Ryan Gosling

Is an accomplished jazz guitarist and a fan of Chet Baker; started a band with his friend Zach Shields called Dead Mans Bones.

Parents are Thomas and Donna Gosling.

Has an older sister named Mandi Gosling.

First break came in January 1993 when open auditions were held in Montreal for "MMC" .

Ryan went to Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Was taken out of elementary school as a child and taught at home by his mother because of constant abuse from other students.

Has a dog named George.

Was in a relationship with Sandra Bullock , having met on the set of Murder by Numbers (May 2002-July 2003).

Built the kitchen table featured in The Notebook in preparation for his role as Noah.

Was named one of People Magazines 50 Hottest Bachelors [2004]

While on "MMC" , he lived with Justin Timberlake and his mother.

Purchased the Jeep Cherokee driven by Ben Chaplin in Murder by Numbers from the set of the movie.

Favorite movie is East of Eden

Keeps in touch with his "Breaker High" co-star Scott Vickaryous.

Beat out 17,000 people for a place in "MMC" in January 1993.

He was named the 2004 Sho West Male Star of Tomorrow.

Born in London, Ontario, and moved soon after to Cornwall, Ontario, where he was raised. Then moved to Burlington, Ontario, during his high school years.

Born in the same hospital as his The Notebook co-star Rachel McAdams -- St. Josephs Hospital in London, Ontario -- though hes younger.

Has released a song titled "Put Me in the Car", which can be found on his website.

With two of his friends, he has opened a Moroccan restaurant called Tagine in Beverly Hills, California.

Was in a relationship with Rachel McAdams twice, having met on the set of The Notebook . They were originally together from June 2005 to July 2007 before reconciling in August 2008, only to separate a second time in November 2008.

In school, his nickname was Trouble.

He moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 16.

Took his mother and his sister to the Oscars in 2007.

Traveled to Chad in 2005 to make a documentary on the Darfur refugees living there.

One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.

Lives in the popular Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake. Other Silver Lake locals include Beck , Bo Barrett , Christina Ricci , Rachel McAdams , and Jason Lee.

Was the first Canadian-born performer in over 60 years to be nominated for the best actor Oscar in Half Nelson . The last was Walter Pidgeon for Madame Curie .

Was originally cast as Jack Salmon in The Lovely Bones , but after dropping out of the project a day before shooting began, Mark Wahlberg was cast instead.

Was ranked #23 on Entertainment Weeklys 30 Under 30 the actors list. .

Member of the same Los Angeles gym as Jason Sarayba , Bradley Cooper , Jodie Foster , Michelle Monaghan , Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Ashley Tisdale.

According to an interview in GQ, he was the only Mickey Mouse Club cast member that didnt live in the same complex as all the other cast members and their families. He and his family lived in a nearby trailer park and he was the familys only source of income.

Ryan drives the same color and year model 2011 Chevy Impala in both Drive and Ides of March.

Unlike many successful actors near his age, he has no entourage and few close friends. He admits to often preferring solitude while not working, attributing it to his autonomous latter childhood.

He first saw Blue Velvet when he was 14 years old. This movie left a strong impression on him.

Born at 2:34 PM.

He is of roughly half French-Canadian ancestry (from both of his parents combined), along with English, Scottish, Irish, and about 1/32 German. The "Gosling" surname originates in England, where Ryans great-great-grandfather, George Edward Gosling, was born (in Paddington).

Was considered to play Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice before Ben Affleck was cast.

Auditioned for the role of Frankie Ballenbacher in Alpha Dog but lost to Justin Timberlake.

Auditioned for the role of Sam Flynn in Tron , but lost to Garrett Hedlund.

(October 2009) Touring the U.S. and Canada with his band, Dead Mans Bones, in support of their debut album.

(August 2004) He and Benicio Del Toro are making tentative plans to visit the jungle in Bolivia, to learn a few survival skills first-hand for Che: Part Two (aka "Che").

(March 2013) New York City: Announces that he plans to take an unspecified "break" from acting because he feels as if he has "lost perspective on what Im doing."

