Ryan Gosling Bio, Age & Height

Last updated: May 9, 2022

Ryan Gosling
Quick Bio / Wiki
Net Worth: $ 70,000,000
Birthday: 12 Nov 1980
Age: 41
Country: Canada
Occupation: Actor
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Sexual orientation: Straight

Body Measurements
Height: 6.1 ft
Weight: 172 lb
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue

Personal Life
Birth Name: Ryan Thomas Gosling
Nationality: Canadian
Nickname: Ryan Gosling
Religion: Mormon
Ethnicity: Mixed

Family Details
Father: Thomas Ray Gosling (Traveling salesman for a paper mill)
Mother: Donna (Secretary, who qualified as a high school teacher in 2011)
Siblings: Mandi Gosling (Older Sister)

Distinctive Features
- Gives strong, dramatic performances
- Idiosyncratic accent

Who Is Ryan Gosling?

Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor, film director and musician born on November 12, 1980. His first starring role was in the movie “The Believer”. He’s best known for such films as Crazy, Stupid Love (2011), The Notebook (2004), The Big Short (2015) and La La Land (2016).

Education

He attended Gladstone Public School, Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School and Lester B. Pearson High School. However, he dropped out of high school so as to pursue his career in acting.

Movies and TV Show
Pets
Quotes and Sayings
Cars
Hobbies and Interests
Tattoos
Facts and Trivia
Major Awards

First Man (2018) Neil Armstrong

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 'K'

Song to Song (2017) BV

La La Land (2016) Sebastian

The Nice Guys (2016) Holland March

The Big Short (2015) Jared Vennett

Gangster Squad (2013) Sgt. Jerry Wooters

The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Luke

The Ides of March (2011) Stephen Meyers

Drive (2011) Driver

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) Jacob

All Good Things (2010) David Marks

Fracture (2007) Willy Beachum

Half Nelson (2006) Dan Dunne

The Notebook (2004) Noah

The Slaughter Rule (2002) Roy Chutney

Murder by Numbers (2002) Richard Haywood

The Believer (2001) Danny Balint

Personal Life

Kids

He has two daughters, Esmeralda Amada and Amada Lee with his partner Eva Mendes.

Ryan Gosling Wife

Pets

George (mix-breed)

Quotes and Sayings

"I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is." - Ryan Gosling
"Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want." - Ryan Gosling
"I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less." - Ryan Gosling
"I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons." - Ryan Gosling
"Cars can have a hypnotic effect. You can get in a car and get out and not really remember the trip." - Ryan Gosling
"Freedom is such a gift." - Ryan Gosling

Cars

Ford Escape
Chevelle Malibu (1973)
Toyota Prius
Audi Q7
Lexus RX

Hobbies and Interests

Knitting
Dancing
Singing

Tattoos

One of my tattoos is supposed to be a monster’s hand dropping a bloody heart, but I did it myself with a tattoo kit, so it looks like a cactus,” – said Ryan.
He has a tattoo ‘Esme‘ on his knuckles of his left hand in honor of his baby.
He has ‘The Giving Tree‘ tattoo on his left arm as a reminder of his happy childhood.

Facts and Trivia

Built the kitchen table featured in The Notebook (2004) in preparation for his role as Noah.
Is an accomplished jazz guitarist.
He played all his filmed piano-playing scenes in La La Land, learning to play the instrument in the months before shooting.
Gained 60 lbs to play Jack Salmon in The Lovely Bones (2009) by eating melted ice cream. Ultimately he was fired due to creative differences which left him, in his words, “fat and unemployed“.
His characters often suffer a broken nose, as seen in Blue Valentine (2010), Only God Forgives (2013), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
In 1993, Ryan Gosling started his professional career on the Disney Channel’s The Mickey Mouse Club as a tyke star.