Ryan
Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is an Academy- and Golden
Globe Award-nominated Canadian actor. He is best known for his
roles in The Notebook, Half Nelson, The Believer, Fracture, and
Lars and the Real Girl. Recently Gosling has starred in the film
Fracture alongside Anthony Hopkins. Gosling made a surprise cameo
appearance onstage at the Sacred Fools Theatre in Hollywood in the
serialized play "Darque Magick" from writer director
Jenelle Riley. For months, the lead character in "Darque
Magick" had been making references to his obsession with
Gosling, finally culminating in the actor appearing in a
videotaped plea for the character to return his dog. He dated Sandra
Bullock, his Murder by Numbers costar, for two years. He was
also in a relationship with his The Notebook co-star, fellow
Canadian Rachel
McAdams, but Gosling announced their breakup in the November
2007 issue of GQ. He calls Rachel one of the "greatest loves
of his life." The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes had
previously said that he was surprised to see the two dating
because of their on-set arguing ... more