Ryan Gosling's childhood
Ryan Gosling was born into a family that was far from the world of cinema and had no connection with creative professions. The boy's mother, Donna, was a secretary, and his father, Thomas, earned money at a paper factory. But there was almost no paternal support in Ryan's life: his parents divorced when he was several years old. The mother single-handedly raised Gosling and his older sister Mandy and, I must say, was not gentle with the children. Donna was a very religious woman, a follower of Mormonism, but Ryan was her complete opposite in character - the boy was restless, constantly misbehaving at school. Relations with classmates did not go well: Ryan often became the subject of ridicule and until the age of 14-15 he could not make friends. Gosling even spent one year home-schooled, with his mother giving him lessons. But this, according to Ryan, was good for him: during this year he learned to be independent.
Ryan's dream of becoming an actor came after he watched the movie "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty and Al Pacino. From an early age, he often took part in public events: he sang at weddings with his sister, performed at talent competitions, and at the age of 12 he joined the cast of the famous “Mickey Mouse Club.” Ryan starred in this television program for two years along with Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and other future stars. After that, he returned to his native Canada and starred in local television series - for example, “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”, “Goosebumps” and others.
Movies
After several minor roles, Gosling was invited by producer Daniel Diamond to play the lead role in the film The Fanatic. Ryan plays Danny Balint, a Jewish guy who became one of the leaders of the skinhead movement. The film was released in 2001 and received a lot of rave reviews and awards, including at the Sundance Film Festival. And at the Moscow Film Festival they celebrated not only the film itself, but also Ryan Gosling’s performance, awarding him the Golden St. George prize for best actor.
Ryan Gosling (still from the movie "Stay")
This work is followed by the dramatic thriller “Murder Countdown,” the psychological film “The United States of Leland,” and the psychological thriller “Stay.” Film critics appreciated these roles; Ryan even made it onto the list of America's most eligible bachelors.
Ryan gained worldwide fame after the biographical film “The Notebook,” which was based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. The story of the relationship between a boy and a girl from different social strata touched American viewers, the film was called the best in the creative biography of the Canadian actor, and Gosling’s photo appears on the cover of the main film magazines on the planet.
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling (still from the movie "The Notebook")
Another triumph awaited the actor after the release of the dramatic film “Half Nelson,” in which Ryan plays a high school history teacher who couldn’t imagine life without drugs. The film received rave reviews from critics, and Paste magazine ranked the film 16th in its list of “50 Best Films of the Decade.” As a result, Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category.
For his participation in the next 4 films, the Canadian was nominated 4 times for the Golden Globe as best actor, but never received the award. “Lars and the Real Girl,” “Valentine,” “This Stupid Love” and “The Ides of March” are Golden Globe-nominated films starring Gosling.
In 2011, the film “Drive” appeared on the screens. The film was based on the novel of the same name by James Sallis, and Ryan played the main role in the thriller. Despite the actor’s brilliant performance, the film was praised more for its script and direction.
Ryan Gosling (still from the film “The Place Beyond the Pines”)
The Place Beyond the Pines is another film starring Gosling. The crime drama, which appeared on screens in 2013, became popular in the United States. The world film press positively received the film, especially noting the script, which touched on the theme of family, fatherhood and fate.
In the same year, another interesting work appeared in the actor’s filmography - Gosling played the role of Sergeant Wooters in the crime thriller Gangster Hunters. Post-war Brooklyn becomes a place of confrontation between mafia structures and law enforcement officials. Ryan's partners in the story were Josh Brolin and Sean Penn.
In 2014, Gosling tried himself in a new capacity. In the film “Lost River” (in another translation – “How to Catch a Monster”) the Canadian participates as a director, screenwriter and producer. The creators demonstrated this non-profit arthouse project at the Cannes Film Festival.
Ryan Gosling (still from the movie "Gangster Hunters")
In 2021, the film “La La Land” was released with the participation of Ryan Gosling, in which the Canadian played Sebastian Wilder. The film took a special place in the artist’s personal creative biography. It received positive reviews from critics, and the film was named the best of the year.
