Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor, film director, screenwriter, musician and businessman. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Goosebumps. He starred in the television series Breaker High as Sean Hanlon and Young Hercules as the title role. His first starring role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer, and he then built a reputation for starring in independent films. ... more on Wikipedia