Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor and singer that got his start in 1993 on The Mickey Mouse Club, starring alongside future singers Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. After a brief stint on the show, he appeared in several short-lived television series like Breaker High and Young Hercules, before moving on to independent film and mainstream film work. Over the years, he has been nominated for several awards, including a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for Half Nelson in 2007, and one for Lars and the Real Girl in 2008.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804035474/bio On December 14, 2010, Gosling was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama for his performance in Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine.http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/

Ryan Thomas Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada. He and his older sister, Mandi, were born to Mormon parents: Thomas and Donna Gosling. When he was 10 years old, Gosling's mother began home schooling him. At age 16 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career full time.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804035474/bio Today, when Gosling is not acting, he spends time working with his band, Dead Man's Bones. They released their first album in 2009.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/bio

Ryan Gosling got his start playing a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club before moving on to other television roles that included guest star appearances on Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Goosebumps, and Avonlea. He also appeared in the short-lived television series Young Hercules and Breaker High, before his 2001 independent film debut in The Believer.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/

Since his role in The Believer, Gosling has gone on to appear in independent features like The Slaughter Rule and The United States of Leland. In 2004, he appeared in the more mainstream film The Notebook opposite actress Rachel McAdams, garnering numerous Teen Choice Awards that included Choice Movie Actor, Choice Movie Chemistry, which he shared with McAdams, and Choice Movie Liplock, which he also shared with McAdams. His roles in the films Lars and the Real Girl and Half Nelson earned him positive critical acclaim, and resulted in Oscar nominations.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/awards

• 1995: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV series)

• 1997-98: Breaker High (TV series)

• 2000: Remember the Titans

• 2002: Murder by Numbers

• 2003: The United States of Leland

• 2004: The Notebook

• 2005: Stay

• 2006: Half Nelson

• 2007: Lars and the Real Girl

• 2010: Blue Valentine

• 2011: All Good Things

• 2011: Drivehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/

• When I make these movies, I don't think, 'I want to make a little indie movie and I want to stay in the indie world because I think it's cool. I make these movies and think, 'This is the one. This one is going to be "The Blair Witch Project. I'm sure of it while we're making it. And then it comes out and it does no business.—on appearing in so many independent movieshttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-ryan-gosling-20101226,0,2019041.story

• I feel like Blue Valentine is the biggest dog on my porch because it's the most universal experience: what happens when love goes away. It's the ripple effect of that lost love, the shadow it casts.—on Blue Valentinehttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-ryan-gosling-20101226,0,2019041.story