Mia Dolan (played by Emma Stone) dreams of becoming an actress, but for now the girl serves coffee to movie stars and runs around to endless auditions. Sebastian is a jazz musician who is forced to play simple tunes at parties. In the future, the couple will have to choose between a fragile relationship and the career they so dreamed of. Another love story between a starlet and a fanatical jazz musician, presented by director Damien Chazelle, was liked by the audience.
Canadian media have repeatedly reported that the star duet could not have happened at all, because Emma Stone turned down the role of Mia due to being busy filming the film “Beauty and the Beast,” and Ryan Gosling refused the role of the Beast in the same film in order to appear in “ La La Land." It was assumed that at the initial stage the main roles would be played by Miles Teller, who worked with Damien Chazelle in the project “Whiplash,” as well as British film actress Emma Watson.
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (still from the movie "La La Land")
It is known that Ryan Gosling took piano lessons, learning music by heart. According to composer Justin Gurvich, the artist could play all the parts shown in the film without using a double or special effects. Such efforts in preparing the tape turned out to be justified. The Oscars are the main event in world cinema.
In 2021, the attention of media representatives was focused specifically on the actors who played the main roles in the film “La La Land” - Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. For their brilliant performance, the stars received a large number of film awards, and this time the film was nominated for 14 nominations at once, in 6 of which it won. The film set a record for the most nominations along with Titanic and All About Eve.
In 2021, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe participated in the filming of the comedy Goodfellas; such a stellar collaboration was remembered for the actors’ joint videos. Clips have appeared on the Internet in which celebrities attend psychological consultations for couples experiencing a crisis in their relationships.
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe (still from the movie "Goodfellas")
The actors claim that after working together they cannot stand each other, and the psychotherapist appointed by the film studio is trying to understand the reasons for this hostility. Soon, 4 videos appeared about the problems of Gosling and Crowe: “Stress Management”, “Confrontation”, “Building Walls” and “Travel”. With similar videos, the filmmakers tried to attract the viewer’s attention to the film.
In March 2021, a melodrama starring Gosling entitled “Song to Song” was presented. The musical drama tells the story of the complicated love relationship that develops between two pairs of lovers. In a strange way, while experiencing losses in their personal lives, these four become connected to each other. Along with Ryan, the leading roles included Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, and Natalie Portman.
Ryan Gosling (still from the film "Song to Song")
Already in October, the premiere of the science fiction film “Blade Runner 2049” took place. The film is quite unusual in the Canadian’s repertoire, because Ryan had not previously appeared in works of this genre, playing roles in melodramas. Here he reincarnated as a replicant, an artificially created person who cooperates with the police. His chosen one was his girlfriend Joy (Ana de Armas), who has no body and appears only in the form of a hologram.
Interestingly, the filming took place in the strictest secrecy. The filmmakers were afraid of disclosing information about the script before the premiere, so not a single performer was given the full text to work on the role.
Ryan Gosling (still from the movie "Blade Runner 2049")
In April 2021, information appeared in the press that Ryan Gosling supported the film “The Promise,” which deals with the Armenian genocide, and also joined the #KeepThePromise campaign as part of the premiere. The plot of the film takes place during the First World War, when the Christian ethnic Armenian population living on the territory of the Ottoman Empire was destroyed.
The film “The Promise” was created with the financial support of American billionaire of Armenian origin Kirk Kerkorian. The author of the film is the director of the film “Hotel Rwanda” Terry George, and the main roles are played by Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale and Charlotte Le Bon. Prominent representatives of world show business previously expressed admiration for the film: Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Sylvester Stallone, Elton John, Barbra Streisand and others.
Acting career
At the age of 17, Ryan Gosling dropped out of school to devote himself full-time to acting. Gosling went to New Zealand to film the adventure series “The Youth of Hercules.” But this was the last television project that the young actor agreed to. He wanted to try himself on the big screen and play a more serious character.
It all started with an appearance in the film “Fanatic,” in which Ryan got the role of a young Jewish neo-Nazi. Gosling's performance was praised by critics, and the film received one of the main awards at the American Sundance Film Festival. However, neither this role nor the next few - in the films "Murder Countdown" and "The United States of Leland" - brought him real success.
The public recognized him thanks to the film “The Notebook,” in which Ryan starred in 2004. Together with Rachel McAdams, they acted out a romantic story based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The picture was loved all over the world. And although it did not win any major awards, it collected more than $100 million at the box office alone. Ryan and Rachel won the MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss.
