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| image              = GoslingBFI081223 (22 of 30) (53388157347) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Gosling in 2023
| name               = Ryan Gosling
| birth_name         = Ryan Thomas Gosling
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|12}}
| birth_place        = [[London, Ontario]], Canada
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Actor
*musician
}}
| years_active       = 1992–present<!---Did talent shows and was interviewed on Canadian TV.There is video proof.---> 
| partner             = [[Eva Mendes]] (2011{{ndash}}present)
| children           = 2
| works              = [[Ryan Gosling filmography|Full list]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Ryan Gosling|Full list]]
}}
'''Ryan Thomas Gosling''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|s|l|ɪ|ŋ}} {{respell|GOSS|ling}};<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qim6FpNBGOQ |title=Ryan Gosling Tries British Snacks For The First Time {{!}} Snack Wars {{!}} @LADbible |date=2022-07-27 |publisher=[[LADbible]] |time=0:20 |access-date=2024-01-19 |via=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123113335/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qim6FpNBGOQ |url-status=live }}</ref> born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. [[Ryan Gosling filmography|His work]] includes both [[independent film]]s and major studio features, and [[List of awards and nominations received by Ryan Gosling|his accolades]] include a [[Golden Globe Award]], in addition to nominations for three [[Academy Awards]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and two [[British Academy Film Awards]].

Gosling began his acting career when he was 13 on [[Disney Channel]]'s ''[[The All New Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1993–1995), and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs, including ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' (1995) and ''[[Goosebumps (1995 TV series)|Goosebumps]]'' (1996). His breakthrough role was that of a Jewish [[neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] in ''[[The Believer (2001 film)|The Believer]]'' (2001), and he gained stardom in the 2004 romantic drama ''[[The Notebook]]''. He starred in the critically acclaimed independent dramas ''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' (2006), for which he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]; ''[[Lars and the Real Girl]]'' (2007); and ''[[Blue Valentine (film)|Blue Valentine]]'' (2010). 

In 2011, Gosling had three mainstream successes in the romantic comedy ''[[Crazy, Stupid, Love]]'', the political drama ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'', and the action thriller ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]''. After making his directorial debut with ''[[Lost River (film)|Lost River]]'' (2014), he starred in the financial satire ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'' (2015), the action comedy ''[[The Nice Guys]]'' (2016), and the romantic musical ''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]'' (2016). The latter won him a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe]] and a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further acclaim followed with the science fiction film ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'' (2017) and the biopic ''[[First Man (film)|First Man]]'' (2018). He played [[Ken (doll)|Ken]] in the fantasy comedy ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' (2023), which emerged as his highest-grossing release and earned him a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].

Gosling's band, [[Dead Man's Bones]], released their self-titled debut album and toured North America in 2009. He is a co-owner of Tagine, a [[Moroccan restaurant]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]]. Gosling is a supporter of [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA), [[Invisible Children, Inc.|Invisible Children]], and the [[Enough Project]] and has traveled to [[Chad]], [[Uganda]] and eastern Congo to raise awareness about conflicts in the regions. He has been involved in peace promotion efforts in Africa for over a decade.

==Early life==
Ryan Thomas Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, at St. Joseph's Hospital in [[London, Ontario]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Johnstone | first=Nick | title=Ryan Gosling – The Biography | publisher=[[John Blake (journalist)|John Blake]] Publishing | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-78606-532-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTmtDwAAQBAJ | page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=xTmtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT17 17] | access-date=June 30, 2022 | archive-date=July 30, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730043208/https://books.google.com/books?id=xTmtDwAAQBAJ | url-status=live }}</ref> to Thomas Ray Gosling, a travelling salesman for a [[paper mill]],<ref name=autogenerated4>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/unassigned/article/173940--from-mouse-to-big-cheese |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |title=From Mouse to Big Cheese |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=John |last=Hiscock |date=August 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115040749/http://www.thestar.com/unassigned/article/173940--from-mouse-to-big-cheese |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref> and Donna, a secretary.<ref name=paper /><ref>{{cite news|title=Let's Hear It from Goofy Mr. Gosling |url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/8153/let's-hear-it-from-goofy-mr-gosling |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216200902/http://entertainment.inquirer.net/8153/let%E2%80%99s-hear-it-from-goofy-mr-gosling |archive-date=December 16, 2011}}</ref> Both of his parents are of part French Canadian descent, along with some German, English, Scottish, and Irish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/10/11/20275396.html |title=Bieber, Lavigne, Gosling related: Report |date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2013 |publisher=Canoe.ca |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219185750/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/10/11/20275396.html |archive-date=February 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling, and Avril Lavigne Relationship |publisher=Ancestry.ca }}</ref> He and his family were members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/10/In-Love-With-A-Real-Doll.aspx |title=In Love with a Real Doll |publisher=Beliefnet |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102081127/http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/10/In-Love-With-A-Real-Doll.aspx |archive-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref> and Gosling has said that the religion influenced every aspect of their lives.<ref name="guardian 2007-02-18">{{cite news|title=I Live on Skid Row. You Can't Filter Out Reality There |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/feb/18/awardsandprizes.oscars |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 21, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Gaby |last=Wood |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002143620/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/feb/18/awardsandprizes.oscars |archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> Because of his father's work, they "moved around a lot"<ref name=autogenerated4 /> and Gosling lived in both [[Cornwall, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/ryan-gosling/8468/ |title=Ryan Gosling Biography |work=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120131146/http://www.tribute.ca/people/ryan-gosling/8468/ |archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> and [[Burlington, Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shea |first=Courtney |date=2011-01-05 |title=Spotted! Ryan Gosling getting his Canuck Christmas on in Burlington |url=https://torontolife.com/city/spotted-ryan-gosling-getting-his-canuck-christmas-on-in-burlington/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014094729/http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/telling-tales-hype/2011/01/05/spotted-ryan-gosling-getting-his-canuck-christmas-on-in-burlington/ |archive-date=2012-10-14 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Toronto Life |language=en-US}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was 13,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/09/ryan-gosling-directing-lost-river-interview |title=Ryan Gosling: 'If I had to shake it like a showgirl, I was going to do it' |work=The Guardian |date=April 9, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410070455/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/09/ryan-gosling-directing-lost-river-interview |archive-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> and he and his older sister Mandi lived with their mother,<ref name="paper">{{Cite magazine|title=The Oddball |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=October 4, 2007 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1668471,00.html |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125130132/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1668471%2C00.html |archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref> an experience Gosling has credited with programming him "to think like a girl".<ref>{{cite news|title=In the Driving Seat: Interview with Ryan Gosling |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8750070/In-the-driving-seat-interview-with-Ryan-Gosling.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=September 11, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Tom |last=Shone |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115045742/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8750070/In-the-driving-seat-interview-with-Ryan-Gosling.html |archive-date=January 15, 2012}}</ref>

Gosling was educated at Gladstone Public School,<ref>"Disney Gets First Canadian Mouseketeer". ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]''. March 24, 1993.</ref> [[Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School]] and [[Lester B. Pearson High School (Burlington)|Lester B. Pearson High School]].<ref>"The Children's Champion, The Oscar-Nominated Actor, a Star by His Teens, Is Taking Up the Cause of Ugandan Boy Soldiers". ''[[The Independent]]''. April 22, 2007.</ref> As a child, he watched ''[[Dick Tracy (1945 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' and was inspired to become an actor.<ref name="independent uk 2013"/> He "hated" being a child,<ref name="guardian 2007-02-18"/><ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/tiff-poster-boy-ryan-gosling-on-working-under-the-table |title=TIFF Poster Boy Ryan Gosling on Working under the Table |last=Stone |first=Jay |date=September 2, 2011 |work=[[National Post]] |access-date=April 5, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104015628/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/09/02/tiff-poster-boy-ryan-gosling-on-working-under-the-table/ |archive-date=January 4, 2013 }}</ref> was bullied in elementary school,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebrityspider.com/ryangosling.html |title=Celebrity Spider – Ryan Gosling |publisher=Celebrityspider.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128095514/http://www.celebrityspider.com/ryangosling.html |archive-date=January 28, 2012 }}</ref> and had no friends until he was "14 or 15".<ref>''[[GQ]]''. January 2011. p. 50.</ref><ref name="thetimes1">{{cite news |title=Gosling Interview |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/for-ryan-gosling-celebrity-is-the-drug-mcktk76fz3d |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214015316/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/film/article3165431.ece |archive-date=December 14, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In school he was always picking fights to impress girls.<ref name=":0" /> In grade one, having been heavily influenced by the action film ''[[First Blood]]'', he took steak knives to school and threw them at other children during recess. This incident led to a suspension.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He was unable to read,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/04/20/spotlight-ryan-gosling/ |title=Spotlight on Ryan Gosling |date=April 20, 2007 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Dave |last=Karger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013082113/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20035877%2C00.html |archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref> and was evaluated for [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder]] (ADHD), but was not diagnosed with it and, contrary to false reports, never took medication.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/ryan-gosling-women-are-better-than-men-they-are-stronger-and-more-evolved-a3260076.html |title=Ryan Gosling: Women are better than men – they are stronger and more evolved |last=Rafanelli |first=Stephanie  |date=June 2, 2016 |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709210229/http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/ryan-gosling-women-are-better-than-men-they-are-stronger-and-more-evolved-a3260076.html |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother left her job and home-schooled him for a year.<ref name="independent2007">{{cite news|title=Ryan Gosling: The Children's Champion |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ryan-gosling-the-childrens-champion-445685.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125000636/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ryan-gosling-the-childrens-champion-445685.html |archive-date=November 25, 2009}}</ref> He has said homeschooling gave him "a sense of autonomy that I've never really lost".<ref name="guardian 2007-02-18"/> Gosling performed in front of audiences from an early age, encouraged by his sister being a performer.<ref name="about2004"/> He and his sister sang together at weddings; he performed with Elvis Perry, his uncle's [[Elvis Presley]] [[tribute band|tribute act]],<ref name="INTERVIEWMAGAZINE">{{cite web |url=http://interviewmagazine.com/film/ryan-gosling/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123232219/http://interviewmagazine.com/film/ryan-gosling/2/ |archive-date= November 23, 2010 |title=Steve Carell and Gosling |work = [[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |date=October 7, 2010 |access-date= January 26, 2012}}</ref> and was involved with a local [[ballet company]].<ref name="independent1">{{cite news|title=I Think Like a Girl |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ryan-gosling--i-think-like-a-girl-2375346.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129101618/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ryan-gosling--i-think-like-a-girl-2375346.html |archive-date=January 29, 2012}}</ref> Performing boosted his self-confidence as it was the only thing for which he received praise.<ref name="thetimes1"/> He developed an [[Idiosyncrasy|idiosyncratic accent]] because, as a child, he thought having a Canadian accent did not sound "tough". He began to model his accent on that of [[Marlon Brando]].<ref>''[[W (magazine)|W]]''. October 2010. p. 89.</ref> Gosling dropped out of high school at age 17 to focus on his acting career.<ref name="people1">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/ryan_gosling |title=Ryan Gosling |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113055438/http://www.people.com/people/ryan_gosling |archive-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref>

