Ryan Gosling

Biography

• played the role of Hercules and Evil Herc. He has also appeared in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Bio from IMDB.com:
      Ryan Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, to Thomas and Donna Gosling, and was the second of their two children. The Gosling family, moved to Cornwall, Ontario, where Ryan grew up and was home-schooled by his mother. Ryan attended Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational High School in Cornwall, where he excelled in Drama and Fine Arts. The family then relocated to Burlington, Ontario, where Ryan attended Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario.
      Ryan first performed as a singer at talent contests with his older sister Mandi. He attended an open audition in Montreal for the TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" ("The All New Mickey Mouse Club" (1989)) in January 1993 and beat out 17,000 other aspiring actors for a a spot on the show. While appearing on "MMC" for two years, he lived with co-star Justin Timberlake's family.
      Though he received no formal acting training, after "MMC," Gosling segued into an acting career, appearing on the TV series "Young Hercules" (1998) and "Breaker High" (1997), as well as the films The Slaughter Rule (2002), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Remember the Titans (2000). He first attracted serious critical attention with his performance as the Jewish neo-Nazi in the controversial film The Believer (2001), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. He was cast in the part by writer-director Henry Bean, who believed that Gosling's strict upbringing gave him the insight to understand the character Danny, whose obsessiveness with the Judaism he was born into turns to hatred. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Male Lead in 2002 for the role and won the Golden Aries award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics.
      After appearing in the sleeper The Notebook (2004) in 2004, Gosling won the dubious honor of being named one of the 50 Hottest Bachelors by People Magazine. More significantly, he was named the Male Star of Tomorrow at the 2004 Show West convention of movie exhibitors.
      Gosling reached a summit of his profession with his performance in Half Nelson (2006), which garnered him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. In a short time, he has established himself as one of the finest actors of his generation.
      - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood

Crossactor Works

For a full list of Ryan's works, check out his IMDB page.

• Zylus in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - 1999
• Hercules and Evil Herc in Young Hercules - 1998-1999

Articles

The following articles mentioned or depicted Ryan:

• Fox Kids Magazine - Fall 1998 - Ryan Gosling!
• TV Guide (USA) - September 26, 1998 - I Was A Teenage Hercules
• Fox Kids Magazine - Winter 1998
• Fox Kids TV Takeover 1998
• Official Hercules and Xena Yearbook (1998)
• Blackbook - November 2005 - Missionary Men
• Actors Style - Fall 2005
• GQ - November 2007 - The Loner
• W Magazine - October 2010 - Heart to Heart
• Interview Magazine - November 2010
• Sharp - December 2010 - Leading Hollywood's New Generation Of Cool
• New York Magazine - December 05, 2010 - Not an Action Figure
• MTV.com - December 08, 2010 - Ryan Gosling reads "Hey Girl" for MTV: Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling Knows All About F--- Yeah! Ryan Gosling
• GQ - January 2011 - How to Look Like a Movie Star
• Cineplex - January 2011 - How To Act Like You're In Love
• The Observer - January 08, 2011 - The Life of Ryan
• Total Film Magazine - March 2011
• TheInsider.com - April 15, 2011 - Pop Culture Rewind: Ryan Gosling Trains For 'Young Hercules'
• MTV.com - July 20, 2011 - Ryan Gosling reads "Hey Girl" for MTV: Ryan Gosling Stars In 'Hey Girl: The Sequel'
• Entertainment Weekly - 07-29-2011 - Dining With The Stars
• Entertainment Weekly - 08-10-2011 - Fall Movie Preview
• Esquire - September 2011 - Welcome To The Ryan Gosling Freak Show
• Elle - September 2011 - Why Men Hurt
• Total Film Magazine - September 2011
• People - January 23, 2012 - Ryan Gosling - World's Hottest Boyfriend
• The Huffington Post - January 9, 2013 - Ryan Gosling On 'Young Hercules': I'm Proud Of My Work
• People - January 21, 2013 - The Chemistry of Ryan Gosling
• Sunday Life Magazine - March 10, 2013 - Why we worship Ryan Gosling
• Digital Spy - October 17, 2013 - Ryan Gosling, Arnold Schwarzenegger: 5 actors who've played Hercules

Video Interviews and Clips

• Fox Kids TV Takeover 1998
• E! - June 9, 2007 - E! True Hollywood Story: Mickey Mouse Club - with a tiny split-second Behind-The-Scenes clip from Young Hercules!
• TheInsider.com - April 15, 2011 - Pop Culture Rewind: Ryan Gosling Trains For 'Young Hercules'
• MTV.com - December 08, 2010 - Ryan Gosling reads "Hey Girl" for MTV: Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling Knows All About F--- Yeah! Ryan Gosling
• MTV.com - July 20, 2011 - Ryan Gosling reads "Hey Girl" for MTV: Ryan Gosling Stars In 'Hey Girl: The Sequel'
• Gosling Throws a Molotov Cocktail
• The Huffington Post - January 9, 2013 - Ryan Gosling On 'Young Hercules': I'm Proud Of My Work

Links

• Ryan Gosling Autographs - autographs donated to the Wiki!
• Gosling Fan - Your best and 24/7 source for Canadian actor and artist Ryan Gosling.
• Ryan Gosling Fan - Your high-quality resource dedicated to Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling.
• Ryan Gosling on IMDB
  
• Ryan Gosling on Wikipedia
  
• Ryan Gosling at Yahoo! Movies
  
• Dead Man's Bones on Myspace (Ryan Gosling's band)
  
• Ryan Gosling at People.com
  

Additional Pictures

Ryan Gosling as Zylus in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - "5.17 - The Academy".

Ryan Gosling as Evil Herc in Young Hercules - "1.28 - In Your Dreams".

Ryan Gosling as Hercules in Young Hercules - "1.03 - What a Crockery".