese and Die!"
1995	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Jamie	"The Tale of station 109.1"
1996	Ready or Not	Matt Kalinsky	"I Do, I Don't"
1996	Flash Forward	Scott Stuckey	"Skate Bait"
1996	Frankenstein and me	Kenny
1997	Breaker High	Sean Hanlon
1998	Young Hercules	Hercules
2000	Remember the Titans	Alan Bosley
2001	The Believer	Danny Balint
2002	Murder by Numbers	Richard Haywood
	The Slaughter Rule	Roy Chutney
2003	The United States of Leland	Leland P. Fitzgerald
2004	The Notebook	Noah Calhoun	Lead Role
2005	Stay	Henry Letham
2006	Half Nelson	Dan Dunne	Academy Award nomination
2007	Fracture	Willy Beachum
	Lars and the Real Girl	Lars Lindstrom	Golden Globe nomination
2009	All Good Things	TBA	post-production
	Blue Valentine	TBA	pre-production

Awards and nominations

• Academy Awards
  • 2007 - Best Actor in a Leading Role, Half Nelson (Nominated)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
  • 2007 - Best Actor, Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • 2008 - Best Actor, Lars and the Real Girl (Nominated)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
  • 2003 - Most Promising Performer, The Believer/Murder by Numbers (Nominated)
  • 2006 - Best Actor, Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • 2007 - Best Actor, Lars and the Real Girl (Nominated)
• Chlotrudis Awards
  • 2007 - Best Actor, Half Nelson (Nominated)
• Golden Globe Awards
  • 2008 - Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Lars and the Real Girl (Nominated)
• Independent Spirit Awards
  • 2002 - Best Male Lead, The Believer (Nominated)
  • 2007 - Best Male Lead, Half Nelson (Won)
• National Board of Review Awards
  • 2006 - Best Breakthrough Performance - Male, Half Nelson (Won)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards
  • 2007 - Best Actor, Half Nelson (Nominated)
• Satellite Awards
  • 2006 - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • 2007 - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, Lars and the Real Girl (Won)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 2007 - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Half Nelson (Nominated)
  • 2008 - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Lars and the Real Girl (Nominated)

References

External links

• Ryan Gosling at the Internet Movie Database
• Ryan Gosling Online
• Ryan Gosling Web
• Ryan Gosling at TV.com
• Ryan Gosling at Yahoo! Movies
• Dead Man's Bones at MySpace (Ryan Gosling's band)
• Ryan Gosling at People.com
• Ryan Gosling comprehensive profile
• Ryan Gosling at Northern Stars
• Half Nelson Interview
• Guy Dixon and Gayle Macdonald. "Whoa Canada, Oscar gives nod to the north", The Globe and Mail, 24 January 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
• Nashawaty, Chris. "The Mouseketeer that roared", Entertainment Weekly, May 5, 2002, retrieved October 27, 2006.