==Acting career==
{{see also|Ryan Gosling filmography}}
===1993–1999: Career beginnings===
In 1993, 12-year-old Gosling attended an open audition in [[Montreal]] for [[Disney Channel]]'s revival of ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]''.<ref name="about2004">{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrg062004_3.htm |title=Ryan Gosling Interview – The Notebook Movie |year=2004 |first=Rebecca |last=Murray |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006160216/http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrg062004_3.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref> After he successfully auditioned, he was given a two-year contract as a [[Mouseketeers|Mouseketeer]] and subsequently moved to [[Orlando, Florida]] to film the show.<ref name="people1"/> He has said he appeared on-screen infrequently because other children were considered more talented.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/26/ryan-gosling-reveals-his-wedding-singer-past/ |title=Ryan Gosling Reveals His Wedding Singer Past |date=October 26, 2010 |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129065520/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/26/ryan-gosling-reveals-his-wedding-singer-past/ |archive-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> Nonetheless, he has described the job as the greatest two years of his life.<ref name="people1"/> Fellow cast members on the show included [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Keri Russell]], and [[JC Chasez]]. Gosling has credited the experience with instilling in him "this great sense of focus."<ref name="Angelfire">{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/rygos/whothehellart.html |title=Who the Hell Is This? |publisher=[[Angelfire]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022224625/http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/rygos/whothehellart.html |archive-date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> He was specifically close friends with Timberlake because they lived together for six months during the second year of the show. Timberlake's mother became Gosling's legal guardian after his own mother had to return to Canada for work reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/justin-timberlake-i-stole-a-golf-cart-with-ryan-gosling-20112510 |title=Justin Timberlake: I Stole a Golf Cart with Ryan Gosling! |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120180817/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/justin-timberlake-i-stole-a-golf-cart-with-ryan-gosling-20112510 |archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> Gosling has said that even though he and Timberlake talk infrequently, they are still supportive of each other.<ref name="Angelfire"/>

After the show ended in 1995, Gosling returned to Canada, where he continued to appear in family entertainment television series, including ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' (1995)<ref name="totalfilm">{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-evolution-of-ryan-gosling/are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-1995 |title=The Evolution of Ryan Gosling |work=[[Total Film]] |date=January 14, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117045716/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-evolution-of-ryan-gosling/are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-1995 |archive-date=January 17, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[Goosebumps (1995 TV series)|Goosebumps]]'' (1996),<ref name="totalfilm"/> and starred in ''[[Breaker High]]'' (1997–98) as Sean Hanlon.<ref name="totalfilm"/> When he was 18, he moved to New Zealand to film the [[Fox Kids]] adventure series ''[[Young Hercules]]'' (1998–1999) as the title character.<ref name="totalfilm"/> He later said that he initially enjoyed working on the series, but began to care too much about the show, so it was no longer fun for him. He wanted to spend more time sitting with and devising a character as well as play a variety of roles, so he chose to transition into film and not accept any more television work.<ref name="people1"/>

===2000–2003: Independent films===
Aged 19, Gosling decided to move into "serious acting". He was dropped by his agent and initially found it difficult to secure work because of the "stigma" attached to children's television.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|title=A Heartthrob Finds His Tough-Guy Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/movies/ryan-gosling-and-ides-of-march.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 14, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Dennis |last=Lim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003111701/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/movies/ryan-gosling-and-ides-of-march.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=October 3, 2011}}</ref> After a supporting role in the football drama ''[[Remember the Titans]]'', he secured a lead role as a young Jewish [[neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] in 2001's ''[[The Believer (2001 film)|The Believer]]''. Director [[Henry Bean]] said he cast Gosling because his Mormon upbringing helped him understand the isolation of Judaism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nerve.com/content/twist-of-faith-an-interview-with-the-believer-director-henry-bean |title=Twist of Faith |publisher=The Nerve |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320042658/http://www.nerve.com/content/twist-of-faith-an-interview-with-the-believer-director-henry-bean |archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> Kevin Thomas of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' praised an "electrifying and terrifyingly convincing" performance<ref>{{cite news|title=Believer Doesn't Tell the Whole Story |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-17-et-thomas17-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 17, 2002 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Kevin |last=Thomas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612190032/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/17/entertainment/et-thomas17 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> while [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' felt his "dynamite performance" could "scarcely have been better".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117797162?refcatid=31|title=The Believer|work=Variety|date=January 25, 2001|access-date=January 26, 2012|first=Todd|last=McCarthy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519175904/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117797162?refcatid=31 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/servlet/JSCRun?obj=ShowNewsSundance&CfgPath=ffs/filinfo&Cfg=news.cfg&news=general&text_id=16297 |title=The Believer Wins Sundance Grand Jury Prize |publisher=FilmFestivals.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605002558/http://www.filmfestivals.com/servlet/JSCRun?obj=ShowNewsSundance&CfgPath=ffs%2Ffilinfo&Cfg=news.cfg&news=general&text_id=16297 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref> and Gosling has described it as "the film that kind of gift-wrapped for me the career that I have now."<ref name="INTERVIEWMAGAZINE"/> Because of the controversial nature of the film, it was difficult to secure financial backing for a full theatrical release,<ref name="autogenerated2002">Camhi, Leslie (March 17, 2002). "In a Skinhead's Tale, a Picture of Both Hate and Love". ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> and the film was instead broadcast on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref name="autogenerated2002"/> The film was a commercial failure, grossing $416,925 worldwide from a production budget of $1.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Believer |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1111787009/weekend/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202003956/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=believer02.htm |archive-date=2012-02-02 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

In 2002, Gosling co-starred in the psychological thriller ''[[Murder by Numbers]]'' with [[Sandra Bullock]] and [[Michael Pitt]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3158458/year/2002.html |title=Murder by Numbers |work=Festival de Cannes |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612144759/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3158458/year/2002.html |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> where Gosling and Pitt portrayed a pair of high school seniors who believe they can commit the perfect murder. Bullock played the detective tasked with investigating the crime. [[Lisa Schwarzbaum]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described him as "a phenomenal talent even in junk like this"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,231506,00.html |title=Murder by Numbers Review |date=April 17, 2002 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323034230/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C231506%2C00.html |archive-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref> while Todd McCarthy felt that the "strong and "charismatic" young actors were "let down by the screenplay".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117917458?refcatid=31 |title=Murder By Numbers |date=April 12, 2002 |work=Variety |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519180100/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117917458?refcatid=31 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> The film was a minor commercial success, grossing $56&nbsp;million worldwide from a production budget of $50&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murder by Numbers |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3278210561/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128134543/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=murderbynumbers.htm |archive-date=2012-01-28 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> His second screen appearance of 2002 was in ''[[The Slaughter Rule]]'' with [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]] which explores the relationship between a high school football player and his troubled coach in rural [[Montana]]. Gosling has said that the opportunity to work with Morse made him "a better actor".<ref>{{cite news|title=Q/A: Ryan Gosling |url=http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/496 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401195738/http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/496 |archive-date=April 1, 2012 }}</ref> [[Stephen Holden]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Gosling as "major star material" with a "rawness and an intensity that recall the young [[Matt Dillon]]"<ref>{{cite news|title=On or Off the Field, Rough, Raw and Twangy |last=Holden |first=Stephen |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F02E4D71E3BF93AA15750C0A9649C8B63&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes |work=The New York Times |date=March 29, 2002 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022225624/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F02E4D71E3BF93AA15750C0A9649C8B63&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes |archive-date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> while [[Manohla Dargis]] of the ''Los Angeles Times'' was won over by his "raw talent".<ref>{{cite news|title='Slaughter Rule' Tosses Metaphors Like Passes |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-24-et-dargis24-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 24, 2003 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612151841/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jan/24/entertainment/et-dargis24 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> The film was released in just three US theatres and grossed $13,411.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Slaughter Rule |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3681650177/weekend/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201230815/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=slaughterrule.htm |archive-date=2012-02-01 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

In 2003, Gosling starred in ''[[The United States of Leland]]'' as a teenager imprisoned for the murder of a disabled boy. He was drawn to the role because it was unusual to find a character that was "emotionally disconnected for the whole film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/504/504008p1.html |title=Interview: Matthew Ryan Hoge & Ryan Gosling |publisher=IGN |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117105854/http://movies.ign.com/articles/504/504008p1.html |archive-date=November 17, 2011}}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] felt that the "gifted actor does everything that can be done with Leland, but the character comes from a writer's conceits, not from life."<ref>{{cite news|title=The United States of Leland |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040402/REVIEWS/404020302 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=April 2, 2004 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612150337/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20040402%2FREVIEWS%2F404020302 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''The New York Times'' noted that he "struggles to rescue Leland from the clutches of cliché"<ref>{{cite news|title=A Tale of Crime and Consequences |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/movies/02LELA.html?ex=1112418000&en=1075764f9fedd415&ei=5083&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 2, 2004 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=A. O. |last=Scott |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516050424/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/movies/02LELA.html?ex=1112418000&en=1075764f9fedd415&ei=5083&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes |archive-date=May 16, 2013}}</ref> while David Rooney of ''Variety'' felt that his "one-note, blankly disturbed act has none of the magnetic edge of his breakthrough work in ''The Believer''".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117919715?refcatid=31 |title=The United States of Leland |date=January 20, 2003 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=David |last=Rooney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519180014/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117919715?refcatid=31 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> The film grossed $343,847 in the United States and was not released overseas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The United States of Leland |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4017522177/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129060624/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=unitedstatesofleland.htm |archive-date=2012-01-29 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