“The Notebook” paved the way for Gosling to Hollywood. He played in the film “Stay” with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor, and then in the film “Half Nelson,” which brought the actor an Oscar nomination in the “Best Actor” category. “Fracture” and “Lars and the Real Girl” are the last films in which Gosling played before a three-year career break.
Gosling had a hard time with this pause: as the actor himself admitted, without work he became depressed. But Ryan's return to cinema brought him even more success: for example, thanks to the film Valentine, he became a Golden Globe nominee for Best Actor in a Drama. This was followed by the film “This Stupid Love” with Mila Kunis (also, by the way, brought Ryan a Golden Globe nomination) and “The Ides of March”, directed by George Clooney. In 2013, he took on his debut directorial work - the film How to Catch a Monster with Christina Hendricks in the title role.
In addition to films, Ryan is involved in music. In 2008, together with friend Zach Shields, he created the group Dead Man's Bones and released an album. In addition, Gosling is associated with the restaurant business. The actor is a co-owner of Tagine, an establishment that specializes in Moroccan cuisine.
Ryan Thomas Gosling was born on November 12, 1980 in London, Ontario, Canada, and is of French-Canadian descent. Ryan's father worked as a traveling salesman and was constantly away from home, and his mother worked as a secretary. In addition to Ryan, the family had an older sister, Mandy. When Gosling was 13, his parents divorced, and he and his sister stayed with their mother. During his school years, Ryan got along so poorly with his classmates that he was homeschooled. Gosling did not receive any acting training, but at the age of thirteen he successfully took part in the casting of the popular Disney show “The Mickey Mouse Club,” which also featured Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. This is how Ryan's acting career began, and he soon began participating in a number of television projects. Gosling started with the teen series Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995), where he appeared in one of the episodes, and already at 18 he received his first starring role - in the series “The Youth of Hercules” (1998). The “daughter” show was released in the wake of the crazy popularity of the series “The Amazing Journeys of Hercules” and “Xena: Warrior Princess” and was dedicated to the early years of the Greek demigod, his training at the school of the centaur Charon, meeting his best friends Iolaus and Jason, as well as his first encounters with treacherous Olympian gods.
Success on television opened the way for Gosling to recognition on the big screen. And if Ryan got an episode in the film Remember the Titans (2000), then in another drama, Fanatic (2001), which tells about the neo-Nazi movement, Gosling played the main role, earning critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. After this, offers to participate in new projects began to come to Ryan more and more actively. Gosling starred in the sports drama Law of Slaughter (2002), the crime thriller Kill Countdown (2002), the action-packed drama The United States of Leland (2003), and the melodrama The Notebook (2004), in which he made a beautiful couple with Rachel McAdams. The duo received the MTV award for best kiss, as well as the love of the audience. A year later, Gosling appeared in the psychological thriller Stay (2005), starring Ewan McGregor.
Gosling’s full-fledged acting triumph was brought by the drama “Half Nelson” (2006), for which Ryan was awarded several prestigious awards and was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. A year later, Gosling starred alongside the legendary Sir Anthony Hopkins in the legal drama Fracture, and subsequent films Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and Valentine (2010) brought Ryan two Golden Globe Award nominations. Gosling tried to be as careful as possible in choosing roles, preferring to act not too often, but with maximum effort in promising projects. This is exactly what the neo-noir thriller by Dane Nicolas Winding Röfn “Drive” (2011) became. The film was nominated for the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and Gosling, who played the main role of an unnamed stunt driver, received the Sputnik Award. Two more films in 2011, the romantic comedy This Stupid Love and the thriller The Ides of March, brought Ryan further Golden Globe nominations.
