Ryan Gosling Image Collection
by Abbey on Aug.20, 2010, under Actor, Artist, Band, Films, Gallery, updates
Ryan Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in The Notebook and The Believer, and he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role in Half Nelson, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. Ryan was nominated for another Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Lars and the Real Girl.
He was a cast member on the hit show The Mickey Mouse Club alongside fellow stars; Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, J.C. Chasez, and Keri Russell. He was part of the last set of new Mouseketeers to be admitted into the show before it ended its run. He sang, danced, and acted on the show. Ryan starred in the Canadian television show Breaker High which aired on YTV in Canada and UPN in the United States from 1997 to 1998.
He 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. Ryan won the Best Actor category at the 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.
In 2007, Ryan was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Lars and the Real Girl. A week later, he was subsequently nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He had also received a Broadcast Film Critics Association nomination and won a Satellite Award for this performance as well. In February 2008, he was presented with the inaugural Independent Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. In her introduction, presenter Jenelle Riley called him “the most consistent and compelling actor working today.”
In 2008 Ryan’s band Dead Man’s Bones released a music video and free download for their song “In The Room Where You Sleep,” and on April 4, 2009, the band released a music video for their song “Name In Stone” on MySpace and YouTube. The self-titled debut album from the band, featuring members of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music’s children’s choir, was released on October 6, 2009 through ANTI- records.
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