The Evolution of Ryan Gosling: From Child Star to Hollywood Hunk

Ryan Gosling
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The Believer, 2001
In his breakout feature-film role, Gosling plays an Orthodox Jew who becomes a fervent neo-Nazi. The film earned him that year's Sundance Grand Jury Prize for dramatic films and provided a springboard to the young actor's career.

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