Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling was born on November 12, 1980 in London, Ontario, Canada, and raised in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of Donna, a secretary, and Thomas Gosling, a paper mill worker. His parents, divorced when he was young. Gosling dropped out of high school at age seventeen(17)
When Gosling first moved to Los Angeles in 1997, he was given a place to stay at the West Hollywood apartment of Director Ron Oliver (Goosebumps and Breaker High)
Gosling was a cast member on the hit 80’s/90’s show ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ along side fellow stars; Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Keri Russell. He was the last set of new Mickey Mousers to be admitted into the show before it finished. He used to sing, dance and act 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.
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.
Gosling divides his time between Toronto, Canada and Los Angeles, USA. Gosling also has several homemade tattoos. He has a dog named George whom he rescued from a kennel in Los Angeles. He is a partner in Beverly Hills restaurant, “Tagine,” which specializes in Moroccan cuisine. Gosling endorsed the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. He dated his co-star Rachel McAdams whom he had met while filming The Notebook. They broke up in February 2007. The two later reunited in August 2008 but once again called it quits in November 2008. In December 2008, it was reported that they remain friends.