===2004–2009: ''The Notebook'' and ''Half Nelson''===
Gosling gained mainstream attention in 2004 after starring opposite fellow Canadian [[Rachel McAdams]] in the romantic drama film ''[[The Notebook]]'', a film adaptation of [[Nicholas Sparks]]' [[The Notebook (novel)|novel of the same name]], directed by [[Nick Cassavetes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/ryan_gosling/biography |title=Ryan Gosling Biography |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220012032/http://www.people.com/people/ryan_gosling/biography |archive-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref> Gosling played Noah Calhoun and commented on the role: "It gave me an opportunity to play a character over a period of time – from 1940 to 1946 – that was quite profound and formative."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/movievault/notebook.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126082440/http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/movievault/notebook.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |title=The Notebook Production Notes |work=Movies Central |access-date=January 3, 2012 }}</ref> He sought to imbue his character with "quiet strength" and was inspired by [[Sam Shepard]]'s performance in ''[[Days of Heaven]]''. Shepard co-starred in ''The Notebook''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrg062004_2.htm |title=Ryan Gosling Interview – The Notebook |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=January 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330075229/http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrg062004_2.htm |archive-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> Filming took place in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], in late 2002 and early 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-97853280/notebook-pivotal-mcadams.html |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |first=Bill |last=Thompson |title='Notebook' Pivotal for McAdams |date=February 19, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123074948/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-97853280/notebook-pivotal-mcadams.html |archive-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> Although Gosling and McAdams became romantically involved in 2005, they had a combative relationship on the set.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/rachel-mcadams-never-expected-to-date-ryan-gosling-after-the-notebook-29522600.html |title=Rachel McAdams 'never expected' to date Ryan Gosling after The Notebook |publisher=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=August 24, 2013 |date=August 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103145551/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/rachel-mcadams-never-expected-to-date-ryan-gosling-after-the-notebook-29522600.html |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="notebook combative">{{cite web|title=Director Baffled By Gosling/Mcadams Romance |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/director-baffled-by-goslingmcadams-romance_1016757 |publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]] |access-date=February 4, 2012 |date=December 16, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612182130/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/director-baffled-by-goslingmcadams-romance_1016757 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> "We inspired the worst in each other," Gosling has said. "It was a strange experience, making a love story and not getting along with your co-star in any way."<ref name="guardian 2007-02-18"/> At one point, Gosling asked Cassavetes to "bring somebody else in for my off-camera shot" because he felt McAdams was uncooperative.<ref name="notebook combative" /> ''The New York Times'' praised the "spontaneous and combustible" performances of the two leads and noted that, "against your better judgment, you root for the pair to beat the odds against them."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0DE5D91E39F936A15755C0A9629C8B63 |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=When Love Is Madness and Life a Straitjacket |date=January 26, 2012 |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061621/http://www.movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0DE5D91E39F936A15755C0A9629C8B63 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> [[Desson Thomson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised Gosling's "beguiling unaffectedness" and noted that "it's hard not to like these two or begrudge them a great love together".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2293-2004Jun24.html |title=Young Love, Old Story |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 25, 2004 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702081114/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2293-2004Jun24.html |archive-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> The film grossed over $115&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=ryangosling.htm |title=Ryan Gosling |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=May 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722212942/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=ryangosling.htm&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |archive-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref> Gosling won four [[Teen Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/teen-choice-awards/2005/08/15/1123957997282.html |title=Teen Choice Awards |work=[[The Age]] |date=August 15, 2005 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |location=Melbourne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130081321/http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/teen-choice-awards/2005/08/15/1123957997282.html |archive-date=January 30, 2012}}</ref> and an [[MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-06-05/the-5-most-jaw-dropping-mtv-movie-awards-moments-video/ |title=MTV Movie Awards News – The 5 Most Jaw Dropping MTV Movie Awards Moments |publisher=Celebuzz |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811105159/http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-06-05/the-5-most-jaw-dropping-mtv-movie-awards-moments-video/ |archive-date=August 11, 2011 }}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' has said that the movie contains the All-Time Best Movie Kiss<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/06/06/the-notebook-all-time-movie-kiss/ |title=All-time Best Movie Kiss: Does Anything Even Come Close to 'The Notebook'? |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124050734/http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/06/06/the-notebook-all-time-movie-kiss/ |archive-date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> while the ''Los Angeles Times'' has included a scene from the film in a list of the 50 Classic Movie Kisses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/02/50-kisses.html |title=50: Classic Movie Kisses |publisher=LA Times Magazine |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120205338/http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/02/50-kisses.html |archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> ''The Notebook'' has appeared on many Most Romantic Movies lists.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879389_1879392_1879400,00.html |title=The Notebook |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=February 28, 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Judy |last=McGuire |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129192317/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1879389_1879392_1879400%2C00.html |archive-date=January 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/romantic-movie-moments-the-notebook#fbIndex4 |title=The Most Romantic Scene from The Notebook |work=[[Marie Claire]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222013020/http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/romantic-movie-moments-the-notebook |archive-date=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2010/05/25_most_romantic_movie_quotes.php |title=25 Most Romantic Movie Quotes |publisher=Extratv.warnerbros.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125030820/http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2010/05/25_most_romantic_movie_quotes.php |archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-verdict-on-hollywoods-most-romantic-onscreen-couples-20110324-1c7wc.html |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet Romantic Movie Couples Photos |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=March 24, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829091847/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-verdict-on-hollywoods-most-romantic-onscreen-couples-20110324-1c7wc.html |archive-date=August 29, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:RyanGosling07TIFF.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|left|Gosling at the [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
In 2005, Gosling appeared as a disturbed young art student in ''[[Stay (2005 film)|Stay]]'', a psychological thriller film co-starring [[Naomi Watts]] and [[Ewan McGregor]]. In an uncomplimentary review of the film, Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' stated that Gosling "like his fans, deserves better."<ref>{{cite web | last=Dargis | first=Manohla | title=Something Is Happening, but Who Knows What It Is? | website=The New York Times | date=2005-10-21 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/movies/something-is-happening-but-who-knows-what-it-is.html | access-date=2025-04-18}}</ref> Todd McCarthy remarked that the "capable" Gosling and McGregor "deliver nothing new from what they've shown before".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117928621?refcatid=31 |title=Stay – Film Reviews |date=October 20, 2005 |work=Variety |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519175950/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117928621?refcatid=31 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> The film grossed $8 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stay |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2322826753/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130160813/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stay.htm |archive-date=2012-01-30 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> Gosling was unfazed by the negative reaction: "I had a kid come up to me on the street, 10 years old, and he says, 'Are you that guy from ''Stay''? What the f--- was that movie about?' I think that's great. I'm just as proud if someone says, 'Hey, you made me sick in that movie,' as if they say I made them cry."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/archive/ryan_gosling |title=Ryan Gosling: Celebrities |work=[[W (magazine)|W]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225222202/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/archive/ryan_gosling |archive-date=December 25, 2011}}</ref>

Gosling next starred in 2006's ''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' as a drug-addicted junior high school teacher who forms a bond with a young student. To prepare for the role, Gosling moved to New York for one month before shooting began. He lived in a small apartment in Brooklyn and spent time shadowing an eighth grade teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incontention.com/2006/11/28/interview-ryan-gosling/ |title=Interview: Ryan Gosling |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103112949/http://www.incontention.com/2006/11/28/interview-ryan-gosling/ |archive-date=January 3, 2013}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''Los Angeles Times'' described it as "a mesmerizing performance ... that shows the kind of deep understanding of character few actors manage."<ref>{{cite news|title=Half Nelson' Has a Firm Grip on Life's Drama |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-25-et-nelson25-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 25, 2006 |access-date=January 2, 2012 |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612140601/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/aug/25/entertainment/et-nelson25 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Ruthe Stein of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' drew comparisons with [[Marlon Brando]] and asserted that "nobody who cares about great acting will want to miss his performance".<ref>{{cite news|title=The Kids Are All Right. As for the Teacher |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/25/DDGBAKNVBU1.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 24, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Ruthe |last=Stein |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324141945/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F08%2F25%2FDDGBAKNVBU1.DTL |archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> Roger Ebert believed that his performance "proves he's one of the finest actors working in contemporary movies."<ref>{{cite news|title=Half Nelson |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060914/REVIEWS/609140302 |publisher=rogerebert.com |access-date=September 14, 2012 |last=Emerson |first=Jim |date=September 15, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612204010/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060914%2FREVIEWS%2F609140302 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Gosling garnered a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/> The film grossed $4 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Half Nelson |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=halfnelson.htm |work=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc |access-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905103937/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=halfnelson.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> In 2007, he was invited to join the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.06.18.html |title=Academy Invites 115 to Become Members |access-date=January 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620114648/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.06.18.html |archive-date=June 20, 2007 }}</ref>

Gosling played an introvert who falls for a sex doll in the 2007 film ''[[Lars and the Real Girl]]''. He drew inspiration from [[James Stewart]]'s performance in ''[[Harvey (1950 film)|Harvey]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/09/14/ryan-gosling-acting-opposite-sex-toy/ |title=Guy and Doll |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 14, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Gregory |last=Kirschling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323032842/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20056993%2C00.html |archive-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref> Roger Ebert felt "a film about a life-sized love doll" had been turned into "a life-affirming statement of hope" because of "a performance by Ryan Gosling that says things that cannot be said".<ref>{{cite news|title=Lars and the Real Girl |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071018/REVIEWS/710180304 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612204038/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071018%2FREVIEWS%2F710180304 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Ann Hornaday of ''The Washington Post'' described his performance as "a small miracle ... because he changes and grows so imperceptibly before our eyes."<ref>{{cite news|title=Lars and the Real Girl' Break a Wooden Heart |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802350.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 19, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Ann |last=Hornaday |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209163333/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802350.html |archive-date=December 9, 2013}}</ref> However, Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' felt "the performance is a rare miscalculation in a mostly brilliant career."<ref>{{cite news|title=Lars and the Real Girl |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/movies/12lars.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 12, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217231755/http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/movies/12lars.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref> He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegoldenglobes.com/ |title=The Golden Globes |publisher=TheGoldenGlobes.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119002146/http://thegoldenglobes.com/ |archive-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/14th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= December 12, 2023|archive-date= January 8, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190108030524/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/14th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status= live}}</ref> The film was a box office failure, failing to recoup its $12 million production budget.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lars and the Real Girl |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1633650177/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131041033/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=larsandtherealgirl.htm |archive-date=2012-01-31 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

Gosling starred opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in the 2007 courtroom thriller ''[[Fracture (2007 film)|Fracture]]''. He originally turned down the role, but changed his mind when Hopkins signed on.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Just Too Cool for School |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-22-ca-fracture22-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 22, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Rachel |last=Abramowitz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612190036/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/22/entertainment/ca-fracture22 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Gosling noted that he was drawn to his character, Willie, because he had flaws and seemed like a real person.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/fracture/a/fracturerg41707.htm |title=Ryan Gosling Talks About Fracture |publisher=About.com |year=2007 |first=Rebecca |last=Murray |access-date=November 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021195623/http://movies.about.com/od/fracture/a/fracturerg41707.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> He spent time shadowing lawyers and observing courtroom proceedings in preparation for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/entertainment/archive_detail.asp/aid/3887/cid/13/tcid/1 |title=Ryan Gosling Interviewed – Fracture |publisher=Collider.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012081827/http://collider.com/entertainment/archive_detail.asp/aid/3887/cid/13/tcid/1 |archive-date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> [[Claudia Puig]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' declared that "watching a veteran like Hopkins verbally joust with one of the best young actors in Hollywood is worth the price of admission".<ref>{{cite news|title='Fracture' Puts It All Together |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-04-19-fracture_N.htm |work=USA Today |date=April 23, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Claudia |last=Puig |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117013246/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-04-19-fracture_N.htm |archive-date=January 17, 2011}}</ref> Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' felt it was a treat to watch "the spectacle of that crafty scene stealer Anthony Hopkins mixing it up with that equally cunning screen nibbler Ryan Gosling ... Each actor is playing a pulp type rather than a fully formed individual, but both fill in the blanks with an alchemical mix of professional and personal charisma."<ref>{{cite news|title=Fracture |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/movies/20frac.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223121317/http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/movies/20frac.html |archive-date=December 23, 2011}}</ref> The film grossed over $91 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fracture |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2521990657/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128201929/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fracture.htm |archive-date=2012-01-28 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

