If you feel bad about yourself just remember there was once a time Ryan Gosling believed he didnt have a romance lead face

I love seeing Ryan Gosling get praise for his comedy. He’s the funniest actor for me

The Nice Guys is SO underrated. One of the best comedy of recent years

I used to think he was just a heartthrob, a pretty boy and then I saw the Nice Guys, Drive...the list goes on. His talent to truly embody the character he is playing is really good. He's become one of my favorite actors.

He’s good at being human - something I thing most actors miss. You can embody a roll to perfection, but if you leave being a person at the door, something is missing. For whatever character he plays, he’s still just a person too, and it makes him someone to connect with.

I appreciate the video but next time ask for permission to make a video of me.

He is, as George stated, the best of his generation. Watching him become the actor he is today has been a pleasure. Him with Crowe in The Nice Guys, I was laughing the entire time EVERY time I've watched the movie. Adam Driver is on this level, too.

Lars and the real girl is truly such a hidden gem.

Gosling has been one of my favorite actors for years, he just nails every role

He feels more relatable and real than brad pitt or decaprio

His role in The Big Short will always be one of my favourites ever, the first time I saw how funny he could be. Truly one of the best.

His range is incredible. He's not an actor, he's an artist. Very few actors can pull that off.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Gosling are by far my two favourites.

Gosling's definitely an actor and not a movie star. He creates many different characters (just compare 'Barbie' to 'Drive' to 'The Nice Guys' to 'Blade Runner' to 'The Place Beyond the Pines') and is not required to deliver on brand consistency as all movie stars must do in order to generate box office returns. He goes for awards (the big 4) over box office so is trying to compete with other actors rather than other movie stars. I think he would find it boring if he changed profession and had to deliver the same persona with each project for the sake of brand consistency in order to just be a studio cash cow. Those guys make a ton of money though but I'm glad that Gosling's aspirations were more artistic when he had to option to go purely commercial and become a movie star instead.

literally the best actor of his generation.

The Place Beyond the Pines was a masterpiece performance by Gosling. Extremely underrated movie.

Actors with a dance background bring the ability to change their physicality by role, which is the missing piece when you don't quite buy into an actor who can't. He merges that with a Meryl Streep- like invisibility cloak and you get a velvet hammer of an actor.

He stole the show in The Big Short, and that's pretty damn impressive considering the list of actors in that film.

I felt bad for never having heard of Gosling until he was standing out in a movie I liked. It literally made me watch more movies, more different genres and less high profile productions. I hadn't been that interested in movies since college, just because I saw one actor being great at their job.

Drive is a masterpiece. I know it was reviewed well at the time but it feels like a cult classic rather than a Hollywood smash. I can’t think of a better bit of casting for the rol.

He should have absolutely been nominated as best actor for his work in Blue valentine. Heartbreakingly real he was.....

Lars really is an incredible movie. It really made me love Gosling's acting and character development.

Ryan Gosling is clearly the superior Ryan to Ryan Reynolds

Drive is a movie I could watch 1000 times and never get tired of it. Superb.

He is really a very versatile actor who can bring any character to life with extreme accuracy. Unlike many "actors" who can only play a single type.

His performance in Lars and The Real Girl is one of his best

His masterful performance in Lars and the Real Girl showed the limitlessness of his range. Watching him, you feel so many emotions - heartbreak, elation, and the subtle twinges in-between. He is everything in that film, supported beautifully by the bleak weather and excellent supporting cast. This performance of Ryan’s and Timothy Hutton’s in Ordinary People are both at the top of my list of best performances in the history of cinema. 🎬

I love seeing people who were obviously born to do what they do and who have found their calling and embraced and nourished it and it paid off. Makes me happy. He truly is an outstanding artist with such impressive range.

