File:MKr22364_Michael_Cera_(The_Adults,_Berlinale_2023).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
Michael Cera is a Canadian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born on June 7, 1988, in Brampton, Ontario, he began his professional work period in 1999. He holds Canadian citizenship and speaks Canadian English. Cera resides in Toronto and Brooklyn.
In addition to his acting career, Cera performs music in the lo-fi and indie folk genres. He plays the bass guitar and sings. His musical work has been associated with tags such as alternative and indie. One of his notable works is *Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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…
Known for
- Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Cameo (uncredited)2026
- The Phoenician Scheme — Bjorn Lund2025
- Sacramento — Glenn2025
- The Running Man — Elton Perrakis2025
- Christmas Eve in Miller's Point — Officer Gibson2024
- Sausage Party: Foodtopia — Barry (voice)2024
- The Adults — Eric2023
- Barbie — Allan2023
- Under the Boardwalk — Armen (voice)2023
- Dream Scenario — Trent2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1988
Discography
- true that2014
- Best I Can2017
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 704,974
- Total plays
- 11,611,031
Tags
Michael Austin Cera is a Brampton Canadian television and film actor, best known for playing George Michael Bluth in Arrested Development, Evan in Superbad, Paulie Bleeker in Juno, Nick in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Cera received two Canadian Comedy Award Best Actor nominations in 2008 for his work in Juno and Superbad, winning for Superbad. Cera, the middle child of three siblings, was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,616x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,863x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,848x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,579x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Austin Cera , ( 1988-06-07 ) June 7, 1988 (age 37) , Brampton , Ontario, Canada
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Spouse
- Nadine
- Genres
- Lo-fi indie folk
- Occupations
- Actor comedian musician
- Instruments
- Vocals bass
- Website
- michaelceramusic .bandcamp .com
via Wikipedia infobox
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Michael Austin Cera (/ˈsɛrə/ SERR-ə; Italian: [ˈtʃeːra]; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor and musician. Over his career he has received nominations for a British Academy Film Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.
Cera became known for portraying leading roles in a string of comedic films such as Superbad (2007), Juno (2007), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), and Youth in Revolt (2009). He took supporting roles in both comedies and dramas including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), This Is the End (2013), Molly's Game (2017), Person to Person (2017), Gloria Bell (2019), Barbie (2023), Dream Scenario (2023) and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). He voiced Dick Grayson / Robin in The Lego Batman Movie (2017).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Cera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (6)
Available in 48 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Afrikaans
- Armenian
- azb
- Azerbaijani
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Catalan
- Central Kurdish
Show 29 more
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0