Ryan Gosling

About

Ryan Gosling (born November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, musician and filmmaker whose career spans both independent cinema and major studio productions. He earned Academy Award nominations for Half Nelson (2006), La La Land (2016) and Barbie (2023), and won a Golden Globe for La La Land. Beyond acting, he is a multi-instrumentalist who fronted the band Dead Man's Bones and sang the Grammy- and Oscar-nominated 'I'm Just Ken' from Barbie.

Born:: 12 November 1980 (45 years)
Place of birth:: London, Ontario, Canada

160M+

Spotify streams for 'I'm Just Ken'

$140.9M

Project Hail Mary global opening weekend (2026)

94%

Rotten Tomatoes critics score for Project Hail Mary

#87

Billboard Hot 100 peak for 'I'm Just Ken'

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2026-04
Project Hail Mary passed $300 million at the global box office in its second weekend, becoming the top-grossing Hollywood title of 2026 to date.
2026-03
Project Hail Mary opened to $80.5 million domestically and $140.9 million globally on March 20, 2026, setting a new opening-weekend record for Amazon MGM Studios.
2025-12
Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Gosling, faced a production setback during filming.
2025-08
Ryan Gosling was confirmed as a lead in Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy and scheduled for release in May 2027.
2024-03
Gosling performed 'I'm Just Ken' live at the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024, joined by Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen and his Barbie co-stars.