Early life
Gosling was born in London, Ontario and raised in the small city
of Cornwall,
the son of Donna, a secretary, and Thomas Gosling, a paper mill worker.
His parents, who were Mormons, divorced
when he was young. He had difficulty in school and often took
part in fights with fellow students. His mother withdrew him from school and
taught him at home from the age of ten. Gosling did not have a religious
upbringing, he was free to explore and discover his own religious beliefs. After
returning to the public system he went to Cornwall Collegiate and
Vocational School, he ended up dropping out at the age of seventeen.
When Gosling first came to live in Los Angeles in 1997, he was given a place
to stay at the West
Hollywood apartment of Director Ron Oliver (Goosebumps & Breaker High).
Career
Gosling has had no formal training as an actor. His first acting experience
was in the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club, for which he
auditioned on a whim at the age of thirteen. As a result, he appeared in the
show alongside Britney
Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake
in the show's sixth and seventh seasons.
Later he appeared in other television series including Young Hercules and
Breaker High. 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. This success
led to future films including Remember the Titans, The Slaughter
Rule, and Murder by Numbers. Because of his turn as
the romantic lead in the 2004 film The Notebook, Gosling was
named one of People magazine's Fifty Hottest
Bachelors and the Show West Male Star of Tomorrow.
In preparation for his role as Dan Dunne, a drug-addicted, junior high school history teacher
in the 2006 film Half Nelson, Gosling moved to
Brooklyn, shadowed a middle school teacher, and studied the Civil Rights
Movement (a subject with which his character is fascinated). In
March 2007, Gosling won the Best Actor category at the Spirit Awards (formerly
known as the Independent Spirit Awards) for his role in the movie. 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.
Recently Gosling has starred in the film Fracture alongside Anthony Hopkins. He was
to begin filming for The Lovely Bones in October 2007, but has since been replaced by Mark Wahlberg. it
was subsequently reported that director Peter Jackson fired him because he was "too
demanding" A few days later, however, Gosling denied these
claims, explaining that his young age was behind the decision to replace him in
the film. He said, "The age of the character versus my real age was always a
concern of mine. Peter and I tried to make it work and ultimately it just
didn't. I think the film is much better off with Mark Wahlberg in that role.
Peter Jackson is an incredible filmmaker and I'm here to tell you that he has
things up his sleeve that are going to blow people's minds. I'm going to be the
first person in line to buy tickets." In 2007,
Gosling was invited to join the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
On December 13, 2007, Gosling was nominated for Golden
Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. On January
12th, 2008, it was announced on NME.COM that Courtney Love made an official
announcement saying Ryan Gosling would portray her former husband, Kurt Cobain,
in his upcoming bio film.
Personal life
Gosling divides his time between Toronto and Los Angeles, California. Gosling also has several homemade
tattoos. He has a dog named "George" which he
rescued from a kennel in Los Angeles. Gosling owns a Moroccan restaurant called
"Tagine" located in Beverly Hills.
He dated Sandra
Bullock for two years, who was his co-star in Murder by Numbers. He was also in a relationship with his
The Notebook
co-star, fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams, but
Gosling announced their breakup in the November 2007 issue of GQ.
He calls Rachel one of the "greatest loves of his life". The Notebook
director Nick
Cassavetes had previously said that he was surprised to see the two dating
because of their on-set arguing.
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