Michael Cera
Acting
- Born:
- 1988-06-07
- Place of birth:
- Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Michael Austin Cera (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor and musician. He started his career as a child actor, voicing the character of Brother Bear on the children’s television show The Berenstain Bears and portraying a young Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). He has had numerous roles in United States television and film productions, including character George Michael Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and for his film roles as Evan in Superbad (2007), Paulie Bleeker in Juno (2007), Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and a fictional version of himself in This Is the End (2013). He voiced Dick Grayson/Robin in The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Barry (a deformed sausage) in Sausage Party (2016), and Sal Viscuso, the voice behind the announcements in Childrens Hospital. Cera made his Broadway debut in the 2014 production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. For his performance in the 2018 production of Lonergan's Lobby Hero, Cera was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Cera starred in the revival of Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery. In addition to acting, Cera is a musician, having released his debut album True That in 2014. Cera has also performed as the touring bassist for indie rock supergroup Mister Heavenly.
Known For
Filmography
The Tom Green Farm
Saturday Night Live UK
The Running Man
The Phoenician Scheme
Sacramento
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Dream Scenario
Under the Boardwalk
The Adults
Barbie
Command Z
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Life & Beth
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Cryptozoo
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
Medical Police
Gloria Bell
Weird City
Tyrel
Spivak
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Molly's Game
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Person to Person
One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie
Cooking with Alfred
How to Be a Latin Lover
The Lego Batman Movie
Lemon
Man Rots from the Head
Sausage Party
A Very Murray Christmas
Entertainment
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
That Dog
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Hot Ones
Beef
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Hits
Bitch
Here Comes the Night Time
Magic Magic
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Drunk History
Failure
This Is the End
Gregory Go Boom
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
The End of Love
Bright Day
The Boring Life of Jacqueline
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Burning Love
The Immigrant
Black Mirror
Bad Dads
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Conan
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation
Live from Studio Five
Youth in Revolt
Paper Heart
Year One
Childrens Hospital
Extreme Movie
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Juno
Superbad
Plug & Play
Clark and Michael
Derek and Simon: The Show
Wayside
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Top Chef
Lunar Jim
Wayside: The Movie
Darling Darling
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Veronica Mars
Arrested Development
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Berenstain Bears
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
Stolen Miracle
I Was a Rat
The Ripping Friends
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
Walter and Henry
Braceface
My Louisiana Sky
My Husband's Double Life
Doc
Custody of the Heart
Steal This Movie
Frequency
Ultimate G's: Zac's Flying Dream
Switching Goals
Twice in a Lifetime
What Katy Did
Rolie Polie Olie
Noddy
La Femme Nikita
MADtv
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
GMTV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Twin Peaks
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
How and Why