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Ryan Gosling
How does a performer best known for his work as a child actor on Canadian television announce himself as a serious thespian? Well, playing a neo-Nazi skinhead who’s secretly Jewish is a good way to start. Gosling’s portrayal of the heavily conflicted anti-hero in 2001’s “The Believer” announced the arrival of a brave and intense new talent.
He’s selective about his work, appearing in only eight movies since then, but they’ve included three dazzling high points: a soulful turn in the hit romance “The Notebook,” a shattering Oscar nominated performance as a drug addicted inner city teacher in “Half Nelson” and an entirely committed high-wire act as an emotionally withdrawn man in love with a blow-up doll in “Lars and the Real Girl.” —GB
