Name: Ryan Gosling
Birth Name: Ryan Thomas Gosling
Birthdate: November 12, 1980
Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RYAN GOSLING
Wtihout any formal acting training, Gosling has been recognized as one
of the top actors of his generation. As a troubled kid diagnosed with
ADHD, Gosling's sister got him involved in local talent shows and an
audition that eventually lead to Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. His early
films (
Murder By Numbers, Remember the Titans, The Notebook) garnered positive attention in Hollywood, and his 2001 film
The Believer
won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. He was nominated for both a Best
Actor Oscar and a Best Actor Independent Spirit Award for his role in
the 2006 film
Half Nelson.
5 Things:
1. He's experienced two near-death encounters — one in an airplane
that started to go down; the other when he was broadsided by a car
involved in a police chase.
2. His father was a musician; he plays guitar every day.
3. He beat out 17,000 applicants to become a member of the Mickey Mouse Club alongside Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.
4. He started the organization RAW (Refugees Around the World) Aid to provide necessities and projects for people in Africa.
5. He has dated Sandra Bullock.
Quote:
On his girlfriend Rachel McAdams: "We were together long before we were
physically together. All I knew is that she was a force to be reckoned
with. How was I going to reckon with it, I had no idea. She's not
someone you can ever dismiss or put into any category. She's many
things."
—
W magazine, August 2006
Family:
Girlfriend: Rachel McAdams, actress; born Oct. 7, 1976
Awards:
2007: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, Half Nelson