Having skipped 2012, the following year, 2013, Gosling starred in three films at once: for his role in the thriller “The Place Beyond the Pines,” Ryan received another nomination for “Satellite,” the fate of another Refn film “Only God Forgives” turned out so favorably, but The crime drama Gangster Hunters was panned by critics. Gosling also took part in the Oscar-winning biographical drama “The Big Short,” where his partners were stars Christian Bale and Brad Pitt (2015), after which, together with Russell Crowe, he delighted the audience with the comedy detective “Goodfellas” (2016). Shane Black's film was performed in the style of the USA of the 70s, ridiculed a lot of typical cliches of film noirs and allowed the talented actor to perform from the heart. That year, Gosling began to be perceived by the general public as a worthy Oscar candidate among those actors who had not yet received an honorary statuette. These conversations came to a head after Ryan's brilliant performance and his wonderful duet with Emma Stone in Damien Chazelle's musical film La La Land (2016). Gosling played the jazz musician Sebastian and learned to play the piano for a convincing performance. The film became one of the main events of the film year, was nominated for 13 awards, but received only 6, losing, in particular, the prize for “best film” and “best actor” to Gosling. The actor had to be content with the first Golden Globe in his career.
The Oscar chase continued in 2021, when Gosling played two more notable roles - in Terence Malick's melodrama Song to Song, as well as in the sequel to Ridley Scott's cult Blade Runner. In the sequel Blade Runner 2049, Gosling played a hunter of illegal replicants who accidentally learns the terrible secret of a corporation that produces mechanical people. Despite generally favorable reviews from critics, the film was not successful at the box office, and Gosling only received a Saturn Award nomination. The next and last notable role to date reunited Ryan with director Damien Chazelle. In the biographical drama Man on the Moon (2018), Gosling played the famous astronaut Neil Armstrong. The film did not become as important an event in the film industry as La La Land, but it earned the sympathy of critics.
In addition to his acting career, Ryan pays a lot of attention to music; he writes his own songs, plays guitar and piano, and is also a member of the Dead Man's Bones band, which has released one album. The actor also has his own business, the Moroccan restaurant Tagine in Beverly Hills, of which he is a co-owner. Officially, Ryan Gosling is not married, but he maintained romantic relationships with a considerable number of famous Hollywood beauties: Sandra Bullock, Rachel McAdams, Famke Janssen, Eva Mendes. The latter gave birth to two daughters to the Canadian.
Personal life of Ryan Gosling
In 2002, Ryan Gosling began dating Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, who co-starred with him in Kill Countdown. They stayed together for only a year, and in 2004 the star began an affair with Rachel McAdams, who played his lover in The Notebook.
The actor has also been in relationships with Famke Janssen, Jamie Murray and Blake Lively.
Since 2011, Ryan has been dating actress Eva Mendes. On September 12, 2014, Eva gave birth to Rayon's daughter, whom they named Esmeralda Amada Gosling. On April 29, 2021, the couple welcomed their second child, daughter Amada Lee Gosling.
Biography
Ryan Gosling is a Canadian film actor who is often called “the most romantic hero of our time.” The artist gained fame thanks to his participation in the melodrama “The Notebook” and filming in the Oscar-winning musical film “La La Land.” He has 2 Oscar nominations, a Golden Globe award and an award from the US National Board of Film Critics. In addition to acting, Gosling devotes time to music. He founded the indie rock band Dead Man's Bones, which went on tour several times.
First steps to success
At the age of 13, Ryan auditioned for a talent show called The Mickey Mouse Club. His vocal abilities did not go unnoticed. Ryan starred in the television program for two years. Then there were minor roles in programs that aired on the Disney channel.
The debut work in Ryan Gosling’s filmography is “The Youth of Hercules.” Then there was filming in the multi-part project “School of Broken Hearts.” Ryan got a minor role.
Music
Ryan Gosling is a creative person who loves experiments. Already at the peak of his acting fame, he independently masters playing the guitar and piano. This was not enough for him, because later Ryan, in the company of actor and producer Zach Shields, organized the group Dead Man's Bones. The group focuses on the “Halloween” theme of the songs, and witches, ghosts, zombies, monsters and skeletons are the constant heroes of the lyrics of the group’s compositions.
Dead Man's Bones - In The Room Where You Sleep
The guys experimented in the studio, trying to record a new song. The composition “In The Room Where You Sleep” is the result of the team’s work. The single was later posted for free download on the Internet, and a video clip for this track was also published.
Ryan and Zach were so captivated by their joint work that they wrote 11 more songs and released the album Dead Man's Bones at the end of 2009. And then they went on a tour of America, practically without rehearsing. In each city, they hired a local children's choir to provide backing vocals and improvised during the performance. To warm up the audience before performances, Gosling and Shields held a children's talent competition or showed a puppet show.
