Ryan Gosling
Born: 1980-11-12 in London, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.\n\nBorn 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).\n\nGosling 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.
Filmography
2026
- Project Hail Mary as Ryland Grace
2025
- Hell of a Summer ... (Thanks)
- The Actor ... (Executive Producer)
- Megadoc as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Matarile as Literalmente tu
2024
- The Fall Guy as Colt Seavers
2023
- Barbie as Ken
2022
- The Gray Man as Six
2021
- The Blade Runner Phenomenon as Self - Actor (K) (archive footage)
2019
- My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres as Blue Penguin (voice)
2018
- First Man as Neil Armstrong
2017
- Blade Runner 2049 as 'K'
- Song to Song as BV
2016
- La La Land as Sebastian
- The Nice Guys as Holland March
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Big Short as Jared Vennett
- Lost River ... (Writer)
- My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn as Self
2014
2013
- Gangster Squad as Sgt. Jerry Wooters
- The Place Beyond the Pines as Luke Glanton
- Only God Forgives as Julian
- White Shadow ... (Executive Producer)
- Seduced and Abandoned as Self
2012
- NWR as Self
2011
- Drive as Driver
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Jacob
- The Ides of March as Stephen Meyers
- Quiet Ryan
2010
- Conan as Self
- Blue Valentine as Dean
- All Good Things as David Marks
- ReGeneration as Narration (voice)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Fracture as William Beachum
- Lars and the Real Girl as Lars Lindstrom
- Drunk History as Dad
2006
- Half Nelson as Dan Dunne
2005
- Stay as Henry Letham
- I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust as Ilya Gerber (voice)
2004
- The Notebook as Noah Calhoun
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The United States of Leland as Leland P. Fitzgerald
2002
- The Slaughter Rule as Roy Chutney
- Murder by Numbers as Richard Haywood
2001
- The Believer as Danny Balint
2000
- Remember the Titans as Alan Bosley
1998
- Young Hercules as Hercules
- Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy as Tommy
1997
- Breaker High as Sean Hanlon
- The Adventures of Shirley Holmes as Sean
1996
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Adam
- Frankenstein and Me as Kenny
- Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die as Greg Banks
1995
- Goosebumps as Greg Banks
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Zylus
- Flash Forward as Scott Stuckey
1993
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Kevin
- Ready or Not as Matt Kalinsky
1992
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Jamie Leary
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
1990
- Road to Avonlea as Bret McNulty
1989
- MMC as Mouseketeer
1988
- This Morning as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee