Ryan Gosling

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 19 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 Channels The Mickey Mouse Club 19931995 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 neoNazi 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 costarred 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 2014s Lost River