Name: Ryan Gosling

Birth Name: Ryan Thomas Gosling

Birthdate: November 12, 1980

Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada

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.


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.


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


Girlfriend: Rachel McAdams, actress; born Oct. 7, 1976

2007: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, Half Nelson