The producers of his 2007 film Fracture had a hard time tracking down Ryan Gosling to give him the film's script. At the time, he was living in a tent for two months for reasons he won't disclose.
Birthday: November 12, 1980
Women still swoon for Ryan Gosling's Notebook character Noah in the tear-jerking hit love story, but critics are more impressed by his knack for edgier roles: a Jewish neo-Nazi, a serial killer, and an inner-city junior high teacher with a drug addiction in Half Nelson. His complicated performance in the 2006 indie made Gosling the second youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee (right behind John Travolta, 24, for Saturday Night Fever). But overshadowing Gosling's big night was the absence of girlfriend and Notebook costar Rachel McAdams. Gosling later confirmed their breakup (they have since reunited) while promoting Lars and the Real Girl, where he plays another social misfit – a man in love with a doll.
