Ryan Gosling Movies and Career Information

Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. Gosling began acting at age 12 on the American variety television show The Mickey Mouse Club. Following his feature film debut in Remember the Titans (2000), Gosling had his breakout role as a fanatic Neo-Nazi in the (2001) drama film The Believer, for which he received an Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Male Lead. In 2004, Gosling gained mainstream success for playing the male lead in the romantic drama The Notebook. Two years later, Gosling earned his first Academy and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as Best Leading Actor, for portraying a junior high school teacher in the independent film Half Nelson (2006). The following year he was nominated for another Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for his lead performance in Lars and the Real Girl (2007). Gosling earned his second Golden Globe nomination for the independent drama Blue Valentine (2010). Aside from acting, Gosling formed the band Dead Man's Bones with his friend Zach Shields. They released their self-titled debut album in October 2009. Ryan Gosling was born in London, Ontario, and raised in Cornwall, Ontario,