Ryan Gosling
Acting • Born 1980-11-12
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.
Filmography
71 credits
The Ides of March
Movie • 2011
Stephen Meyers
Remember the Titans
Movie • 2000
Alan Bosley
The Believer
Movie • 2001
Danny Balint
The Notebook
Movie • 2004
Noah Calhoun
The Slaughter Rule
Movie • 2002
Roy Chutney
Lars and the Real Girl
Movie • 2007
Lars Lindstrom
Fracture
Movie • 2007
William Beachum
Half Nelson
Movie • 2006
Dan Dunne
Stay
Movie • 2005
Henry Letham
Barbie
Movie • 2023
Ken
Murder by Numbers
Movie • 2002
Richard Haywood
The United States of Leland
Movie • 2003
Leland P. Fitzgerald
Drive
Movie • 2011
Driver
All Good Things
Movie • 2010
David Marks
Blue Valentine
Movie • 2010
Dean
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Movie • 2011
Jacob
Gangster Squad
Movie • 2013
Sgt. Jerry Wooters
Only God Forgives
Movie • 2013
Julian
The Place Beyond the Pines
Movie • 2013
Luke Glanton
Seduced and Abandoned
Movie • 2013
Self
NWR
Movie • 2012
Self
The Nice Guys
Movie • 2016
Holland March
The Big Short
Movie • 2015
Jared Vennett
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Movie • 2015
Self
La La Land
Movie • 2016
Sebastian
Blade Runner 2049
Movie • 2017
'K'
Song to Song
Movie • 2017
BV
First Man
Movie • 2018
Neil Armstrong
ReGeneration
Movie • 2010
Narration (voice)
Frankenstein and Me
Movie • 1996
Kenny
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
Movie • 1998
Tommy
Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die
Movie • 1996
Greg Banks
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Movie • 2019
Blue Penguin (voice)
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
Movie • 2005
Ilya Gerber (voice)
The Gray Man
Movie • 2022
Six
The Fall Guy
Movie • 2024
Colt Seavers
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Movie • 2021
Self - Actor (K) (archive footage)
Misadventure
Movie
Quiet Ryan
Movie • 2011
Star Wars: Starfighter
Movie • 2027
Matarile
Movie • 2025
Literalmente tu
Tough Guys
Movie
Megadoc
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Papyrus - SNL
Movie • 2017
Steven
Seas the Day: The Sailing Movie
Movie
Papyrus 2 - SNL
Movie • 2024
Steven
Project Hail Mary
Movie • 2026
Ryland Grace
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
TV • 1997
Sean
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Kevin
Goosebumps
TV • 1995
Greg Banks
Young Hercules
TV • 1998
Hercules
Road to Avonlea
TV • 1990
Bret McNulty
Ready or Not
TV • 1993
Matt Kalinsky
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
TV • 1996
Adam
Breaker High
TV • 1997
Sean Hanlon
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
TV • 1992
Jamie Leary
Drunk History
TV • 2007
Dad
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self
MMC
TV • 1989
Mouseketeer
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
TV • 1995
Zylus
Flash Forward
TV • 1995
Scott Stuckey
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self