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Ryan Gosling

Plays K, a replicant blade runner in Blade Runner 2049.

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Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario.[1][2] He began his acting career as a child on Disney Channel's The All New Mickey Mouse Club and later transitioned to film, gaining mainstream attention for his role in The Notebook.[3][4]

Key facts and history

He was diagnosed with ADHD, prescribed Ritalin, and was homeschooled for a year after being unable to read at age 10.[5] At age 12, he successfully auditioned for a revival of The All New Mickey Mouse Club and moved to Orlando, Florida to film the show.[6] He received critical praise for his performance in The Believer (2001), which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.[7] His role in Half Nelson (2006) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[8][9]

He made his directorial debut with Lost River, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[10] He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for La La Land (2016) and received a second Academy Award nomination for that role.[11][12] In 2023, he played Ken in Barbie, earning nominations for a Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award.[13][12] He formed the indie rock band Dead Man's Bones with Zach Shields, releasing a self-titled album in 2009.[14][15]

He has been in a relationship with Eva Mendes since 2011, and they have two daughters.[16]

What the cited sources add

The Guardian also states that Gosling and a friend opened a Moroccan restaurant called Tagine in Beverly Hills.[17] In that same interview, Emma Stone expressed a desire to work with Gosling again.[18] The same Guardian piece notes that Gosling prepared for his role in Half Nelson by following a history teacher in Brooklyn, and that his mother taught him at home for a year when he was 10.[17] In a Collider interview, Gosling joked that he did not receive a Tommy gun for Gangster Squad, but was given a "little tiny lady gun" instead.[18]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ryan Gosling Tries British Snacks For The First Time Snack Wars @LADbible", LADbible, July 27, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Johnstone, "Ryan Gosling – The Biography", John Blake Publishing, 2017, p. 17; Hiscock, "From Mouse to Big Cheese", Toronto Star, August 25, 2006; "The Oddball", October 4, 2007; "Let's Hear It from Goofy Mr. Gosling", Philippine Daily Inquirer; "Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling, and Avril Lavigne Relationship", Ancestry.ca; "In Love with a Real Doll", Beliefnet; Wood, "I Live on Skid Row. You Can't Filter Out Reality There", The Guardian, February 21, 2007; Hiscock, "From Mouse to Big Cheese", Toronto Star, August 25, 2006; "Ryan Gosling Biogr en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Greenwood, "Ryan Gosling's First 10 Movies, Ranked", MovieWeb, 2023-07-06 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ryan Gosling Biography", People; "The Notebook Production Notes", Movies Central (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hibbard, "Ryan Gosling Once Brought Steak Knives To School, Thought He Was Rambo", HuffPost UK, 2011-12-12; Soteriou, "Ryan Gosling Once Revealed He Got Suspended From School For Throwing Knives At Other Students, And People Are Freaking Out", BuzzFeed News, 2024-01-22; "Instagram", www.instagram.com; Potter, "The movie that got Ryan Gosling kicked out of school", faroutmagazine.co.uk, 2023-02-20; "Ryan Gosling", GQ Australia, 2013-01-13; Karger, "Spotlight on Ryan Gosling", April 20, 2007; Rafanelli, "Ryan Gosling: Women are better than m en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zellner, "Ryan Gosling Is the 15th 'Mickey Mouse Club' Cast Member With a Hot 100 Hit: See the Complete List", Billboard, 2023-08-07; "Ryan Gosling"; "Ryan Gosling Reveals His Wedding Singer Past", CNN, October 26, 2010; "Ryan Gosling" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Twist of Faith", The Nerve; Thomas, "Believer Doesn't Tell the Whole Story", Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2002; McCarthy, "The Believer", Variety, January 25, 2001; "The Believer Wins Sundance Grand Jury Prize", FilmFestivals.com; "Steve Carell and Gosling", October 7, 2010; Camhi, Leslie (March 17, 2002). "In a Skinhead's Tale, a Picture