Ryan Thomas Gosling is an actor and musician. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel’s The Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs, including Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Goosebumps.
As Ryan Gosling turns a year older, here are the fun facts about the handsome looking actor
- In January 1993, Ryan Gosling beat 17,000 people (Yep, that many! Can you believe it?) for a place in The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1989). In an interview with GQ, it was revealed that Ryan was the only one from the entire cast of Mickey Mouse Club who didn’t reside in the same complex as the others. Instead, the actor and his family lived in a trailer park.
- In 1992, Ryan Gosling participated in a talent show for television where he was the only boy among a group full of girl dancers.
- For his character in La La Land, Ryan played the piano for real in all his scenes involving the instrument. To prepare for his role, Ryan begun learning to play the piano months before shooting commenced.
- Ryan happens to be one of only three male actors born in 1980 or after Eddie Redmayne and Jonah Hill being the other two to have received more than one Academy Award nomination for acting. Ryan was nominated for Half Nelson (2006) and La La Land (2016), Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything (2014), which he went on to win and The Danish Girl (2015).
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