The scene where he punches through the door and cuts himself in the nice guys is one of the funniest things ive ever seen. He stole so many scenes in movies its crazy

You perfectly captured his acting style. In many movies when the audience gets introduced to the characters, it feels like their life is just beginning as soon as the cameras started rolling. But films with Gosling as a character, the audience feels him as a real person and we just happened to catch a moment of his life. He has history, he has traumas, he has dealt with things, he is a complex person like all of us. It makes him relatable. Even in Barbie, playing a super goofy character that relies on being Barbie's side piece, there is extreme history and pent up emotions that makes the climax surprising yet expected and empathizing. I've been sleeping on him for years bc I thought he was just the rom-com guy, but I gotta check out his other films now.

He's gonna be one of the most memorable actor out of this generation, for sure!

I always recognized that the guy was talented, but it wasn’t until just now, seeing clips from different roles side by side that I realized just how talented he is. His range is incredible.

He's so good in Barbie. It's almost feel like he's main.

I don’t think he will ever get the flowers he deserves until he retires. Imo one of the best actors of all time & deserves an Oscar more than anyone in the film industry right now.

The Nice Guys is a CRIMINALLY under rated movie. I couldn't recommend that movie enough to anyone It's so god damn funny.

He’s a perfect actor in my opinion, he’s been able to hone in on so many skills throughout the years & it’s noticeable. he’s earning his way up their with the greats.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="633">10:33</a> I love the reaction to "and that worked ?" from both actors but especially Ryan's. Lowered eyebrows, opened mouth, shoulder shrug all perfectly timed

I honestly never understood it till now. I was never paying attention to him and now I have and he’s honesty just the greatest. I feel bad for being so late to appreciate him, but I’m here now and I understand it. I don’t plan on leaving. I’ll just keep finding more reasons to love him, because that’s currently happening.

Very versatile and very enjoyable actor to watch, clever and funny. Definitely my favourite of past 15 years.

I've seen Half Nelson a long time ago but still think about it quite often. His performance in that movie is one that really stuck with me.

My favourite from him is the scene at the bar in "Nice guys" "Free drinks, whaat do you have?" He doesn't say a word, but the physical comedy cracks me up every time

When I was younger, his name kept coming up & people (guys included) kept raving about him as a heart throb. I had seen pictures of him & was surprised because he didn’t look like a Hollywood heartthrob to me. He just had a normal pleasant face. So I started watching his films because I wanted to understand his appeal & then I really got it. It’s really inspiring to know that talent & humanity can shape people’s views of what “goodlooking” looks like.

I think one of his rare and most highly refined talents is acting like his characer is just barely not able to hide/repress his emotions. His characters don't seem emotionless, but also don't seem too emotional as if he were acting. He's walking that fine line of reality. He's not trying to convey the emotion directly and bluntly, he's showing you how you would try to mask it. This is why his more emotional scene are captivating even for people who aren't generally interested in that kind of stuff. And this is why his unhinged scenes, where his characters blow up, have more weight as well: because you know he tried to hide that and get over it, and you probably know how it feels to get pushed over that edge where you can't contain yourself anymore.

He’s such a great actor and a great guy.

So many great movies and characters, and Lars and the real girl is probably his most underrated movie/performance imo. Loved it

Ryan is truly an exceptional Actor.

I grew in love with him immediately seeing Drive in the theater. That dude immersed me into the movie like I was kid again watching Star Wars. I always knew the dude is a badass.

That is what I have always said is the criteria for being a great actor, when the audience remembers the character, not the actor who played the character. Ryan is that great, definitely. Not many get to that level, in fact, most of the A-List actors don't.

So glad people are starting to recognize how diverse he is. How charming he is as an actor. He can do it all. He’s quite a talent. He has the face that can look really attractive and also absolutely mundane so you just notice the acting. He’s struck gold.