of Both Hate and Love". The New York Times.; Camhi, Leslie (March 17, 2002). "In a Skinhead's Tale, a Picture of Both Hate and Love". The New York Times.; "The Believer", Box Office Mojo (original not read en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zeitchik, "Actor gets well schooled", Variety, 2006-03-26; Turan, "Half Nelson' Has a Firm Grip on Life's Drama", Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2006; Stein, "The Kids Are All Right. As for the Teacher", San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 2011; Emerson, "Half Nelson", rogerebert.com, September 15, 2006; Karger, "Spotlight on Ryan Gosling", April 20, 2007; "Half Nelson", Box Office Mojo; "Academy Invites 115 to Become Members" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); "SAG Awards Search Screen Actors Guild Awards", www.sagawards.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ryan Gosling: I'm Taking Break from Acting", Gossip Cop; Schwartzel, "Cannes Festival to Premiere Films by Jean-Luc Godard, Ryan Gosling", The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2014; Barton, "Ben Mendelsohn Illustrates How to Catch a Monster", Dread Central, December 13, 2012; Wales, "Matt Smith to star in Ryan Gosling's How To Catch A Monster", TotalFilm.com; "Lost River", Rotten Tomatoes; Bradshaw, "Cannes review: Lost River – Ryan Gosling flounders with directorial debut", The Guardian, May 20, 2014; Collin, "Ryan Gosling's Lost River, re en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sims, "The Big Short: Sound and Fury on Wall Street", December 11, 2015; Travers, "'The Big Short' Movie Review", December 10, 2015; McNary, "Russell Crow Ryan Gosling Shane Black Nice Guys", Variety, July 11, 2014; Weatherby, "Here Is the 2017 Golden Globes Winners List", January 8, 2017; Collins, "La La Land review: you'll leave with a tear in your eye and a song in your heart", The Daily Telegraph, January 13, 2017; "La La Land (2016)", Box Office Mojo (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The 89th Academy Awards (2017) Nominees and Winners", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); "Film in 2017 BAFTA Awards", awards.bafta.org; "SAG Awards Winners: Complete List", Variety, January 29, 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Review: 'The Gray Man' Is Another Mediocre Netflix Mockbuster"; "Gray Man 2 gets an exciting update", Digital Spy, April 22, 2023; Kroll, "Ryan Gosling To Play Ken Opposite Margot Robbie In 'Barbie' Movie From Warner Bros, LuckyChap & Mattel", Deadline Hollywood, October 22, 2021; Wang, "How Greta Gerwig landed on that memorable alt-rock song for the Kens in 'Barbie'", July 21, 2023; Jarvey, "Singing "I'm Just Ken" in 'Barbie' Was Ryan Gosling's Idea", July 11, 2023; Lane, "How "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" Bring Monumental Figures to Life", en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: , accessed June 3, 2025.; Rodrigo, "Ryan Gosling Goes Indie-Rock", Theplaylist.blogspot.com, July 18, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  15. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dead Man's Bones", AllMusic; Carpenter, "Breaking: Dead Man's Bones", October 14, 2009; "Critic Reviews for Dead Man's Bones at Metacritic", Metacritic; "Dead Man's Bones", Pitchfork; "Dead Man's Bones", Prefix; "Dead Man's Bones", Spin, October 6, 2009; "Dead Man's Bones Review", October 9, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  16. Wikipedia, "Ryan Gosling" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jones, "Scoop", August 18, 2008; "Star Tracks – Friday, August 22, 2008 – The Hot Seat – McAdams and Gosling", August 22, 2008; Willard, "Source: Ryan Gosling Still Loves Rachel McAdams", December 16, 2008; Mikelbank, "Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes Take a Macabre Tour of Paris", November 26, 2011; Leopold, "Surprise! Eva Mendes, Ryan Gosling have baby", CNN, September 17, 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  17. Wood, "I Live on Skid Row. You Can't Filter Out Reality There", The Guardian, February 21, 2007. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  18. "Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Director Ruben Fleischer Talk GANGSTER SQUAD Collider Page 220638", Collider, 2015-06-22. facts only, no text reused. collider.com

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