Ryan Gosling was born on November 12, 1980 in London, Ontario to Thomas and Donna Gosling, and was the second of their two children. The Gosling family, who are Mormon, moved to Cornwall, Ontario, where Ryan grew up and was home-schooled by his mother. The family then relocated to Burlington, Ontario, where Ryan attended Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario.

Ryan first performed as a singer at talent contests with his older sister Mandi. He attended an open audition in Montreal for the TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" (The All New Mickey Mouse Club) in January 1993, and beat out 17,000 other aspiring actors for a a spot on the show. While appearing on "MMC" for two years, he lived with co-star Justin Timberlake's family.

Though he has received no formal acting training, after "Mickey Mouse", Gosling segued into an acting career, appearing on the TV series "Young Hercules" and "Breaker High", as well as the films "The Slaughter Rule", "Murder by Numbers", and "Remember the Titans". He first attracted serious critical attention with his performance as the Jewish anti-Semite in the controversial film _ Believer, The (2001), which won the Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. He was cast in the part by writer-director Henry Bean, who believed that Gosling's strict Mormon upbringing gave him the insight to understand the character Danny, whose obsessiveness with the Judaism he was born into turns to hatred. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Male Lead in 2002 for the role and won the Golden Aries award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics.

After appearing in the sleeper The Notebook in 2004, Gosling won the dubious honor of being named one of the "Fifty Hottest Bachelors" by People Magazine. More significantly, he was named the Male Star of Tomorrow at the 2004 Show West convention of movie exhibitors.

Gosling reached the summit of his profession with his performance in _Half Nelson (2006), which garnered him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. In a short-time, he has established himself as one of the finest actors of his generation.


Is an accomplished jazz guitarist. Has an older sister named Mandi. Ryan went to Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He has a dog named George. Built the kitchen table featured in The Notebook (2004) in preparation for his role as Noah. While on "MMC" (1989), he lived with Justin Timberlake and his mother. Favorite movie is East of Eden (1955) Keeps in touch with his "Breaker High" (1997) co-star Scott Vickaryous. His favourite actor is Gary Oldman. Born in London, Ontario, and moved soon after to Cornwall, Ontario, where he was raised. Then moved to Burlington, Ontario, during his high school years. Has released a song titled "Put Me in the Car," which can be found on his Web site. Met his girlfriend, Rachel McAdams, on the set of The Notebook (2004). He moved to Los Angeles when he was 16. Traveled to Chad in 2005 to make a documentary on the Darfur refugees living there. Lives in the popular Los Angeles neighborhood of Silverlake. Other Silverlake locals include Beck, Bo Barrett, Christina Ricci, Rachel McAdams, and Jason Lee. Was the first Canadian-born performer in over 60 years to be nominated for the best actor Oscar in Half Nelson (2006). The last was 'Walter Pidgeon' for Madame Curie (1943). Was originally cast in The Lovely Bones (2009) as Jack Salmon, but pulled out of the project a day before shooting began despite gaining 20 pounds of weight and growing a beard. Split with Rachel McAdams again, after reconciling in July [November 5, 2008].