Gosling was scheduled to begin filming ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]'' in 2007. However, he left the production two days before filming began because of "creative differences" and was replaced by [[Mark Wahlberg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/wahlberg-steps-into-bones-1117974450/ |work=Variety |first1=Michael |last1=Fleming |first2=Tatiana |last2=Siegel |title=Wahlberg steps into 'Bones' |date=October 21, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519175814/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974450?refCatId=13 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> Gosling was cast as the father of the murdered teenage girl and initially felt he was too young for the role. The director [[Peter Jackson]] and the producer [[Fran Walsh]] persuaded him that he could be aged with hair and make-up changes.<ref name="bordelon1">{{cite news|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/ryan-gosling-peter-jackson-fired-55303 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Jenna |last=Bordelon |title=Ryan Gosling: Why Peter Jackson Fired Me From 'Lovely Bones' |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230023822/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ryan-gosling-peter-jackson-fired-55303 |archive-date=December 30, 2011}}</ref> Before shooting began, Gosling gained 60 pounds (27 kilograms) in weight and grew a beard to appear older.<ref name="bordelon1"/> Walsh then "began to feel he was not right. It was our blindness, the desire to make it work no matter what."<ref name="bordelon1"/> Gosling later said, "We didn't talk very much during the preproduction process, which was the problem ... I just showed up on set, and I had gotten it wrong. Then I was fat and unemployed."<ref name="bordelon1"/> He has said the experience was "an important realisation for me: not to let your ego get involved. It's OK to be too young for a role."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/14/1 |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Matt |last=Mueller |title=Interview: Ryan Gosling |date=March 14, 2008 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308043847/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/14/1 |archive-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref>

===2010–2012: Widespread recognition===
Following a three-year absence from the screen, Gosling starred in five films in 2010 and 2011. "I've never had more energy," Gosling said. "I'm more excited to make films than I used to be. I used to kind of dread it. It was so emotional and taxing. But I've found a way to have fun while doing it. And I think that translates into the films."<ref name="nytimes.com"/> He has also spoken of feeling depressed when not working.<ref name="thetimes1"/> In 2010, he starred opposite [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]] in [[Derek Cianfrance]]'s directorial debut, the marital drama ''[[Blue Valentine (film)|Blue Valentine]]''. The low-budget film was mainly improvised and Gosling has said "you had to remind yourself you were making a film".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/09/ryan-gosling-blue-valentine-film |work=[[The Guardian]] |title=The Life of Ryan |date=January 26, 2012 |first=Alice |last=Fisher |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194428/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/09/ryan-gosling-blue-valentine-film |archive-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' felt he "brings a preternatural understanding of people to his performance"<ref>{{cite news|title=Sad, but Among the Best |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |author-link=Mick LaSalle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/07/MVK31GPNCQ.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 27, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324122738/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F01%2F07%2FMVK31GPNCQ.DTL |archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> while A.O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' found him to be "convincing as the run-down, desperate, older Dean, and maybe a bit less so as the younger version".<ref name="movies.nytimes.com">{{cite news|title='Blue Valentine' Flits Through Couple's Time |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/movies/29blue.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 28, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=A. O. |last=Scott |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114191351/http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/movies/29blue.html |archive-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote that he "plays Dean as a snarky working-class hipster, but when his anger is unleashed, the performance turns powerful."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/06/blue-valentine-2/ |title=Blue Valentine Review |date=January 6, 2011 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120011655/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20453723%2C00.html |archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> However, [[Wesley Morris]] of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' felt the performance was an example of "hipsterism misdirected".<ref>{{cite news|title=Blue Valentine |url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-01-07/ae/29339496_1_blue-valentine-williams-and-gosling-cindy/2 |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 7, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Wesley |last=Morris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314115526/http://articles.boston.com/2011-01-07/ae/29339496_1_blue-valentine-williams-and-gosling-cindy/2 |archive-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref> He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/awards/golden-globes/canadian-ryan-gosling-among-golden-globe-nominees/article1837867/ |title=Canadian Ryan Gosling among Golden Globe Nominees |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=December 14, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Gayle |last=MacDonald |location=Toronto |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071600/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/awards/golden-globes/canadian-ryan-gosling-among-golden-globe-nominees/article1837867/ |archive-date=September 28, 2011}}</ref> The film was a box office success, grossing over $12 million worldwide from a production budget of $1 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Valentine |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl138839553/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128124857/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bluevalentine.htm |archive-date=2012-01-28 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

Gosling's second on-screen appearance of 2010 was in the mystery film ''[[All Good Things (film)|All Good Things]]'' with [[Kirsten Dunst]], based on a true story. He played the role of New York real-estate heir David Marks, who was investigated for the disappearance of his wife (played by Dunst).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/69777/ |title=Kirsten Dunst on Her Next Film, 'All Good Things' |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211030733/http://nymag.com/movies/features/69777/ |archive-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref> Gosling found the filming process to be a "dark experience" and did not undertake any promotional duties for the film.<ref name="latimes1">{{cite news|title=Ryan Gosling Again Takes the Plunge in 'Blue Valentine' |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/26/entertainment/la-ca-ryan-gosling-20101226/2 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 26, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Steven |last=Zeitchik |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612190024/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/26/entertainment/la-ca-ryan-gosling-20101226/2 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> When asked if he was proud of the film, he said, "I'm proud of what Kirsten does in the movie."<ref name="latimes1"/> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that he "gets so deep into character you can feel his nerve endings."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/all-good-things-20101202 |title=All Good Things |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122020626/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/all-good-things-20101202 |archive-date=January 22, 2012}}</ref> Mick LaSalle of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' found the "chameleonic Gosling is completely convincing as this empty shell of a man".<ref>{{cite news |title=Good Acting Isn't Enough |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/16/MVI41GPGMO.DTL | work = San Francisco Chronicle |date= June 27, 2011|access-date= January 26, 2012}}</ref> Betsy Sharkey of the ''Los Angeles Times'' felt that the film belonged to Dunst, but praised Gosling's performance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie review: 'All Good Things' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-10-la-et-all-good-things-20101210-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 10, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first1=Betsy |last1=Sharkey  |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612140605/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/10/entertainment/la-et-all-good-things-20101210 |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> The film grossed $644,535 worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Good Things 2010 Re-release |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl759399937/weekend/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209081903/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=allgoodthings.htm |archive-date=2010-12-09 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> Also in 2010, Gosling narrated and produced ''ReGeneration'', a documentary that explores the cynicism in today's youth towards social and political causes.<ref name="hollywoodnews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/05/04/ryan-gosling-to-narrate-phillip-montgomerys-regeneration/ |title=Ryan Gosling To Narrate Phillip Montgomery's 'ReGeneration' |publisher=HollywoodNews.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220003833/http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/05/04/ryan-gosling-to-narrate-phillip-montgomerys-regeneration/ |archive-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65747 |title=Ryan Gosling to Narrate ReGeneration |date=May 5, 2010 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327074036/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65747 |archive-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Ryan Gosling 2 Cannes 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=.8|left|Gosling in 2011]]
2011 saw Gosling expand his horizons by appearing in three diverse, high-profile roles. He co-starred in his first comedic role in the romantic comedy-drama ''[[Crazy, Stupid, Love]]'', with [[Steve Carell]] and [[Emma Stone]].<ref name="The Playlist: Steve Carell's 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' Hits Theaters April 22, 2011">{{cite web |url=http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-carells-crazy-stupid-love-hits.html |title=Steve Carell's 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' Hits Theaters April 22, 2011 |publisher=Theplaylist.blogspot.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126232034/http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-carells-crazy-stupid-love-hits.html |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gosling took cocktail-making classes at a Los Angeles bar in preparation for his role as a smooth-talking ladies' man.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/ryan-gosling-crazy-stupid-love-interview/ |title=Ryan Gosling Interview CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE |work=Collider |date=July 26, 2011 |publisher=Collider.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115065611/http://collider.com/ryan-gosling-crazy-stupid-love-interview/105145 |archive-date=January 15, 2012}}</ref> Ann Hornaday of ''The Washington Post'' said his "seductive command presence suggests we may have found our next [[George Clooney]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Critic Review for Crazy, Stupid, Love |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/crazy-stupid-love,1167442/critic-review.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805191751/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/crazy-stupid-love%2C1167442/critic-review.html |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref> Peter Travers declared him "a comic knockout"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/crazy-stupid-love-20110728 |title=Crazy Stupid Love |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114152147/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/crazy-stupid-love-20110728 |archive-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref> while Claudia Puig of ''USA Today'' felt he reveals a "surprising" "knack for comedy."<ref>{{cite news |title='Crazy, Stupid, Love': Not, Quite, There |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2011-07-27-crazy-stupid-love_n.htm?csp=34life | work = USA Today|date= August 3, 2011|access-date= January 26, 2012 |first=Claudia |last=Puig}}</ref> He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]].<ref name="slate1">{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/12/15/golden_globe_nominations_ryan_gosling_gets_two.html |title=Golden Globe Nominations: Ryan Gosling Gets Two |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128144808/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/12/15/golden_globe_nominations_ryan_gosling_gets_two.html |archive-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref> The film was a box office success, grossing over $142 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crazy, Stupid, Love. |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1515030017/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127051304/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crazystupidlove.htm |archive-date=2012-01-27 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> With adjustments for inflation, it is the fourth most successful of Gosling's career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/56840401-Ryan-Gosling|title=Ryan Gosling - Box Office|website=The Numbers}}</ref>

Gosling's first action role was in ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]'', based on a novel by [[James Sallis]].<ref name="Production Starts on Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE Starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/drive-production-starts-ryan-gosling-carey-mulligan/ |title=Production Starts on Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive Starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan |date=September 27, 2010 |publisher=Collider.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202002807/http://www.collider.com/2010/09/27/drive-production-starts-ryan-gosling-carey-mulligan/ |archive-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> Gosling played a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a [[crime scene getaway|getaway driver]], and he has described the film as a "violent [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie": "I always thought if ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'' had head-smashing it would be perfect".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/drive/a/ryan-gosling-drive.htm |title=Ryan Gosling Talks Drive, Action Films, and John Hughes Movies |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021012136/http://movies.about.com/od/drive/a/ryan-gosling-drive.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2011}}</ref> Roger Ebert compared Gosling to [[Steve McQueen]] and stated that he "embodies presence and sincerity ... he has shown a gift for finding arresting, powerful characters [and] can achieve just about anything.<ref>{{cite news|title=Drive |url=https://rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110914/REVIEWS/110919988/-1/RSS |publisher=rogerebert.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206204351/http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110914%2FREVIEWS%2F110919988%2F-1%2FRSS |archive-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref> [[Joe Morgenstern]] of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' pondered "the ongoing mystery of how he manages to have so much impact with so little apparent effort. It's irresistible to liken his economical style to that of [[Marlon Brando]]."<ref>{{cite news|title='Drive': A Rolls of an Action Film Noir |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903927204576572542212463116?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_2 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125050549/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903927204576572542212463116.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_2 |archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref> The film was a box office success, grossing $81 million worldwide from a production budget of $15 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drive |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2706277889/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071233/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=drive2011.htm |archive-date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

