The 2017 Oscar nominations [1] were announced in January, and Ryan Gosling is among the insanely talented group [2] of men up for best actor for his role in La La Land [3]. The enchanting film also scored a whopping 14 nominations [4] in total, including best picture, best director for Damien Chazelle, and best actress for Emma Stone [5]. But while we are already looking forward to seeing Gosling at this year's show (and crossing our fingers that he brings Eva Mendes as his date [6]), this won't be the actor's first Oscars rodeo. The actor was actually nominated for best actor in 2007 for his role in Half Nelson, which is about a well-liked high school teacher with a drug problem. He lost out to Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland, but since he already won the Golden Globe this year [7] for La La Land, this could very well be his year [8].