Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor known for his work in a diverse range of characters from independent films to major studio features. As a child he showed an early interest in performing and joined a local ballet company at the age of 12. In 1993, he made his acting debut on the Disney Channel series The Mickey Mouse Club. After a supporting role in the football drama Remember the Titans, he secured a lead role as a young Jewish neo-Nazi in 2001's The Believer. Gosling gained mainstream attention in 2004 after starring opposite Rachel McAdams in the romantic drama film The Notebook. The film grossed over $115 million worldwide and established him as a leading man. In 2005, he appeared as a disturbed young art student in a psychological thriller film Stay. Gosling received critical acclaim and an nomination at the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a drug-addicted high school teacher in the indie drama Half Nelson (2006) and played an introvert who falls for a sex doll in the 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl. For the latter he was nominated at a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Following a three-year absence from the screen In 2010, he starred opposite Michelle Williams in Derek Cianfrance's directorial debut, the marital drama Blue Valentine which earned him another nomination at the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. His second on-screen appearance of 2010 was in the mystery film All Good Things, based on a true story where he starred as New York real-estate heir David Marks, who was investigated for the disappearance of his wife played by Kirsten Dunst. In 2011, Gosling expand his horizons by appearing in three diverse, high-profile roles. He co-starred in his first comedic role in the romantic comedy-drama Crazy, Stupid, Love, with Steve Carell and Emma Stone. Followed by his first action role as a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a getaway driver, in Drive, based on a novel by James Sallis. The film was a box office success, grossing $81 million worldwide. In his final appearance of 2011, Gosling co-starred with Philip Seymour Hoffman in the political drama The Ides of March directed by George Clooney, in which he played an ambitious press secretary. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for the latter.

In 2013's crime thriller Gangster Squad, he portrayed Sgt. Jerry Wooters, a 1940s LAPD officer who attempts to outsmart mob boss Mickey Cohen (played by Sean Penn). In 2014, Gosling's directorial debut Lost River competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Following a year later In 2015, he starred as a bond salesman in the ensemble financial satire The Big Short, a Best Picture nominee at the 2016 Academy Awards. The following year, Gosling starred in the black comedy The Nice Guys, opposite Russell Crowe, and in Damien Chazelle's musical romantic drama La La Land, where he was reunited with Emma Stone. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and received his second Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. It emerged as one of his most commercially successful films, with earnings of over $440 million.

In 2017, he starred in Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, directed by Denis Villeneuve and co-starring Harrison Ford, who reprised his role as Rick Deckard. Despite being Gosling's largest box office opening, grossing $31.5 million domestically, the film underperformed at the box office. In 2018, he had one release where he portrayed Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became the first man to walk on the Moon in 1969, in Chazelle's biopic First Man, based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. After a four-year break from film, Gosling returned starring in the 2022 spy-action thriller The Gray Man, co-starred Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. In the following year, Gosling starred as Ken in Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy Barbie, opposite Margot Robbie in the title role. For his performance he was nominated at the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Following a poorly received action comedy The Fall Guy alongside Emily Blunt. In 2026, Gosling starred as a middle school science teacher and former molecular biologist on a mission to save humanity in Project Hail Mary, based on Andy Weir's science fiction novel of the same name. He received acclaim for his performance and the film emerged as a commercial success, grossing $684.3 million worldwide.

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.1996 Frankenstein and Me Kenny2000 Remember the Titans Alan Bosley2001 Danny Balint2002 Murder by Numbers Richard Haywood Roy Chutney2003 Leland P. Fitzgerald2004 Noah Calhoun2005 Stay Henry Letham2006 Half Nelson Dan Dunne2007 Fracture Willy Beachum Lars and the Real Girl Lars Lindstrom2010 Blue Valentine Dean Pereira Also executive producer All Good Things David Marks ReGeneration Narrator Documentary, also producer2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love Jacob Palmer Drive The Driver Stephen Meyers2012 Luke Glanton2013 Gangster Squad Jerry Wooters Only God Forgives Julian Thompson Also executive producer White Shadow Executive producer only2014 Lost River Director, writer and producer only My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Himself Documentary2015 Jared Vennett2016 P.I. Holland March La La Land Sebastian Wilder2017 Song to Song BV Blade Runner 2049 Officer K 2018 First Man Neil Armstrong 2022 Courtland Gentry "Sierra Six" 2023 Barbie Ken 2024 Colt Seavers Also producer2025 Executive producer only2026 Project Hail Mary Dr. Ryland Grace Also producer Love of Your Life Producer only2027 Kade Auberon Post-production, Also executive producer2028

Television Year(s) Title Role Notes 1993–1994 Various roles Seasons 6–7 1995 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Jamie Leary Episode: "The Tale of Station 109.1" 1996 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Adam Episode: "Dream House/UFO Encounter" Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kevin Episode: "Dragon's Lair" Road to Avonlea Bret McNulty Episode: "From Away" Goosebumps Greg Banks Episode: "Say Cheese and Die" Sean Episode: "The Case of the Burning Building" Flash Forward Scott Stuckey 2 episodes Ready or Not Matt Kalinsky Episode: "I Do, I Don't" 1997–1998 Breaker High Sean Hanlon Main role (44 episodes) 1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Tommy Television film 1998–1999 Young Hercules Hercules Main role (50 episodes) 1998 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Zylus Episode: "The Academy" 1999 Josh Pilot 2005 I'm Still Here Ilya Gerber (voice) Television documentary 2015, 2017, 2024, 2026 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 4 episodes 2019 My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres Blue Penguin (voice) Television film

Discography +List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album CAN AUS AUT BEL (Fl) FRA SPA SWI UK US WW "Dead Man's Bones"(with Dead Man's Bones) 2009 — — — — — — — — — — Dead Man's Bones "You Always Hurt the One You Love" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — Blue Valentine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "A Lovely Night"(with Emma Stone) 2016 — — — — 75 — — — — — La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "City of Stars"(solo or with Emma Stone) 89 — 68 30 10 14 48 53 — — "I'm Just Ken" 2023 48 66 25 — — — — 13 87 70 Barbie the Album "Push" — — — — — — — — — —"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

See also List of awards and nominations received by Ryan Gosling

References

External links Ryan Gosling filmography at IMDb