Michael Cera

Michael Cera did something genuinely rare: he took a quality most actors spend careers hiding — pure, squirming awkwardness — and built an entire art form out of it. Superbad, Juno, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World form a run of late-2000s comedies that simply do not work without his timing. What I respect most is that he never chased conventional leading-man status; instead he quietly branched into directing, writing, and music, following his own curiosity. The kid from Brampton, Ontario became shorthand for a generation's social anxiety, then refused to be trapped by it. That is a smarter career than most A-listers ever manage.

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Name (English)

Michael Cera

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・セラ

Reading

まいける・せら

Born

June 7, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male – Film

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Cera
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309555

Tags

• Ontario
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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