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My Take
Ryan Gosling fascinates me because he keeps weaponizing his own leading-man image against itself. The same actor who broke hearts in The Notebook and La La Land chose near-silence in Drive and gleeful absurdity as Ken in Barbie, and somehow every register feels fully his. That deadpan comic timing, funny while the face barely moves, is one of the rarest gifts in modern screen acting. Add the restaurant venture and his producing work, and you get a star who treats fame as raw material rather than a destination. Two decades in, I still cannot predict his next move, and that is the highest compliment I can give.
Overview
Ryan Thomas Gosling ( GOSS-ling; born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. His work includes both independent films and major studio features. He has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and nine Critics' Choice Awards.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ryan Gosling
- Name (Japanese)
- ライアン・ゴズリング
- Reading
- らいあん・ごずりんぐ
- Born
- November 12, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / restaurateur / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lester B. Pearson High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- India Catalina Awards
- 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Fall Guy | — | |
| Notable work | La La Land | — | |
| Notable work | The Notebook | — | |
| Notable work | Barbie | — | |
| Notable work | Drive | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.