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Ryan Thomas Gosling (/ˈɡɒslɪŋ/ GOSS-ling; born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor, singer, and musician. Known for his work in both independent films and major studio features, his films as a leading actor have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, plus nominations for three Academy Awards, nine Critics' Choice Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
He began his acting career at a young age, starring in Disney Channel's The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1995) and teen dramas such as Breaker High (1997–1998) and Young Hercules(1998–1999). He transitioned to film with his feature-length debut…
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Ryan Thomas Gosling (/ˈɡɒslɪŋ/ GOSS-ling; born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor, singer, and musician. Known for his work in both independent films and major studio features, his films as a leading actor have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, plus nominations for three Academy Awards, nine Critics' Choice Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He began his acting career at a young age, starring in Disney Channel's The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1995) and teen dramas such as Breaker High (1997–1998) and Young Hercules(1998–1999). He transitioned to film with his feature-length debut in Frankenstein and Me(1996) and a supporting role in the sports drama Remember the Titans (2000). He received praise for his performance in The Believer (2001), before emerging as a leading man for his role as Noah Calhoun in the romantic drama The Notebook (2004); he also received praise for the psychological thriller Fracture and the comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl (2007). For the latter, he received several Best Actor nominations at major award ceremonies. Gosling earned Academy Award nominations for his performances in the independent drama Half Nelson (2006), the romantic musical La La Land (2016), and the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023); the latter became his highest-grossing release. He also starred in acclaimed films including the romantic drama Blue Valentine (2010), the comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, the political drama The Ides of March (2011), the action drama Drive (2011), the biographical comedy dramas The Big Short (2015) and First Man (2018) and the action comedy The Nice Guys (2016). His highest-grossing films came with the science fiction films Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Project Hail Mary (2026). Gosling made his directorial debut with the fantasy film Lost River in 2014. Off-screen, he is a prominent supporter of several charities. Gosling's band Dead Man's Bones released their self-titled debut album and toured North America in 2009. He is a co-owner of Tagine, a Moroccan restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. Gosling is in a relationship with his longtime co-star actress Eva Mendes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryan Gosling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ryan Gosling's Filmography
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Ghost Rider
as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider

Star Wars: Starfighter
as Kade Auberon

Lorne
as Self

Project Hail Mary
as Ryland Grace

Megadoc
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Fall Guy
as Colt Seavers

Barbie
as Ken

The Gray Man
as Six

The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Actor (K) (archive footage)

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
as Blue Penguin (voice)

First Man
as Neil Armstrong

Ryan Gosling: Hollywood's Demigod
as Self (archive footage)

Blade Runner 2049
as 'K'

Papyrus - SNL
as Steven

Song to Song
as BV

La La Land
as Sebastian

The Nice Guys
as Holland March

The Big Short
as Jared Vennett

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
as Self

Only God Forgives
as Julian

Seduced and Abandoned
as Self

The Place Beyond the Pines
as Luke Glanton

Gangster Squad
as Sgt. Jerry Wooters

NWR
as Self

Quiet Ryan

The Ides of March
as Stephen Meyers

Drive
as Driver

Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Jacob

Blue Valentine
as Dean

All Good Things
as David Marks

ReGeneration
as Narration (voice)

Lars and the Real Girl
as Lars Lindstrom

Fracture
as Willy Beachum

Half Nelson
as Dan Dunne

Stay
as Henry Letham

I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
as Ilya Gerber (voice)

The Notebook
as Noah Calhoun

The United States of Leland
as Leland P. Fitzgerald

Murder by Numbers
as Richard Haywood

The Slaughter Rule
as Roy Chutney

The Believer
as Danny Balint

Remember the Titans
as Alan Bosley

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
as Tommy

Frankenstein and Me
as Kenny

Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die
as Greg Banks
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