Became a father for the 1st time at age 33 when his girlfriend Eva Mendes gave birth to their daughter Esmeralda Amada Gosling on September 12, 2014.

Was mentioned in two movies in 2014: Maps to the Stars and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) .

A series of videos, entitled "Ryan Gosling Wont Eat His Cereal", which feature clips from various Gosling films with a spoonful of cereal superimposed over the footage, went viral in 2013, receiving millions of views on Vine and YouTube. When the creator of the videos, Ryan McHenry , passed away from osteosarcoma in May 2015, Gosling posted his own video on Vine, in which he can be seen eating a bowl of cereal in tribute to McHenry. He also offered his public condolences to McHenrys family.

Appeared in two films with Michelle Williams : The United States of Leland and Blue Valentine . They lived together for four weeks, while filming "Blue Valentine", in a house in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

Became a father for the 2nd time at age 35 when his girlfriend Eva Mendes gave birth to their daughter Amada Lee Gosling on April 29, 2016.

Has starred in four films specifically set in Los Angeles (Drive, Gangster Squad, The Nice Guys, and La La Land). Additionally, he has starred in seven films set in New York (The Believer, Stay, Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, All Good Things, Place Beyond the Pines, and The Big Short).

By fans in public, he often gets confused for fellow Canadian actor named Ryan, Ryan Reynolds.

Great-great-grandson of George Edward Gosling, who was born in Paddington, London, England.

He is one of three males born in 1980 or after to have received more than one Academy Award nomination for acting (for Half Nelson and La La Land ). The other two are Jonah Hill (for Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street ) and Eddie Redmayne (for The Theory of Everything , which he won, and The Danish Girl ).

He is the first person born in the 1980s (and thus could be considered the first millennial) to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Half Nelson ; Keisha Castle-Hughes is the first millennial nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (for Whale Rider , in the ceremony for 2003). Eddie Redmayne and Natalie Portman are the first persons born in the 1980s to have won in those two respective categories.

He played all his filmed piano-playing scenes in La La Land, learning to play the instrument in the months before shooting.

Is one of four actors born in 1980 or after to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (he has been nominated in the category twice). The other three are Jesse Eisenberg , Eddie Redmayne (one win, one nomination) (born in 1982), and Andrew Garfield .

Can speak some basic, conversational Spanish. He began learning in 2011 after starting to date longtime friend and costar Eva Mendes. He said in 2012 he was attempting to read Zoe Valdes Caf Nostalgia in Spanish, and his two daughters with Mendes are being raised bilingual.

In 1992 he was the only boy with a group of girl dancers in a tv talent show.

Gained 60 lbs to play Jack Salmon in The Lovely Bones by eating melted ice cream. Ultimately he was fired due to creative differences which left him, in his words, "fat and unemployed".

Gene Wilder will break your heart and make you laugh at the same time.

I try not to make to many movies. I get sick of myself, so I can imagine,how everyone else feels.

[on Drive (2011/I) ] I guess I wanted to make a superhero movie,but all the good ones were taken. This was the opportunity to create,one.

The writing was on the wall when I saw Rocky (1976) for the first,time. I went and picked a fight right afterwards and got my ass kicked.

The movies took me into their dream.

[on playing a bank robber in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) ] I,fantasized about robbing banks for a long time, ever since I was a kid.

It feels like not that long ago that I was on a show called,"Young Hercules" (1998) in which I had a fake tan and wore tight,leather pants and fought imaginary monsters.

I think women are better than men. They are stronger. More evolved. You,can tell especially when you have daughters and you see their early,stages, they are just leaps and bounds beyond boys immediately.

My mom was really cool.

I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.

I sometimes forget to have breakfast in the morning, but when I actually buy a box of cereal, I will probably eat it not only for breakfast but also as a snack later on.

The people of Disney are so incredibly amazing they are so nice.

A car is only trouble at a certain point.

Cars can have a hypnotic effect. You can get in a car and get out and not really remember the trip.

When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt.

Freedom is such a gift. .