In his final appearance of 2011, Gosling co-starred with [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] in the political drama ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'' directed by [[George Clooney]], in which he played an ambitious press secretary.<ref name="George Clooney and Ryan Gosling Set for Ides of March">{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/b/2010/10/31/george-clooney-ryan-gosling-ides-march.htm |title=George Clooney and Ryan Gosling Set for 'Ides of March |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001439/http://movies.about.com/b/2010/10/31/george-clooney-ryan-gosling-ides-march.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2012 }}</ref> Gosling partly decided to do the film to become more politically aware: "I'm Canadian and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Ides-March-Ryan-Gosling-27199.html |title=Interview: The Ides of March's Ryan Gosling |date=October 6, 2011 |publisher=CinemaBlend.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212013204/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Ides-March-Ryan-Gosling-27199.html |archive-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref> Joe Morganstern stated that Gosling and Hoffman "are eminently well equipped to play variations on their characters' main themes. Yet neither actor has great material to conjure with in the script."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Ides of March |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203476804576614793239029526 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=October 14, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Joe |last=Morgenstern |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121104209/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203476804576614793239029526.html |archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> In a generally tepid review, Kenneth Turan of the ''Los Angeles Times'' asserted that it was "certainly involving to see the charismatic Gosling verbally spar with superb character actors like Hoffman and [Paul] Giamatti."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Ides of March |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-ides-of-march-20111007,0,4545006.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first1=Kenneth |last1=Turan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301055953/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-ides-of-march-20111007%2C0%2C4545006.story |archive-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> Mick LaSalle of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' felt there was "one aspect to the character that Gosling can't quite nail down, that might simply be outside his sphere, which is idealism."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Political Animals |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/07/DDC01LDC7L.DTL |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=October 31, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117023851/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F10%2F07%2FDDC01LDC7L.DTL |archive-date=January 17, 2012}}</ref> He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]].<ref name="slate1"/> The film grossed $66 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ides of March |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl794527233/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127005141/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=idesofmarch.htm |archive-date=2012-01-27 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

In 2012, Gosling filmed [[Terrence Malick]]'s ''[[Song to Song]]'', but the film would not be released until 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/terrence-malick-ryan-gosling-christian-bale-255938 |title=Terrence Malick Announces Next Two Films, 'Lawless' and 'Knight of Cups' |date=November 1, 2011 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126105606/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terrence-malick-ryan-gosling-christian-bale-255938 |archive-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/rooney-mara-lawless-terrence-malick-michael-sheen/ |title=Rooney Mara Talks Lawless; Michael Sheen Talks Untitled Terrence Malick Drama |work=Collider |date=December 28, 2011 |publisher=Collider.com |access-date=February 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307015306/http://collider.com/rooney-mara-lawless-terrence-malick-michael-sheen/134550 |archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref>

===2013–2014: Mixed critical reception and directorial debut===
[[File:Ryan Gosling Cannes 2014.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Gosling at the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 2013's crime thriller ''[[Gangster Squad (film)|Gangster Squad]]'', Gosling portrayed Sgt. Jerry Wooters, a 1940s [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] officer who attempts to outsmart mob boss [[Mickey Cohen]] (played by [[Sean Penn]]). He was reunited with [[Emma Stone]] as his love interest, after their earlier pairing in ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''. Stone has said she hopes they will find more projects to work together on.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-22 |title=Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Director Ruben Fleischer Talk GANGSTER SQUAD {{!}} Collider {{!}} Page 220638 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |url=https://collider.com/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-gangster-squad-interview/ |access-date=June 22, 2017 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622002414/http://collider.com/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-gangster-squad-interview/220638/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A.O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' described the film as an excuse for the cast "to earn some money trying out funny voices and suppressing whatever sense of nuance they might possess."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/movies/gangster-squad-with-sean-penn-ryan-gosling-and-emma-stone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 |title=These Law Enforcers Will Stop at Nothing |first=A.O. |last=Scott |access-date=August 31, 2013 |date=January 10, 2013 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227040327/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/movies/gangster-squad-with-sean-penn-ryan-gosling-and-emma-stone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Christy Lemire]] of ''The Boston Globe'' criticized Gosling's "weird, whispery voice" and his "barely developed, one-note" character.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-11 |title=Review: 'Gangster Squad' is a numbing barrage - Boston.com |url=http://www.boston.com/2013/01/09/ccfdecd-entry-cont/7dVbh6uuCdo4ErHnLDgfeP/story.html |access-date=June 22, 2017 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211174653/http://www.boston.com/2013/01/09/ccfdecd-entry-cont/7dVbh6uuCdo4ErHnLDgfeP/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, Betsy Sharkey of the ''Los Angeles Times'' felt that there was "a seductive power" in the scenes shared by Gosling and Stone: "But like too much else in the film, it's a scenario that is only half played out."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharkey |first=Betsy |date=2013-01-12 |title=Review: 'Gangster Squad' runs through its ammo to no avail - latimes.com |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-gangster-squad-review-20130111,0,3182280.story |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112091647/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-gangster-squad-review-20130111,0,3182280.story |url-status=live }}</ref>

In ''[[The Place Beyond the Pines]]'', a generational drama directed by ''Blue Valentine''{{'}}s Derek Cianfrance,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-19 |title=THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, Starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, Set for Release on March 29, 2013 {{!}} Collider |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |url=https://collider.com/the-place-beyond-the-pines-release-date/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019171109/http://collider.com/the-place-beyond-the-pines-release-date/203904/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gosling played Luke, a motorcycle stunt rider who robs banks to provide for his family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/ryan_gosling_1.html |title=Ryan Gosling Talks Drive, Ides of March, and The Place Beyond the Pines in His Oddball, Ryan Gosling Way |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=September 15, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108142854/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/ryan_gosling_1.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref> The shoot was described by Gosling as "the best experience I have ever had making a film."<ref name="independent1" /> A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' praised his performance, writing: "Mr. Gosling's cool self-possession&nbsp;— the only thing he was allowed to display in "Drive"&nbsp;— is complicated, made interesting, by hints of childlike innocence and vulnerability."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/movies/the-place-beyond-the-pines-directed-by-derek-cianfrance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |title=Good Intentions, Paving the Usual |work=The New York Times |first=A.O. |last=Scott |access-date=August 31, 2013 |date=March 28, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005215502/http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/movies/the-place-beyond-the-pines-directed-by-derek-cianfrance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> Scott Foundas of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' was unimpressed: "Gosling's character verges on parody ... Gosling uses a soft, wounded half-whisper that tells us this is all some kind of put-on ... It's a close variation on the role Gosling played to stronger effect in Nicolas Winding Refn's existential Hollywood thriller, ''Drive'', where it was clear the character was meant to be an abstraction."<ref>{{cite web |last=Foundas |first=Scott |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-03-27/film/ryan-gosling-is-your-trailer-park-prince-valiant-in-the-place-beyond-the-pines/ |title=Ryan Gosling Is Your Trailer Park Prince Valiant in The Place Beyond the Pines – Page 1 – Movies – New York |work=The Village Voice |date=March 29, 2013 |access-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801192257/http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-03-27/film/ryan-gosling-is-your-trailer-park-prince-valiant-in-the-place-beyond-the-pines/ |archive-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref> [[David Denby]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' remarked that he "reprises his inexorable-loner routine".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Denby |first=David |url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/04/01/130401crci_cinema_denby?currentPage=1 |title=David Denby: "The Place Beyond the Pines," "Olympus Has Fallen" Reviews |magazine=The New Yorker |date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604014431/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/04/01/130401crci_cinema_denby?currentPage=1 |archive-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref> The film grossed $35 million worldwide from a production budget of $15 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=placebeyondthepines.htm |title=The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=July 2, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904200954/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=placebeyondthepines.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>

Later in 2013, Gosling starred in the violent revenge drama ''[[Only God Forgives]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Hard Drive |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/arts-and-culture/film/262431/hard-drive | work = [[Bangkok Post]] |access-date= January 26, 2012}}</ref> directed by ''Drive''{{'}}s Nicolas Winding Refn. Gosling undertook [[Muay Thai]] training in preparation for the role,<ref name="blogs.indiewire.com">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/ryan_gosling_calls_upcoming_project_only_god_forgives_the_strangest_thing_h/ |title=Ryan Gosling Calls Upcoming Project 'Only God Forgives' The "Strangest Thing" He's Ever Read |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031052449/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/ryan_gosling_calls_upcoming_project_only_god_forgives_the_strangest_thing_h |archive-date=October 31, 2011 }}</ref> and has described the script as "the strangest thing I've ever read".<ref name="blogs.indiewire.com" /> Both the film and his performance drew negative reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/only-god-forgives|title=Only God Forgives (2013)|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=September 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816164959/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/only-god-forgives|archive-date=August 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cox |first=Gordon |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/cannes-film-review-only-god-forgives-1200486200/ |title='Only God Forgives' Review: Ryan Gosling Even More Inscrutable in "Drive" Reunion |work=Variety |date=May 22, 2013 |access-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725113441/http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/cannes-film-review-only-god-forgives-1200486200/ |archive-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sharkey |first=Betsy |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-only-god-forgives-review-20130719,0,7368456.story |title=Movie review: 'Only God Forgives' needs to be saved from itself |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721084339/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-only-god-forgives-review-20130719%2C0%2C7368456.story |archive-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref> [[David Edelstein]] of ''New York'' magazine stated, "Gosling looked like a major actor as a skinhead in ''The Believer'' and a star in ''Half Nelson''. Then he stopped acting and started posing. His performance in ''Only God Forgives'' (would God forgive that title?) is one long, moist stare".<ref>{{cite web|last=Edelstein |first=David |url=https://vulture.com/2013/07/movie-review-only-god-forgives.html |title=Movie Review: Only God Forgives |date=July 19, 2013 |publisher=Vulture |access-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722140408/http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/movie-review-only-god-forgives.html |archive-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref> Stephen Holden of the ''New York Times'' criticized Gosling's inability "to give his automaton any suggestion of an inner life".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/movies/in-only-god-forgives-a-mother-is-bent-on-revenge.html |title=Mom Is a Drug Lord, and Gore Is a Narcotic |work=The New York Times |first=Stephen |last=Holden |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=August 31, 2013 |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227040322/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/movies/in-only-god-forgives-a-mother-is-bent-on-revenge.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' commented that Gosling, while "meant to be a blank page for us to write on, often looks merely blank".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Travers |first=Peter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/only-god-forgives-20130719 |title=Only God Forgives |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722161150/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/only-god-forgives-20130719 |archive-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>

In early 2013, Gosling announced that he was taking a break from acting, stating, "I've lost perspective on what I'm doing. I think it's good for me to take a break and reassess why I'm doing it and how I'm doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about that."<ref name="RG">{{cite web|title=Ryan Gosling: I'm Taking Break from Acting|url=http://www.gossipcop.com/ryan-gosling-taking-break-acting-interview-quitting-retiring/ |publisher=Gossip Cop |access-date=March 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323055422/http://www.gossipcop.com/ryan-gosling-taking-break-acting-interview-quitting-retiring/ |archive-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref> Gosling's directorial debut ''[[Lost River (film)|Lost River]]'' competed in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/04/17/cannes-festival-to-premiere-films-by-jean-luc-godard-ryan-gosling/ |title=Cannes Festival to Premiere Films by Jean-Luc Godard, Ryan Gosling |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 17, 2014 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |first=Erich |last=Schwartzel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418221958/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/04/17/cannes-festival-to-premiere-films-by-jean-luc-godard-ryan-gosling/ |archive-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref> The "fantasy noir", written by Gosling, stars [[Christina Hendricks]], [[Ben Mendelsohn]], and [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Steve |date=2012-12-13 |title=Ben Mendelsohn Illustrates How to Catch a Monster |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39888/ben-mendelsohn-illustrates-how-to-catch-a-monster/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231214255/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/62200/ben-mendelsohn-illustrates-how-catch-monster |archive-date=2012-12-31 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wales |first=George |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/matt-smith-to-star-in-how-to-catch-a-monster |title=Matt Smith to star in Ryan Gosling's How To Catch A Monster |publisher=TotalFilm.com |access-date=July 2, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705081613/http://www.totalfilm.com/news/matt-smith-to-star-in-how-to-catch-a-monster |archive-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> The film received largely unfavorable reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_catch_a_monster/ |title=Lost River |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090615/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_catch_a_monster/ |archive-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' found it "insufferably conceited" and remarked that Gosling had lost "any sense of proportion or humility."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/20/lost-river-cannes-review-ryan-gosling |title=Cannes review: Lost River – Ryan Gosling flounders with directorial debut |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |work=The Guardian |date=May 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520193918/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/20/lost-river-cannes-review-ryan-gosling |archive-date=May 20, 2014}}</ref> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described ''Lost River'' as "mind-bogglingly pleased with itself",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10844097/Ryan-Goslings-Lost-River-review-mouth-dryingly-lousy.html |title=Ryan Gosling's Lost River, review: 'mouth-dryingly lousy' |last=Collin |first=Robbie  |date=May 20, 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523235248/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10844097/Ryan-Goslings-Lost-River-review-mouth-dryingly-lousy.html |archive-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> while ''Variety''{{'}}s [[Justin Chang]] dismissed the "derivative" film as a "train-wreck."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/cannes-film-review-ryan-goslings-lost-river-1201187183/ |title='Lost River' Review: Ryan Gosling's Howler of a Directing Debut |work=Variety |first=Justin |last=Chang |date=May 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601043626/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/cannes-film-review-ryan-goslings-lost-river-1201187183/ |archive-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref>

