Ryan Gosling
| Ryan Gosling | |
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 Ryan Gosling, October 19, 2009 |
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| Born | Ryan Thomas Gosling November 12, 1980 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in The Notebook and The Believer, and he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role in Half Nelson, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. He was nominated for another Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Lars and the Real Girl.
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Early life
Ryan Gosling was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and raised in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of Donna, a secretary, and Thomas Gosling, a paper mill worker.[1] He was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and had said that the experience still shapes and affects his character.[2] His parents divorced when he was young. Gosling was taken out of elementary school and homeschooled because of being harassed and picked on in elementary school.[3]
Gosling dropped out of high school at age seventeen. He then moved to New Zealand, where he worked on the series "Young Hercules" for two years, with the company that created Xena, Warrior Princess.[4]
Career
Gosling was a cast member on the hit show The Mickey Mouse Club alongside fellow stars; Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, J.C. Chasez, and Keri Russell. He was part of the last set of new Mouseketeers to be admitted into the show before it ended its run. He sang, danced, and acted on the show.
Gosling has had no formal training as an actor. His fame spread to the United States after he starred in the 2001 controversial drama The Believer, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.[5]
Gosling won the Best Actor category at the Spirit Awards (formerly known as the Independent Spirit Awards) for his role as a drug-addicted, junior high school history teacher in the 2006 film Half Nelson. For the same role, he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Broadcast Film Critics Association award as best actor.[6]
On December 13, 2007, Gosling was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Lars and the Real Girl. A week later, he was subsequently nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He had also received a Broadcast Film Critics Association nomination and won a Satellite Award for this performance as well. In February 2008, he was presented with the inaugural Independent Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.[7] In her introduction, presenter Jenelle Riley called him "the most consistent and compelling actor working today."
On December 25, 2008 Gosling's band Dead Man's Bones released a music video and free download for their song "In The Room Where You Sleep," and on April 4, 2009, the band released a music video for their song "Name In Stone" on MySpace and YouTube. The self-titled debut album from the band, featuring members of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music's children's choir, was released on October 6, 2009 through ANTI- records.[8]
He has completed filming Blue Valentine with Michelle Williams.[9]
In 2009, Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields successfully toured around North America this Halloween with their band Dead Man's Bones with local children choirs similar to the LA group, Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir, which they recorded with on the album.[10]
Currently, Derek Cianfrance's directorial debut Blue Valentine will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as one of 16 films selected from 1,058 submissions for the dramatic competition. Written by Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, the screenplay won the 2006 Chrysler Film Project contest, which came with $1 million of funding.[11]
Personal life
Gosling divides his time between Toronto, Canada, and Los Angeles, USA.[12]
He is a partner in Beverly Hills restaurant, "Tagine", which specializes in Moroccan cuisine.
Gosling endorsed the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Frankenstein and Me | Kenny | |
| 1998 | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy | Tommy | Made for TV |
| 1999 | The Unbelievables | Josh | |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Alan Bosley | |
| 2001 | The Believer | Danny Balint | Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer also for Murder by Numbers Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male |
| 2002 | Murder by Numbers | Richard Haywood | Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer also for The Believer |
| The Slaughter Rule | Roy Chutney | ||
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Leland P. Fitzgerald | |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Noah Calhoun | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Rachel McAdams) Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Drama Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Performance - Male |
| 2005 | Stay | Henry Letham | |
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Dan Dunne | Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Actor Las Palmas Film Festival Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Male Performance Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
| 2007 | Fracture | Willy Beachum | Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller |
| Lars and the Real Girl | Lars Lindstrom | Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Prism Award for Performance in a Feature Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
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| 2010 | All Good Things | David Marks | Completed |
| Blue Valentine | Dean Periera | Completed | |
| ReGeneration | Narration (Voice) | Completed | |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Jacob | post-production |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1995 | Mickey Mouse Club | Himself | |
| 1995 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Jamie Leary | 5.02 "The Tale of Station 109.1" |
| 1996 | PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Adam | 1.01 "Dream House/UFO Encounter" |
| Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Kevin | 4.09 "Dragon's Lair" | |
| Road to Avonlea | Bret McNulty | 7.09 "From Away" | |
| Goosebumps | Greg Banks | 1.15 "Say Cheese and Die" | |
| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | Sean | 1.01 "The Case of the Burning Building" | |
| Flash Forward | Scott Stuckey | 1.11 "Double Bill" and 1.21 "Skate Bait" | |
| Ready or Not | Matt Kalinsky | 4.05 "I Do, I Don't" | |
| 1997–1998 | Breaker High | Sean Hanlon | |
| 1998–1999 | Young Hercules | Hercules | |
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Zylus | 5.17 "The Academy" |
References
- ↑ Winters Keegan, Rebecca (2008-10-04). "The Oddball". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1668471,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
- ↑ http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/10/In-Love-With-A-Real-Doll.aspx
- ↑ http://www.celebrityspider.com/ryangosling.html
- ↑ Gosling of 'Half Nelson': An Un-Hollywood Star The Washington Post, August 25, 2006
- ↑ Sundance Film Festival, January 18 - 28, 2001 at FilmFestivals.com
- ↑ Half Nelson - Awards & Nominations at Yahoo Movies
- ↑ "Daily Nexus"
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/
- ↑ http://www.deadmansbones.net/#/Tour/
- ↑ http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/24/sundance-photo-preview-blue-valentine-starring-michelle-williams-and-ryan-gosling/
- ↑ Wood, Gaby (2007-02-18). "'I live on Skid Row. You can't filter out reality there'". http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2007/feb/18/awardsandprizes.oscars. Retrieved 2008-09-22. The Observer
- ↑ cdn.buzznet.com
External links
- Ryan Gosling at the Internet Movie Database
- Ryan Gosling at TV.com
- Ryan Gosling at Yahoo! Movies
- Dead Man's Bones on Myspace (Ryan Gosling's band)
- Ryan Gosling at People.com