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Ryan Gosling: Half Nelson
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Ryan Gosling is an Academy Award-nominated actor for his performance in Half Nelson. After traveling to refugee camps in Chad in 2005, he was moved to expand his humanitarian work. This March, he visited Uganda with John Prendergast and others. As a result of this trip, he is currently preparing to do a film on Northern Uganda. Ryan continues to speak out about the situation in Uganda and Darfur.
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Not yet 30 years old, Ryan Gosling appears to be on the fast track to stardom. But it's a different path than the ones chosen by his one-time co-stars on The Mickey Mouse Club. Deliberately choosing independent features and trusting his instincts has appeared to pay off so far, as he continues to build his reputation as one the most intelligent and compelling actors of his generation. As if confirming his choices, Gosling was given an Academy Award nomination for his 2006 film, Half Nelson.
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Ryan Gosling received a best actor nomination for his work in "Half Nelson." His hot, scruffy and mysterious appeal may work for women, but for many men, he'll always be the guy from "The Notebook."
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Guide Note: Ryan Gosling is an actor who first gained notice for his star turn in the critically acclaimed The Believer, and then in the Box-Office hit The Notebook co-starring Rachel McAdams. He received a Best Actor 2007 Oscars Nomination for his performance in Half Nelson.
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Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is an Academy- and Golden Globe Award-nominated Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in The Notebook, Half Nelson and Lars and the Real Girl.
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That could ... be the case with Ryan Gosling, whose performance as a drug-addicted Brooklyn schoolteacher in “Half Nelson” is generating Oscar talk now that it’s going into general release. Whether you knew him first as a Mouseketeer on “The New Mickey Mouse Club” or as television’s “Young Hercules” or as Rachel McAdams’ lover in “The Notebook,” this versatile Canadian actor has been around. And he’s only 25.
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