Ryan Thomas Gosling was born in London, Ontario to a Mormon family. As a child he joined talent contests and landed a spot in the hit TV series, The Mickey Mouse Club in January 1993 – a role that was coveted by 17,000 other kids. During the two years he was in the Mickey Mouse Club, he lived with co-star Justin Timberlake and his family. Ryan never received formal training, but he established a solid acting career after the Mickey Mouse Club, appearing in TV shows like Young Hercules and movies like Murder by Numbers, The Slaughter Rule, and Remember the Titans. He got rave reviews from critics when he played the role of a Jewish neo-Nazi in the controversial movie The Believer. Ryan Gosling’s most famous role, however, is in the 2004 film The Notebook.