Ryan Gosling In Pictures - People - Stylist Magazine

Just walking the dog

George was instructed to pull on his lead at all times in order to make Ryan's muscles look even more defined...

New York, July 2011

Doing the cool thing in Cannes

This man can make even wearing a pyjama top in the daytime look acceptable.

Drive photo call, Cannes Film Festival, May 2011

Tuxedo blues

No danger of being confused with a waiter. Not when you're this handsome. And don't you think the blue beautifully picks out the colour of his eyes?

Drive premiere, Cannes Film Festival, May 2011

Off duty chic

Even when he's forgotten to shave for a few days (okay, months), it just makes him look more rugged.

Blue Valentine film set, New York, May 2009

Need a fireman's lift? Ryan's your man

To get into character for his role as a furniture removal man, Ryan apparently spent a day with a real removals firm, lugging heavy boxes up and down stairways. Totally method.

Ryan on the set of Blue Valentine in New York, May 2009

Always accessorise with a beautiful woman

There is no shortage of attractive female co-stars who are only too happy to accompany Mr Gosling to premieres; and they all have the same, smug, 'Yeah, I'm with Ryan - deal with it' look, like the one Emma Stone currently sports here. Let's face it, so would we.

Crazy Stupid Love premiere, New York, 19th July 2011

Table for one

We like how Ryan makes eating solo look so cool (do you reckon he slips the leftovers under the table to his dog, George?)

Keeping it in the family

He often takes his sister, Mandi, and mum, Donna, to premieres with him. Perhaps they act as bodyguards to keep away screaming fans.

Drive, 2011

The ultimate anti-hero

The Gosling cranks up the intense-ometer to maximum to play the mysterious, brooding stuntman in Drive - a man of few words who lets his skill behind the wheel do the talking

Drive, 2011

In thoughtful mode

He just always looks so damn...intelligent. As if he's about to start writing poetry, or compose a sonnet. Or is that just us?

Onscreen chemistry with Michelle Williams

One of the roles that captured our hearts, Ryan's portrayal of a ukelele-playing, working class romantic whose marriage to Michelle's ambitious nurse breaks down is one of his finest.

Blue Valentine, 2010

Our romantic hero

This film marks the birth of Ryan's rise to prominence as a good-looking, heartbreaking lead; the beautiful love story between him and Rachel McAdams' character (the rich girl he falls for) spilled over into real life, and the couple dated for two years.

Scene from The Notebook, 2004.

Ryan: the early days

This is an early publicity shot from 2002, pre-intense stare. Check out the fresh faced, boyish good looks, the bashful smile, and the floppy hair. He could basically have become an American Hugh Grant. Thankfully, he did not.

Geek chic

Displaying an endearing willingness to try out different fashion trends, this is actually a still from the film where he plays a delusional man who attempts to form a relationship with a life sized sex doll he buys on the internet. You can't say he doesn't like to push boundaries...

Lars and the Real Girl, 2007