'It never feels like we're watching an actor' If Ryan Gosling is in a movie, I watch it, and this line made it abundantly clear why. It's always a journey watching any character Gosling plays

This is the conversation we’ve been having in our household for years, he’s definitely one of the greats and it’s always a treat to see him on the screen

I’m find him to be a great actor, versatile and he has screen presence that just magnetizes

I love Lars and the real girl so much. Crazy Stupid Love and Blue Valentine are my very favorite Gosling performances. He just captures vulnerability so well it’s insane. ❤❤❤

At the risk of sounding ignorant, I've only watched one movie of his (Barbie) but has seen clips and interviews and memes throughout the years so I'm not completely blank on him. And, damn, every single movie clips you put here enticed me to watch them all! Got me hooked on instantly. Even though I tend to avoid certain stories/genres for unserious personal reasons. That's how charismatic he is and how skilled/talented he is at his craft. Just wow.

the nice guys is so incredibly funny it immediately became one of my favorite films

The nice guys is an underrated gem. Holds a place in my favs alltime

Great essay, thank you. I’ve never liked the guy, but I think my prejudice extends to some of his movies rather than the guy himself now that I’ve seen your video. It certainly made me accept that he has that key ingredient that makes all great actors great, and that’s range. He can sing, dance, do macho hard and goofy crazy… he leans into whatever is required of him…and that takes talent. That toilet scene from the Nice Guys really cracks me up every time I see it, there’s an unrehearsed spontaneity to it that gets me every time, holding the gun, dropping the cigarette and constantly kicking the door open is comedic genius…I don’t know how many takes that took, but if I were Crowe, I’d have been cracking up every time. And you’re spot on about the micro facial movements, their subtlety can’t be overstated in connecting the audience to a character. God damn it…I enjoyed disliking Gosling for a long time…and you’ve ruined that for me now! 😜

Love him. His movie Papyrus is a thing of beauty. Seriously though I think he adds shades of emotion and greyness to his characters. Whether it’s vulnerability, fear, he makes it relatable.

He's insanely talented and I think he's one of the only serious actors in Hollywood who can perfectly play the "Himbo" character. He makes movies like "The nice guys" much more enjoyable than they might be with someone else in the role. Looking forward to seeing The Fall Guy later in the year as the trailer absolutely gave off more Himbo Gosling energy (also Emily Blunt is in it and she's crazy talented too).

Best of his generation, easily. Head and shoulders above his nearest contender. Ryan Gosling: sublime, to the ridiculous, and everything in between.

It never occured to me how versatile he was until now.

I think a big part of his success is the movies he chooses to be in. There almost always exciting and unique.

I just looked up Ryan Goslings movie list, and I realise I have seen nearly all of his movies. The roles he plays are completely different from any other.

Love watching this guy. Acting comes naturally to him. ❤

What a stupendous video essay. Lars & The Real Girl was the first gosling movie I'd seen and it truly was the one that made me know he'd be perfect for Ken What a masterpiece

Every movie I saw with him, I cryied. He is an amazing actor. One of a kind.

for me "Only God Forgives" is the one that sealed it for me. There's a reason one of my favorite directors, Nicolas Winding Refn keeps working with him.

My friend worked with him on the movie about the Jinx dude and said he was the most down to earth, chill dude imaginable. They smoked together and he was just a normal guy. He's been one of my favorites since i heard that.

His range is incredible

Gosling has been my go-to "literally me" since "The Place beyond the Pines. Love him so much, i genuinely feel like he is an Actor that can do it all.

He's legit one of the greatest of all time if not the greatest

Gosling is a competent actor and serious man. Good looks, good performance, good interaction with the movie industry and the outside world. Would like to see him also in more serious historical movies as well. If they ever make a movie about Franklin Roosevelt, I think he should play him, they look alike.

The craziest thing about all his characters is that they are… literally me.

He's a king of the understated

I got the sweetest compliment the other day. I’m funny like Reynolds and sexy like gosling. My heart swelled.

I've always loved this man. Love the Ryan Gosling appreciation.

Gosling really does have serious range, something I've somewhat taken for granted until seeing this. I've seen a lot of his movies and he always adds a great deal to their overall enjoyment, but this is the first time I've given thought to his career and just how much versatility he has as an actor. He seems able to completely remove his ego when playing a role and just doesn't give a shit if his character is bald, psychotic, charming, or a degenerate. The audience will be treated to this man going all in with the performance, showing a level of dedication and talent that I think could be fairly compared to Nic Cage or Daniel Day-Lewis.

I don't know why but this video is making me emotional.

