Gosling, Ryan 1980-

PERSONAL

Full name, Ryan Thomas Gosling; born November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada; son of Thomas (a paper mill worker) and Donna (a secretary) Gosling. Education: Attended high school in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Avocational Interests: Playing jazz guitar, singing, horseback riding, mountain climbing, swimming, cycling.

Addresses:

Agent—IFA Talent Agency, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 490, Los Angeles, CA 90069; Special Artists Agency, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 890, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Artist Management, 1118 15th St., Suite 1, Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Career:

Actor. Co-owner of Tagine (a Moroccan restaurant), Beverly Hills, CA.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1996, for Road to Avonlea; Golden Aries, best foreign actor, Russian Guild of Film Critics, 2001, Independent Spirit Award nomination, best male lead, 2002, both for The Believer; Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, most promising performer, 2003, for The Believer and Murder by Numbers; Show West Male Star of Tomorrow, 2004; Teen Choice Awards, choice movie actor—drama, choice movie breakout performance—male, Teen Choice Awards (with Rachel McAdams), choice movie chemistry, choice movie liplock, choice movie love scene, and choice movie dance scene, MTV Movie Award (with Rachel McAdams), best kiss, 2005, all for The Notebook; Stockholm Film Festival Award, best actor, Golden Space Needle Award, best actor, Seattle International Film Festival, Satellite Award nomination, best actor in a motion picture—drama, International Press Academy, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, best actor, 2006, Academy Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role, Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best breakthrough performance—male, Las Palmas Film Festival Award, best actor, Independent Spirit Award, best male lead, Chlotrudis Award nomination, best actor, Critics Choice Award nomination, Broadcast Film Critics Association, best actor, 2007, all for Half Nelson; Teen Choice Award nomination, choice movie actor—horror/thriller, 2007, for Fracture; Satellite Award, best actor in a motion picture, comedy or musical, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, best actor, 2007, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role, Prism Award nomination, best performance in a feature film, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—musical or comedy, Chlotrudis Award nomination, best actor, Critics Choice Award nomination, Broadcast Film Critics Association, best actor, 2008, all for Lars and the Real Girl.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Kenny, Frankenstein and Me (also known as Frankenstein et moi), Trimark Pictures, 1996.

Alan Bosley, Remember the Titans, Buena Vista, 2000.

Richard, Murder by Numbers (also known as Murd3r 8y Num8ers), Warner Bros., 2002.

Roy Chutney, The Slaughter Rule, Cowboy Pictures, 2002.

Leland, The United States of Leland, Paramount Classics, 2003.

Noah Calhoun, The Notebook, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Henry Letham, Stay, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Dan Dunne, Half Nelson, THINKFilm, 2006.

Willy Beachum, Fracture (also known as Das Perfekte verbrechen), New Line Cinema, 2007.

Lars Lindstrom, Lars and the Real Girl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2007.

Himself, Screenplay Series with Syd Field, Plum Productions, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Himself, MMC (also known as The All New Mickey Mouse Club, Club MMC, and The Mickey Mouse Club) The Disney Channel, 1993-96.

Sean Hanlon, Breaker High, UPN, 1997-98.

Title role, Young Hercules, Fox Kids, 1998-99.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Josh, The Unbelievables, 1999.

Danny Balint, The Believer, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice of Ilya Gerber, I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust, MTV, 2005.

The 2005 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2005.

The Teen Choice Awards 2005, Fox, 2005.

The 79th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2007.

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2008.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Tommy, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (movie), CBC, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Homegrown Cafe, 1991.

Jamie, "The Tale of Station 109.1," Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nickelodeon, 1995.

Brett McNulty, "From Away," Road to Avonlea, The Disney Channel, 1996.

Matt, "I Do, I Don't," Ready or Not (also known as Les premieres fois), Showtime and Global, 1996.

Scott Stuckey, "Skate Bait," Flash Forward, ABC and The Disney Channel, 1996.

Greg Banks, "Say Cheese and Die," Goosebumps (also known as Ultimate Goosebumps), Fox, 1996.

Scott Stuckey, "Double Bill," Flash Forward, ABC and The Disney Channel, 1996.

Sean, "The Case of the Burning Building," The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, YTV, 1996.

Bret McNulty, "From Away," Road to Avonlea (also known as Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea), CBC and The Disney Channel, 1996.

Kevin, "Dragon's Lair," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, 1996.

Adam, "UFO Encounter," PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1996.

Zylus, "The Academy," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1999.

"The United States of Leland," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance, 2004.

"Look Closely: The Making of ‘Fracture’," HBO First Look, HBO, 2007.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2007.

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2007.

"Anthony Hopkins," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2007.

Also appeared as himself, "The Believer," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, February 2, 2007, p. 34; April 27, 2007, p. 23.

Fox Kids, fall, 1998, pp. 8-9.

Interview, May, 2001, p. 40.

TV Guide, September 26, 1998, pp. 3-4.