Ryan Thomas Gosling is a renowned Canadian actor, director and writer who is one of the greatest movie actors in the world. He is eminent in both major studio and independent films. He first gained fame as a child actor aged just 13, on a Disney Channel variety show The Mickey Mouse Club (1993-1995). However, Gosling acquired prominence after casting in the drama film, The Believer (2001). He rose to global fame following his role in the romantic drama film The Notebook (2004).
Ryan has won numerous awards including a Golden Globe Award from six nominations. Moreover, he has been nominated twice for British Academy Film Awards, six times for Screen Actors Guild Award and thrice for Academy Awards.
Besides acting, Ryan is a musician and entrepreneur. He owns a Moroccan restaurant, named Tagine located in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, California.
Age and Birthday
Born in 12 November 1980 in London, Ontario in Canada, Ryan is 43 years as of 2024.
Ryan Gosling Family
Parents and sibling
Ryan’s parents are Donna Gosling (mother) and Thomas Ray Gosling (father). His mother works as a secretary while his dad is a salesman for a paper manufacturing company. They both have partly French-Canadian ancestry with some Scottish, English, Irish and German roots. He has an older sister called Mandi. His parents however divorced while he was only 13 years old and was brought up by the mother alongside his sister.
His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.
Love life, partner and kids
Since 2011 Thomas has been in a romantic relationship with Eva Mendes, an actress. They are blessed with two daughters, born in 2014 and 2016.
Previously, from 2002 to 2003, he had a relationship with Sandra Bullock before dating Rachel McAdams from 2005 until 2008.
Ryan Gosling Acting Career
Child actor and early career stages: 1993-2003
Gosling started acting at a tender age taking part in talent a shows together with his sister. At 12 years of age, successfully auditioned for the casting of Disney Channel’s The Mickey Mouse Club (1993-1995) alongside Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. He casted in children’s anthology horror television shows Are you Afraid of Dark? (1995) and Goosebumps (1996). Moreover, he starred in Breaker High (1997-1998), a teen comedy series as Sean Hanlon and as the title character in television series Young Hercules (1998-1999).
In 2000, Gosling switched from acting in television series to films. He initially took a supporting role starring as Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (2000), a sports comedy. Gosling soon after landed a lead role in The Believer (2001) where he acted as a young Jewish neo-Nazi. He appeared in a number of other films such as Murder of Numbers (2002), The Slaughter Rule (2002) and The United States of Leland (2003).
Career breakthrough and subsequent success: 2004-2007
It is in 2004 when Thomas made his breakthrough following his role as Noah Calhoun in a romantic drama film The Notebook. He starred alongside fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams who played the role of Allie Hamilton. The film turned out to be an enormous success and received widespread commendation for its outstanding romantic performances. Gosling has won an MTV Movie Award and four Teen Choice Awards. He starred in a psychological thriller Stay (2005) followed by Half Nelson (2006) and was nominated for the Academy Award of the Best Actor.
In Lars and Real Girl (2007), he starred as a introvert gets into a relationship with a sex doll he procured online and as Willie in a courtroom thriller Fracture (2007). Thomas received nomination for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Comedy or Motion Picture Musical.
After three years of absence from screens, Gosling returned to action in the Blue Valentine (2010). Owing to the film’s huge success and his excellent performance, he won a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama. He again casted in All Good Things (2010). In 2011, Ryan featured in three distinct prominent roles casting in a maiden comedic role in Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), a romantic comedy-drama. He then took a debut action role in Drive (2011) and a political drama The Ides of Match (2011). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama. Ryan also featured in The Pines Beyond the Pines (2012), Gangster Squad (2013) and Only God Forgives (2013).
Directorial debut and pronounced actor (2014-present)
Gosling wrote, co-produced and directed a fantasy film Lost River (2014) in his directorial debut. He starred in The Big Short (2016), a 2016 Academy Awards nominee for Best Picture, The Nice Guys (2016) and La La Land (2016) winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Other films Ryan has featured include Song of Song (2017), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and First Man (2018).
Thomas took a four-year break from acting, returning in 2022 and featuring in an action thriller, The Gray Man (2022). Following an exceptional performance in his role as Ken in a comedy film Barbie (2023) co-starred with Margot Robbie, Gosling received nominations for Academy, Critics’ Choice, SAG, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. In 2024, he featured in an action film named The Fall Guy.
Ryan Gosling Net Worth
The prominent Canadian actor has an estimated net worth of $70 million as of 2024.