Hey I remember him as 'The Young Hercules'; he was pretty good, but no way would anyone have guessed that he'd become this superstar actor. I think he chose roles really well. The Notebook was a necessary step into popularity and lead role, Drive really propelled him as someone that could play a more indie edgy character, and it helped that the film grew in popularity thanks to various other influences. And then Place Beyond The Pines, while perhaps not as well known, is really a masterpiece of a movie which proved his screen presence. I mean, the guy leaves the film before the half way mark and it's still all about him!

I love Ryan Gosling because I love myself, which makes sense as he's literally me.

Ryan is incredible. I first got into this work from 'Lars and the Real Girl'. He's really got a diverse filmography.

He's the Meryl Streep of his generation. And I mean that as a compliment. Love him.

Absolutely 💯 love Ryan Gosling ❤

I love that he’s one of those actors really all of us have gotten behind, whether you like the ‘literall me’ stuff or really dislike those sigma edits, regardless of the fandom most of us like Ryan Gosling in at least something if not most things he’s involved in. He’s hilarious but he has such versatility. You can go from Blade Runner 2049 to Nice Guys without skipping a beat. Or from Place Beyond the Pines to La La Land. One of my favourites is First Man, really restrained subtle performance of intense grief and determination, quite underrated compared to other Damien Chazelle movies. There’s at least one of the many facets of Ryan Gosling to enjoy. And most of all he’s a genuinely wonderful dude irl, he keeps things private, has a loving partner, is largely known to be humble or at least very decent, and the way ppl talked about him on the set of Barbie is so heartwarming. Also ive heard some ppl criticise his performance in BR2049 for being flat lifeless and emotionless (which duh he’s the new breed of replicant, restrained emotions is the entire plotpoint), but you can really tell whats lurking beneath the surface, and it shows how often we misinterpret good acting with just loud, often shouting and very over-the-top acting, subtlety is just as important, if not more so if you really want people to see a person and not just a big showy scene-chewing award-appeal. Ryan Gosling has shown that, and especially not sticking to just one type of performance, and his looks are obviously important but unlike some he moved away from heartthrob roles really quick.

Thanks for this praising compilation of my current favorite actor. The Lars role was my first double-take on Gosling’s talent. I recall watching him in that performance with my mouth open at his mastery. After that, I couldn’t get enough. He reminds me of Nick Cage in the 80s, 90s…from Valley Girl to Leaving Las Vegas. But Gosling has an easy confidence that must come from his years as a child star who saw everything early, and decided to relax and make himself an empty vessel instead of worrying about outside opinion. Bravo!

What a superb video of an underrated yet extremely popular and successful actor. He knocks it it out of the park every time.

I've loved him for years, so happy he's getting the recognition he's always deserved!

I remember first seeing him in Breaker High as a teen myself ( we are the same age with just 4 days difference). I liked him as an actor back then and it was cool to see him pop up in bigger and better stuff over the years. Well deserved.

A great actor really moves you. Makes you feel as if YOU are emotionally invested in their experiences. Ryan delivers that in spades. He is in my favorite movie ever! DRIVE! Phenomenal movie, which I discovered was based on a book. But when I bought the book, I saw it was just a short story. Impressive.

Ryan Gosling and Jake gyllenhaal are easily two of my favourite actors nowadays

You know someone's a good actor when you watch many different characters and never "see" the actor, but always the character

older dude here, holding out to watch Barbie until my niece comes to visit us. My wife said, “I’ll watch it withya..” Nope, waiting on my niece. Gosling’s the man!

He's just so funny

the lala land ending is a masterpiece from Ryan

Just watched La La Land today, while I'm not very fond of musicals the love story was exceptional. The final nod Ryan does is truly heartbreaking.

He is incredible! Like an old-time Hollywood star/actor - like Cary Grant or Clark Gable or Peter O'Toole. Just amazing. I never get tired of watching him.

You nailed it! His expressions/ micro expressions totally set him apart! He's hilarious! But he's relatable!

I absolutely adore his sense of humour. The interviews on Blade Runner with him and Harrison Ford are hysterical, they bounced off each other so well with the darker tone of jokes.

Beautiful. He is so great! I love all of his movies...