===2015–present: Established actor===
[[File:Ryan Gosling (36201256705) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Gosling at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
In 2015, Gosling played a bond salesman in the ensemble financial satire ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'', a Best Picture nominee at the [[88th Academy Awards|2016 Academy Awards]]. David Sims of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' felt that he was "smarmily funny, somehow simultaneously magnetic and repulsive; after years wandering the halls of mediocre art cinema, it's wonderful to see him cut loose again."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sims |first1=David |title=''The Big Short'': Sound and Fury on Wall Street |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-big-short-review/419964/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=July 15, 2016 |date=December 11, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722081110/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-big-short-review/419964/ |archive-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' said: "Gosling, a virtuoso of verbal sleaze, talks directly to the camera, and he's volcanically fierce and funny."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title='The Big Short' Movie Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-big-short-20151210 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=July 15, 2016 |date=December 10, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730012348/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-big-short-20151210 |archive-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref> The following year, Gosling starred in the black comedy ''[[The Nice Guys]]'', opposite [[Russell Crowe]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/russell-crowe-ryan-gosling-joining-shane-blacks-cop-drama-nice-guys-1201260919/ |title=Russell Crow Ryan Gosling Shane Black Nice Guys |work=Variety |first=Dave |last=McNary |date=July 11, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713045359/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/russell-crowe-ryan-gosling-joining-shane-blacks-cop-drama-nice-guys-1201260919/ |archive-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> and in [[Damien Chazelle]]'s musical ''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]'', for which he won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] and received his second [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] nomination.<ref name="2017Globes">{{citation|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/7647883/golden-globes-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard |date=January 8, 2017 |access-date=January 8, 2017 |title=Here Is the 2017 Golden Globes Winners List |first=Taylor |last=Weatherby |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184352/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/7647883/golden-globes-2017-winners-list |archive-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> Robbie Collin praised his chemistry with co-star Emma Stone, writing: "Both stars are so attuned to each other's pace and flow that their repartee just seems to tumble out, perfectly formed."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/la-la-land-review-ryan-gosling-emma-stone-will-leave-tear-eye/ |title=La La Land review: you'll leave with a tear in your eye and a song in your heart |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Robbie |last=Collins |date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205931/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/la-la-land-review-ryan-gosling-emma-stone-will-leave-tear-eye/ |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It emerged as one of his most commercially successful films, with earnings of over $440 million against its $30 million budget.<ref>{{cite web|title=La La Land (2016) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lalaland.htm |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 28, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128222455/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lalaland.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>

Gosling was signed on to work with [[Terrence Malick]] in 2004 on the biographical film ''[[Che (2008 film)|Che]]'', but later dropped out.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/four-joining-forces-for-malick-s-take-on-che-1117900690/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Michael |last=Fleming |title=Four Joining Forces for Malick's Take on 'Che' – Gosling, Bratt, Potente Join the Revolution |date=February 24, 2004 |access-date=June 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519180037/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117900690 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/regime-change-for-che-1117902769/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Michael |last=Fleming |title=Regime Change for 'Che' – Malick Goes with Farrell in 'World' |date=April 1, 2004 |access-date=June 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519175838/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117902769 |archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> He later starred in Malick's ''[[Song to Song]]'' (2017), which had been filmed in 2012, and co-starred [[Rooney Mara]], [[Michael Fassbender]], and [[Natalie Portman]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/terrence-malick-ryan-gosling-christian-bale-255938 |title=Terrence Malick Announces Next Two Films, 'Lawless' and 'Knight of Cups' |date=November 1, 2011 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126105606/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terrence-malick-ryan-gosling-christian-bale-255938 |archive-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/rooney-mara-lawless-terrence-malick-michael-sheen/ |title=Rooney Mara Talks Lawless; Michael Sheen Talks Untitled Terrence Malick Drama |work=Collider |date=December 28, 2011 |publisher=Collider.com |access-date=February 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307015306/http://collider.com/rooney-mara-lawless-terrence-malick-michael-sheen/134550 |archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> Also in 2017, he starred in ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'', a sequel to the 1982 science fiction film ''[[Blade Runner]]'', directed by [[Denis Villeneuve]] and co-starring [[Harrison Ford]], who reprised his role as [[Rick Deckard]]. Gosling's role was as Officer K, a "blade runner" working for the LAPD whose job it is to kill rogue bioengineered humans known as [[replicants]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/29/blade-runner-2049-review-ryan-gosling-harrison-ford-denis-villeneuve|title=Blade Runner 2049 review – a gigantic spectacle of pure hallucinatory craziness|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=September 29, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=October 6, 2017|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929155913/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/29/blade-runner-2049-review-ryan-gosling-harrison-ford-denis-villeneuve|archive-date=September 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> A. O. Scott found him to be perfectly cast, adding that his "ability to elicit sympathy while seeming too distracted to want it – his knack for making boredom look like passion and vice versa – makes him a perfect warm-blooded robot for our time".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/movies/blade-runner-2049-review-ryan-gosling-harrison-ford.html |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Review: In 'Blade Runner 2049,' Hunting Replicants Amid Strangeness|work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008051917/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/movies/blade-runner-2049-review-ryan-gosling-harrison-ford.html |archive-date=October 8, 2017 }}</ref> Despite being Gosling's largest box office opening, grossing $31.5 million domestically, the film generally underperformed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|last1=D'Alessandro|first1=Anthony|title=Dystopian Box Office Future: Why 'Blade Runner 2049' Is Hitting Turbulence With $31M+ Opening|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/ryan-gosling-blade-runner-2049-harrison-ford-opening-weekend-box-office-1202183063/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 10, 2017|date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007003009/http://deadline.com/2017/10/ryan-gosling-blade-runner-2049-harrison-ford-opening-weekend-box-office-1202183063/|archive-date=October 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Gosling portrayed [[Neil Armstrong]], the astronaut who became the first man to walk on the Moon in 1969, in Chazelle's biopic ''[[First Man (film)|First Man]]'', based on the book ''[[First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Ryan Gosling, Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong Biopic Gets Awards Season Release Date|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ryan-gosling-damien-chazelle-neil-armstrong-biopic-release-date-1202003704/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=October 10, 2017|date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011073607/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ryan-gosling-damien-chazelle-neil-armstrong-biopic-release-date-1202003704/|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for [[IndieWire]], Michael Nordine commended him for bringing "quiet charisma" and "grace" to his role, while Nicholas Barber of the [[BBC]] hailed him as the "best deadpan actor in the business".<ref>{{cite web|last=Nordine|first=Michael|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/first-man-review-ryan-gosling-damien-chazelle-venice-1201998370/|title=''First Man'' Review: Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling's Thrilling Neil Armstrong Biopic Has the Right Stuff — Venice|date=August 29, 2018|work=IndieWire|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830012014/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/first-man-review-ryan-gosling-damien-chazelle-venice-1201998370/|archive-date=August 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180829-film-review-five-stars-for-first-man|title=Film review: Five stars for First Man|last=Barber|first=Nicholas|work=BBC Culture|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=August 29, 2018|access-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902180237/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180829-film-review-five-stars-for-first-man|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He received a nomination for the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/awards/2019/01/13/critics-choice-awards-2019-winners-list/|title= Critics' Choice Awards 2019: See the full winners list|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate= July 18, 2023|archive-date= December 21, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201221013612/https://ew.com/awards/2019/01/13/critics-choice-awards-2019-winners-list/|url-status= live}}</ref>

