ACTOR · BORN 1980
Ryan Gosling
- Born
- 12 November 1980
- Known for
- The Notebook (2004), Project Hail Mary (2026), Only God Forgives (2013), Murder by Numbers (2002)
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Ryan Gosling (born 12 November 1980) is an actor best known for The Notebook, Project Hail Mary and Only God Forgives.
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185 Interesting Facts About Ryan Gosling
Interesting Facts (60)
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A series of videos entitled "Ryan Gosling Won't 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 McHenry's family.
Ryan Gosling: conversation sceneImage: Wikimedia Commons · Elen Nivrae from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 - #004
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Gosling speaks some basic, conversational Spanish. He began learning it in 2011 after he started dating his longtime friend and co-star Eva Mendes. In 2012 he said he was trying to read Zoé Valdés's Café Nostalgia in Spanish, and that his two daughters with Mendes are being raised bilingual.
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Gosling is married to Eva Mendes, whom he met on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) in July 2011. He is the father of two daughters.
Ryan Gosling: Invisible ManImage: Wikimedia Commons · GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0 - #036
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Production Story (9)
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He auditioned for the role of Frankie Ballenbacher in Alpha Dog (2006) but lost the part to Justin Timberlake.
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Behind the Scenes (49)
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A video series titled "Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal," featuring clips from various Gosling films with a spoonful of cereal added over the footage, went viral in 2013 and was watched millions of times on Vine and YouTube. When the videos' creator, Ryan McHenry, died of osteosarcoma in May 2015, Gosling posted his own video on Vine in his memory, in which he could be seen eating a bowl of cereal. He also offered his condolences to McHenry's family.
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He is of English, Scottish, Irish and roughly 1/32 German descent, as well as roughly half French-Canadian origin (counting both of his parents together). The surname Gosling comes from England, where Ryan's great-great-great-grandfather George Edward Gosling was born, in Paddington. In addition, one of Ryan's five-times paternal great-grandfathers, James-Jacques Robinson/Robertson, who was from the United States, was African-American and married into the French-Canadian community.
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He is the first person born in the 1980s to be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar (he has been nominated twice in the category). The next four were Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), Eddie Redmayne (one win, one nomination) (born 1982), Andrew Garfield (born 1983) and Daniel Kaluuya (born 1989).
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He is the first person born in the 1980s to be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, for Half Nelson (2006); Keisha Castle-Hughes is the first millennial to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (at the 2003 ceremony, for Whale Rider (2002)). Eddie Redmayne and Natalie Portman became the first people born in the 1980s to win in the two respective categories.
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He is the third man born in 1980 or later to receive multiple Oscar nominations in an acting category (for Half Nelson (2006), La La Land (2016) and Barbie (2023)). The first two were Jonah Hill (Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)) and Eddie Redmayne (for his winning The Theory of Everything (2014) and The Danish Girl (2015)).
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Characters & Cast (2)
Easter Eggs & References (3)
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A series of videos, entitled "Ryan Gosling Won't 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 McHenry's family.
Career & Awards (17)
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He is the first person born in the 1980s to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Half Nelson (2006); Keisha Castle-Hughes is the first millennial nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (for Whale Rider (2002), 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.
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He is the third male born in 1980 or after to have received more than one Academy Award nomination for acting (for Half Nelson (2006), La La Land (2016), and Barbie (2023)). The first two are Jonah Hill (for Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)) and Eddie Redmayne (for The Theory of Everything (2014), which he won, and The Danish Girl (2015)).
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He is the first person born in the 1980s to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (he has been nominated in the category twice). The next four were Jesse Eisenberg (born in 1983), Eddie Redmayne (one win, one nomination) (born in 1982), Andrew Garfield (born in 1983), and Daniel Kaluuya (born in 1989).
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Is the first person born in the 1980s to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (he has been nominated in the category twice). The next four were Jesse Eisenberg (born in 1983), Eddie Redmayne (one win, one nomination) (born in 1982), Andrew Garfield (born in 1983), and Daniel Kaluuya (born in 1989).
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Ryan Gosling is the first person born in the 1980s to be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar (he has been nominated in the category twice). The next four were Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), Eddie Redmayne (one win, one nomination) (born 1982), Andrew Garfield (born 1983) and Daniel Kaluuya (born 1989).
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With Half Nelson (2006), he became the first person born in the 1980s to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor; Keisha Castle-Hughes is the first millennial nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (at the 2003 ceremony, for Whale Rider (2002)). Eddie Redmayne and Natalie Portman were the first people born in the 1980s to win in the two respective categories.
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He is the third man born in 1980 or later to receive multiple Oscar nominations in an acting category (for Half Nelson (2006), La La Land (2016) and Barbie (2023)). The first two are Jonah Hill (Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)) and Eddie Redmayne (for his winning The Theory of Everything (2014) and The Danish Girl (2015)).
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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 Ryan's great-great-grandfather, George Edward Gosling, was born in Paddington. Also, one of Ryan's five times paternal great-grandfathers, James-Jacques Robinson/Robertson, who was from the United States, was African-American and married into the French-Canadian community.
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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 Ryan's great-great-grandfather, George Edward Gosling, was born in Paddington. Also, one of Ryan's five times paternal great-grandfather, James-Jacques Robinson/Robertson, who was from the United States, was African-American, and married into the French-Canadian community.
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A video series titled "Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal," featuring clips from various Gosling films with a spoonful of cereal added over the footage, went viral in 2013 and was viewed millions of times on Vine and YouTube. When the videos' creator, Ryan McHenry, died of osteosarcoma in May 2015, Gosling posted his own video on Vine in his memory, in which he is seen eating a bowl of cereal. He also offered his condolences to McHenry's family.
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Ryan Gosling is of English, Scottish, Irish and roughly 1/32 German descent, and about half of his background is French-Canadian (counting both of his parents together). The surname Gosling comes from England, where Ryan's great-great-great-grandfather George Edward Gosling was born in Paddington. In addition, one of Ryan's paternal great-great-grandfathers five generations back, James-Jacques Robinson/Robertson, was African-American and from the United States, and was married into the French-Canadian community.
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