Ryan Gosling

Landing the controversial lead role in the film The Believer was a career breakthrough for Ryan Gosling it garnered him a Best Actor Film Independent’s Spirit nom, a Best Actor nom from the London Film Critics’ Circle, and earned him the Golden Ram for Best Actor by the Russian National Critics Association. He then starred in The Slaughter Rule, Murder by Numbers, Remember The Titans, The United States of Leland, The Notebook and Stay.Gosling was honored with an Academy Award® nomination for Best Actor for his role in Half Nelson. His performance earned him a Best Male Lead Actor award a the Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, as well as Best Actor nominations from the Screen Actors Guild Awards®, the Broadcast Film Critics Awards, Chicago Film Critics, Online Film Critics’ Society, Toronto Film Critics and the Satellite Awards. He was awarded the Male Breakthrough Performance Award from the National Board of Review, and won Best Actor Awards from both the Seattle and Stockholm International Film Festivals.