After a four-year break from film, Gosling returned starring in the 2022 spy-action thriller [[The Gray Man (2022 film)|''The Gray Man'']], opposite [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] and [[Ana de Armas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=2020-07-17 |title=Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Russos Team for Netflix Movie The Gray Man |url=https://collider.com/ryan-gosling-chris-evans-the-gray-man-russo-brothers-netflix-movie/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227040329/https://collider.com/ryan-gosling-chris-evans-the-gray-man-russo-brothers-netflix-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film had a limited theatrical release and was distributed by [[Netflix]]. Despite negative reviews from critics, who described the film as "mediocre" and full of cliches, a sequel has been announced and is in development.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/07/14/movies-review-gray-man-ryan-gosling-chris-evans-ana-de-armas-dhanush-russos-netflix/?sh=699e1738540d|title= Review: 'The Gray Man' Is Another Mediocre Netflix Mockbuster|website= Forbes|accessdate= July 18, 2023|archive-date= July 18, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230718114645/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/07/14/movies-review-gray-man-ryan-gosling-chris-evans-ana-de-armas-dhanush-russos-netflix/?sh=699e1738540d|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a43674116/the-gray-man-2-update-russo-brothers/|title= Gray Man 2 gets an exciting update|website= Digital Spy|date= April 22, 2023|accessdate= July 18, 2023|archive-date= July 18, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230718114645/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a43674116/the-gray-man-2-update-russo-brothers/|url-status= live}}</ref> In the following year, Gosling starred as [[Ken (doll)|Ken]] in [[Greta Gerwig]]'s fantasy comedy ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'', opposite [[Margot Robbie]] in the [[Barbie|title role]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |date=2021-10-22 |title=Ryan Gosling To Play Ken Opposite Margot Robbie In 'Barbie' Movie From Warner Bros, LuckyChap & Mattel |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/ryan-gosling-ken-warner-bros-barbie-margot-robbie-1234858848/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022203739/https://deadline.com/2021/10/ryan-gosling-ken-warner-bros-barbie-margot-robbie-1234858848/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also sang the song "[[I'm Just Ken]]" for the film's [[Barbie the Album|accompanying soundtrack]] as well as a cover of [[Push (Matchbox Twenty song)|"Push"]] by [[Matchbox Twenty]].<ref name="PushCoverEW">{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Jessica |title=How Greta Gerwig landed on that memorable alt-rock song for the Kens in 'Barbie' |url=https://ew.com/movies/ryan-gosling-self-conscious-matchbox-twenty-ken-song-barbie/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |work=EW.com |date=July 21, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724180445/https://ew.com/movies/ryan-gosling-self-conscious-matchbox-twenty-ken-song-barbie/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Jarvey |first1=Natalie |title=Singing "I'm Just Ken" in 'Barbie' Was Ryan Gosling's Idea |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/singing-im-just-ken-in-barbie-was-ryan-goslings-idea |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=11 July 2023 |accessdate=20 July 2023 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713152237/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/singing-im-just-ken-in-barbie-was-ryan-goslings-idea |url-status=live }}</ref> His performance was acclaimed, with [[Anthony Lane]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' lauding his comedic performance as "peak Gosling",<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lane |first=Anthony |date=2023-07-20 |title=How "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" Bring Monumental Figures to Life |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/31/oppenheimer-movie-review-barbie |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721011641/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/31/oppenheimer-movie-review-barbie |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]''{{'s}} Alison Willmore wrote that he "comes close to stealing the movie".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willmore |first=Alison |date=18 July 2023 |title=We Shouldn't Have to Grade Barbie on a Curve |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/barbie-review-we-shouldnt-have-to-grade-this-on-a-curve.html |website=Vulture |accessdate=18 July 2023 |archive-date=July 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719112214/https://www.vulture.com/article/barbie-review-we-shouldnt-have-to-grade-this-on-a-curve.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He received [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe]], [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor|Critics' Choice]], [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor|BAFTA]], and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] nominations for his performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/golden-globe-nominations-2024-1235660995/ |title=Golden Globe Nominations: 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer' Top Movie List; 'Succession' Leads Way in TV |first1=Patrick |last1=Hipes |first2=Nellie |last2=Andreeva |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224173714/https://deadline.com/2023/12/golden-globe-nominations-2024-1235660995/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/critics-choice-film-nominations-2023-1235665954/ |title=The Critics Choice is 'Barbie' with 18 CCA Nominations; 'Oppenheimer', 'Poor Things' Follow with 13 Each |last=Hammond |first=Pete |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114223839/https://deadline.com/2023/12/critics-choice-film-nominations-2023-1235665954/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ordoña |first=Michael |date=January 10, 2024 |title=''Barbie'', ''Oppenheimer'' lead 2024 SAG Awards nominations: Full list |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-01-10/2024-sag-awards-screen-actors-guild-nominations-list |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110141154/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-01-10/2024-sag-awards-screen-actors-guild-nominations-list |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/bafta-awards-nominations-list-2024-1235796022/ |title='Oppenheimer' & 'Poor Things' Lead 2024 BAFTA Nominations — The Complete List |last=Ntim |first=Zac |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 18, 2024 |access-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119130711/https://deadline.com/2024/01/bafta-awards-nominations-list-2024-1235796022/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscar-nominations-2024-list-1235877798/|title=Oscar Nominations 2024: 'Oppenheimer' Dominates With 13 Nods, 'Poor Things' Follows With 11|first=Jordan|last=Moreau|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 23, 2024|accessdate=January 23, 2024|archive-date=January 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124020519/https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscar-nominations-2024-list-1235877798/|url-status=live}}</ref> He performed "I'm Just Ken" live at the [[96th Academy Awards]], where it was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ryan-gosling-62-kens-im-just-ken-oscar-performance-1235849758/|title=How Choreographer Mandy Moore Harnessed the Kenergy of Ryan Gosling and 62 Kens for "I'm Just Ken" Oscars Performance|first=Caitlin|last=Huston|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 11, 2024|accessdate=March 11, 2024|archive-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312054057/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ryan-gosling-62-kens-im-just-ken-oscar-performance-1235849758/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gosling next starred in the action comedy film ''[[The Fall Guy (2024 film)|The Fall Guy]]'' alongside [[Emily Blunt]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Masters|first=Kim|date=April 2, 2022|access-date=April 3, 2022|title=Netflix Backs Away from Will Smith Film 'Fast and Loose' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/will-smith-netflix-movie-1235123901-1235123901/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403000728/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/will-smith-netflix-movie-1235123901-1235123901/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-01-21 |title=Harbour Bridge closes as Ryan Gosling shoots new film |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/harbour-bridge-to-close-as-ryan-gosling-shoots-new-film-20230121-p5cehb.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123111659/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/harbour-bridge-to-close-as-ryan-gosling-shoots-new-film-20230121-p5cehb.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It received positive reviews from critics but did not perform well commercially.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=June 12, 2024 |title=Why Does Hollywood Care About Box Office Opening Weekends? |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-opening-weekend-why-does-it-matter-1236033313/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |work=Variety |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612163733/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-opening-weekend-why-does-it-matter-1236033313/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Gosling will next produce and star in ''[[Project Hail Mary (film)|Project Hail Mary]]'', based on [[Andy Weir]]'s science fiction [[Project Hail Mary|novel of the same name]],<ref>{{Cite web|first=Mike Jr|last=Fleming|date=2020-03-27|title=MGM In Exclusive Talks for Hot Andy Weir Sci-Fi Novel 'Project Hail Mary,' Ryan Gosling Attached To Star & Produce|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/andy-weir-ryan-gosling-the-hail-mary-mgm-movie-deal-the-martian-science-fiction-novel-1202894336/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> star in Shawn Levy's [[space opera]] film ''[[Star Wars: Starfighter]]'', and will produce [[Rachel Morrison]]'s [[Romantic drama film|romantic drama]] ''[[Love of Your Life (film)|Love of Your Life]]'' starring [[Margaret Qualley]] and [[Patrick Schwarzenegger]].<!--Since 2017, Gosling has been attached to co-produce a film adaptation of Jeff Lemire's 2012 graphic novel ''[[The Underwater Welder]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |date=2017-03-03 |title=Ryan Gosling Developing Jeff Lemire's 'The Underwater Welder' as Movie |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ryan-gosling-the-underwater-welder-movie-jeff-lemire-1202001624/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2021, Gosling signed to star in ''The Actor'', an adaptation of [[Donald E. Westlake]]'s novel ''Memory''. [[Duke Johnson (director)|Duke Johnson]] will direct the film and produce with [[Abigail Spencer]] under their ''Innerlight Films'' production banner. Gosling, who will also produce alongside Ken Kao, will play the lead role of Paul Cole, who must deal with his damaged memory as he struggles to rebuild his life after being left for dead and hospitalized in 1950s Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=2021-02-24|title=Ryan Gosling to Star in, Produce 'The Actor' Movie Adaptation|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-produce-the-actor-movie-adaptation-4137678|access-date=2021-04-15|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en}}</ref> He will reunite with Robbie in a prequel to the [[Ocean's (film series)|''Ocean''{{'}}s film series]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-07 |title='Ocean's Eleven' Prequel Is Finally Getting Ready to Film |url=https://collider.com/oceans-eleven-prequel-filming-date/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613173241/https://collider.com/oceans-eleven-prequel-filming-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2025, it was reported that Gosling was in talks to star in [[Shawn Levy|Shawn Levy's]] [[Star Wars]] film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Borys Kit,Pamela |date=2025-01-21 |title=‘Star Wars’ Shocker: Ryan Gosling in Talks to Star in Shawn Levy’s Movie (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-ryan-gosling-in-talks-shawn-levys-1236084451/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>-->

==Music career==
{{Main|Dead Man's Bones}}

[[File:RyanGosling10-19.JPG|thumb|upright=.8|left|Gosling at a [[Dead Man's Bones]] concert in 2009]]

In 2000, Gosling published a solo album with the misspelled title ''Angel With Tatooed Wings''.<ref>{{Discogs release|id=11755316|name=Angel With Tatooed Wings|type=album}}, accessed June 3, 2025.</ref> The track "Put Me in the Car" from this album was made available for download on the Internet in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2007/07/ryan-gosling-goes-indie-rock.html |title= Ryan Gosling Goes Indie-Rock |author= Rodrigo |date= July 18, 2007 |publisher= Theplaylist.blogspot.com |access-date= January 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120105025954/http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2007/07/ryan-gosling-goes-indie-rock.html |archive-date= January 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also that year, Gosling and his friend Zach Shields formed the [[indie rock]] band [[Dead Man's Bones]]. The two first met in 2005 when Gosling was dating [[Rachel McAdams]] and Shields was dating her sister, Kayleen.<ref name="allmusic1"/><ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/breaking-dead-mans-bones-20091014 |title=Breaking: Dead Man's Bones |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 14, 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first=Ellen |last=Carpenter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114140828/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/breaking-dead-mans-bones-20091014 |archive-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref> They initially conceived of the project as a monster-themed musical but settled on forming a band when they realized putting on a stage production would be too expensive.<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dead-mans-bones-r1643207/review |title=Dead Man's Bones |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227040333/https://www.allmusic.com/album/dead-mans-bones-mw0000827806 |url-status=live }}</ref> They recorded their eponymous debut album with the [[Silverlake Conservatory of Music|Silverlake Conservatory]]'s Children's Choir and learned to play all the instruments themselves.<ref name="allmusic1"/> Gosling contributed vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar and cello to the record.<ref name="rollingstone1"/> The album was released through [[ANTI-|ANTI- Records]] on October 6, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/dead-mans-bones/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for Dead Man's Bones at Metacritic |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116024324/http://www.metacritic.com/music/dead-mans-bones/critic-reviews |archive-date=November 16, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' was won over by the "unique, catchy and lovably weird record"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13543-dead-mans-bones/ |title=Dead Man's Bones  |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202095950/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13543-dead-mans-bones/ |archive-date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> while ''Prefix'' felt the album was "rarely kitschy and never inappropriate".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/dead-mans-bones/dead-mans-bones/30794/ |title=Dead Man's Bones |work=Prefix |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407015601/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/dead-mans-bones/dead-mans-bones/30794/ |archive-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref> However, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' felt the album "doesn't reverse the rule that actors make dubious pop musicians"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/dead-mans-bones-dead-mans-bones-anti |title=Dead Man's Bones |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=October 6, 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121014917/http://www.spin.com/reviews/dead-mans-bones-dead-mans-bones-anti |archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> and ''Entertainment Weekly'' criticized its "cloying, gothic preciousness".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20311111,00.html |title=Dead Man's Bones Review |date=October 9, 2009 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703021316/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20311111%2C00.html |archive-date=July 3, 2011}}</ref>

In September 2009, Gosling and Shields had a three-night residency at LA's [[Bob Baker Marionette Theater]] where they performed alongside dancing neon skeletons and glowing ghosts.<ref name="rollingstone1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/36373-dead-mans-bones-gear-up-for-residencyin-a-puppet-theater/ |title=Dead Man's Bones Gear Up for Residency...in a Puppet Theater  |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224185055/http://pitchfork.com/news/36373-dead-mans-bones-gear-up-for-residencyin-a-puppet-theater/ |archive-date=December 24, 2011}}</ref> They then conducted a thirteen-date tour of North America in October 2009, using a local children's choir at every show.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/36293-dead-mans-bones-ryan-gosling-and-zach-shields-announce-first-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919185528/http://pitchfork.com/news/36293-dead-mans-bones-ryan-gosling-and-zach-shields-announce-first-tour/ |archive-date= September 19, 2009|title=Dead Man's Bones (Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields) Announce First Tour  |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=August 21, 2009 |access-date= January 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/34432-meet-dead-mans-bones-ryan-gosling-and-zach-shields/ |title=Meet Dead Man's Bones: Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields  |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 11, 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118210518/http://pitchfork.com/news/34432-meet-dead-mans-bones-ryan-gosling-and-zach-shields/ |archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> Instead of an opening act, a talent show was held each night.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/24/dead-mans-bones-announce-first-tour/ |title=Dead Man's Bones Announce First Tour |last=Bevan |first=David |date=August 24, 2009 |work=[[The Fader]] |access-date=June 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417192336/http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/24/dead-mans-bones-announce-first-tour/ |archive-date=April 17, 2011 }}</ref> In September 2010, they performed at Los Angeles' FYF Festival. In 2011, the actor spoke of his intentions to record a second ''Dead Man's Bones'' album. No children's choir will be featured on the follow-up album because "it's not very rock 'n' roll".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Ryan+Gosling+TIFF/5347898/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629080348/http://www.canada.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Ryan+Gosling+TIFF/5347898/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |title=Ryan Gosling is Mr. TIFF |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Ryan Gosling Cannes 2011.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Gosling at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Gosling previously resided in New York City.<ref name="independent uk 2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ryan-gosling-tells-all-about-the-love-of-his-life-his-dog-george-8448580.html |title=Ryan Gosling tells all about the love of his life (his dog, George) |first=Emma |last=Jones |work=[[The Independent]] |date=January 11, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220084836/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ryan-gosling-tells-all-about-the-love-of-his-life-his-dog-george-8448580.html |archive-date=December 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/pets/ryan-goslings-crazy-stupid-puppy-love/#20993900|title=Ryan Gosling's Crazy, Stupid, Puppy Love |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118075830/http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/gallery/0%2C%2C20513463%2C00.html |archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> He co-owns Tagine, a [[Moroccan cuisine|Moroccan restaurant]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/los-angeles-10-best-celebrity-owned-hotspots/5194/ |title=Los Angeles: Top 10 Celebrity-Owned Hotspots |work=[[BlackBook (magazine)|BlackBook]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427172346/http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/los-angeles-10-best-celebrity-owned-hotspots/5194 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 }}</ref> He bought the restaurant on an impulse; he said he spent "all [his] money" on it,<ref name=tagine /> spent a year doing the renovation work himself, and now oversees the restaurant's menus.<ref name=tagine>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/274907-calamari-fan-ryan-gosling/ |title=Calamari Fan Ryan Gosling |publisher=[[STV (TV network)|STV]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121080831/http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/274907-calamari-fan-ryan-gosling/ |archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/showbiz/36956-ryan-gosling-believes-in-hard-work.html |title=Ryan Gosling Believes in Hard Work |publisher=Musicrooms.net |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113230227/http://www.musicrooms.net/showbiz/36956-ryan-gosling-believes-in-hard-work.html |archive-date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>

Gosling dated his ''Murder by Numbers'' co-star [[Sandra Bullock]] from 2002 to 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ryan-gosling-exes-sandra-bullock-rachel-were-the-best-girlfriends-ever-2011179 |title=Ryan Gosling: Exes Sandra Bullock, Rachel Were the Best Girlfriends Ever! |last=Finlayson |first=Ariana |work=[[US Weekly]] |date=September 17, 2011 |access-date=January 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617124346/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ryan-gosling-exes-sandra-bullock-rachel-were-the-best-girlfriends-ever-2011179 |archive-date=June 17, 2017}}</ref> He then had a relationship with his ''The Notebook'' co-star [[Rachel McAdams]] from 2005 to 2008;<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Oliver |title=Scoop |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20221731,00.html |work=People |access-date=February 4, 2012 |date=August 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614025521/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20221731%2C00.html |archive-date=June 14, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Star Tracks – Friday, August 22, 2008 – The Hot Seat – McAdams and Gosling |url=http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20220603_20499150,00.html |work=People |access-date=February 4, 2012 |date=August 22, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517024538/http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0%2C%2C20220603_20499150%2C00.html |archive-date=May 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Willard |first=Chris |title=Source: Ryan Gosling Still Loves Rachel McAdams |url=https://people.com/celebrity/source-ryan-gosling-still-loves-rachel-mcadams/|work=People |access-date=February 4, 2012 |date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208034837/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20247055%2C00.html |archive-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref>

Gosling has been in a relationship with his ''The Place Beyond the Pines'' co-star [[Eva Mendes]] since September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mikelbank|first=Peter|url=https://people.com/celebrity/ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes-visit-paris-together/|title=Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes Take a Macabre Tour of Paris|date=November 26, 2011 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112204314/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20548903%2C00.html |archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> They have two daughters, born in 2014 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/eva-mendes-ryan-gosling-baby/index.html |title=Surprise! Eva Mendes, Ryan Gosling have baby|first=Todd|last=Leopold|date=September 17, 2014 |publisher=CNN |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101231429/http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/eva-mendes-ryan-gosling-baby/index.html |archive-date=November 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0509-Amada%20Lee%20Gosling%20birth%20certificate.pdf |title=Certificate of Live Birth 1201619037369 |website=[[TMZ]] |date=May 9, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513004214/http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0509-Amada%20Lee%20Gosling%20birth%20certificate.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2016}}</ref> When asked in a 2022 interview if she and Gosling had married, Mendes said that "I like to keep it all mysterious".<ref>{{cite web |first=Aimée|last=Lutkin|title=Eva Mendes Confirms That She and Ryan Gosling Are Really Married|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a42015507/eva-mendes-ryan-gosling-confirmed-married/|website=Elle.com|date=November 20, 2022|access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref>

===Charity work===
Gosling supports various social causes. He has worked with [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] to encourage [[KFC]] and [[McDonald's]] to use improved methods of chicken slaughter, and on a campaign encouraging dairy farmers to stop de-horning cows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/4014-ryan-gosling-speaks-out-about-chicken-slaughter |title=Ryan Gosling Speaks Out About Chicken Slaughter |date=March 12, 2010 |publisher=Looktothestars.org |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407060143/http://www.looktothestars.org/news/4014-ryan-gosling-speaks-out-about-chicken-slaughter |archive-date=April 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7573-stars-say-no-to-mcdonalds-chicken-cruelty |title=Stars Say No To McDonald's Chicken Cruelty |date=December 21, 2011 |publisher=Looktothestars.org |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315174542/http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7573-stars-say-no-to-mcdonalds-chicken-cruelty |archive-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Gosling stands up for cows, joins PETA in urging milk producers to stop dehorning animals |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2013/04/03/ryan-gosling-stands-up-for-cows-joins-peta-in-urging-milk-producers-to-stop-dehorning-animals/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=vancouver.citynews.ca |date=April 3, 2013 |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411132955/https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2013/04/03/ryan-gosling-stands-up-for-cows-joins-peta-in-urging-milk-producers-to-stop-dehorning-animals/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005, Gosling volunteered in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], in the clean-up effort following [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=9ea0d079-2fa2-4a37-8fad-f89b99035f9e&sponsor= |title=McAdams and Boyfriend Gosling in Mississippi |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822212142/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=9ea0d079-2fa2-4a37-8fad-f89b99035f9e&sponsor= |archive-date=August 22, 2012 }}</ref> He is a supporter of [[Invisible Children, Inc.]], a group that raises awareness about the [[Lord's Resistance Army]] (LRA) in Central Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pastemagazine.com/blogs/giving_back/2010/07/after-years-of-artist-activism-invisible-children-legislation-passes-in-us.html |title=Kristen Bell, Ryan Gosling, Pete Wentz, Many More Help Invisible Children Pass U.S. Legislation |work=Paste |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320203029/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/giving_back/2010/07/after-years-of-artist-activism-invisible-children-legislation-passes-in-us.html |archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> In 2005, he traveled to [[Darfur]] refugee camps in Chad.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://joblo.com/movie-news/interview-ryan-gosling |title=INT: Ryan Gosling |date=April 18, 2007 |publisher=JoBlo.com |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629035535/http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/interview-ryan-gosling |archive-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref> He was a speaker at [[Generation Progress|Campus Progress]]' National Conference in 2008, where he discussed Darfur.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900046.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Supporting Roles: Ryan Gosling as Darfur Activist and Humble Star |access-date=January 26, 2012 |first1=Amy |last1=Argetsinger |first2=Roxanne |last2=Roberts |date=July 9, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629004616/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900046.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> As part of his work with the [[Enough Project]], he visited Uganda in 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2915362&page=1 |title=At War in the Fields of the Lord |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312035151/http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2915362&page=1 |archive-date=March 12, 2012}}</ref> and eastern Congo in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6207-ryan-gosling-makes-charity-trip-to-eastern-congo |title=Ryan Gosling Makes Charity Trip to Eastern Congo |date=April 28, 2011 |publisher=Looktothestars.org |access-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407060158/http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6207-ryan-gosling-makes-charity-trip-to-eastern-congo |archive-date=April 7, 2012}}</ref>

==Accolades==
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Among [[List of awards and nominations received by Ryan Gosling|his many accolades]], Gosling has received three [[Academy Award]] nominations, two [[British Academy Film Award]] nominations, one [[Golden Globe Award]] from six nominations, and six [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nominations.

In 2006, his role as a troubled history teacher in the drama film ''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' gained him nominations for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]]<ref name="Oscars79">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007|title=The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=August 27, 2013|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004711/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007|archivedate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Screen Actors Guild Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=SAG Awards Search {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/sagawards-search|website=www.sagawards.org|accessdate=23 January 2017|language=en|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129033722/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/sagawards-search|url-status=live}}</ref> for Best Actor. He received nominations for an Academy Award,<ref name="Oscars89">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|title=The 89th Academy Awards (2017) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=January 14, 2017|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303235233/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|archivedate=March 3, 2017}}</ref> British Academy Film Award,<ref>{{cite web|title=Film in 2017 {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/film|website=awards.bafta.org|accessdate=23 January 2017|language=en|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615121754/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/film|url-status=live}}</ref> Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award<ref>{{cite web|title=SAG Awards Winners: Complete List|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sag-awards-winners-list-screen-actors-guild-2017-1201972668/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 29, 2017|accessdate=2 August 2017|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221152136/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sag-awards-winners-list-screen-actors-guild-2017-1201972668/|url-status=live}}</ref> for ''[[La La Land]]'' (2016) and ''[[Barbie (2023 film)|Barbie]]'' (2023) in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories respectively, winning a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]] for the former. His performances in ''[[Lars and the Real Girl]]'' (2007),<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners & Nominees 2008|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2008/all#category-1890|website=www.goldenglobes.com|accessdate=23 January 2017|language=en|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012224818/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2008/all#category-1890|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Blue Valentine (film)|Blue Valentine]]'' (2010),<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners & Nominees 2011|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2011/all#category-17|website=www.goldenglobes.com|accessdate=23 January 2017|language=en|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012224452/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2011/all#category-17|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'', and ''[[Crazy, Stupid, Love]]'' (both 2011);<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners & Nominees 2012|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2012/all#category-17|website=www.goldenglobes.com|accessdate=23 January 2017|language=en|archive-date=December 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205195944/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2012/all#category-17|url-status=live}}</ref> also earned him Golden Globe nominations.

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==Further reading==
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