History Creator / MichaelCera

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Mostly avoided during his adult life, but this happened during his early child voice-acting years. The only four Canadian live-action productions he was in were ''The Noddy Shop'', ''Real Kids, Real Adventures'', ''Series/IWasASixthGradeAlien'' and ''Scott Pilgrim''.

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Mostly avoided. The only three Canadian live-action productions he was in were ''The Noddy Shop'', ''Real Kids, Real Adventures'' and ''Scott Pilgrim''.

** ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' takes it to a whole new level.
* {{Adorkable}}: He is the textbook example of this trope.

* PlayingAgainstType: As of 2013 and 2014, he seems to be making a real concerted effort to do so. There were elements of this in ''Film/YouthInRevolt'' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', and since then his roles in films such as ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', ''Magic Magic'' and ''Crystal Fairy'' have all been very different to his established type.
** Continues the trend in Film/MollysGame, playing as Holywood star who is clearly a sociopath.

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Mostly avoided. The only two Canadian live-action productions he was in were ''The Noddy Shop'' and ''Scott Pilgrim''.

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Mostly avoided. The only two Canadian productions he was in were ''The Noddy Shop'' and ''Scott Pilgrim''.

* ''Film/YouthInRevolt'': Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger

* ''Film/YearOne'': Oh

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'': Robin

* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'': Butch in "Big Bullies" (his first acting role)

* ''Film/MollysGame''

* ''WesternAnimation/Wayside'': Todd (2005 pilot)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears'': Brother Bear

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Avoided. The first and thus far only Toronto-based production he's been in was ''Scott Pilgrim''.

* TypeCasting: Many of his characters are a socially awkward teen/young adult who has trouble talking to girls. Even in ''Film/YearOne'' where he played a caveman, he was still a nerd with a crush on a girl who's out of his league. On the other hand, there is ''Film/YouthInRevolt'', where he plays an awkward lovelorn teenager who takes on a diametrically opposite alter-ego, both taken to comedic extremes.

Born on June 7, 1988 in Brampton, Ontario, {{Canada|Eh}}, Michael Austin Cera's career started in Canadian children's TV doing voiceover work for cartoons as well as live action comedies. His first major role in the U.S. was in the hit comedic show ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. From there, Cera's career began to skyrocket, as Hollywood realized this guy was good at playing characters with an almost [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]-esque tone to them, and as the saying goes, "[[IncrediblyLamePun que Cera, Cera]]."

* TypeCasting: Many of his characters are a socially awkward teen/young adult who has trouble talking to girls. Even in ''Film/YearOne'' where he played a caveman he was still a nerd with a crush on a girl who's out of his league. On the other hand, there is ''Film/YouthInRevolt'', where he plays a lovelorn awkward teenager who takes on a diametrically opposite alter-ego, both taken to comedic extremes.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was supposed to be brought for the third season of ''Series/VeronicaMars'' but was unavailable. The character who replaced him was revealed to be part of the rape plot which could have been some nice PlayingAgainstType for Cera.

Born on June 7, 1988 in Brampton, Ontario, {{Canada|Eh}}, Michael Cera's career started in Canadian children's TV doing voiceover work for cartoons as well as live action comedies. His first major role in the U.S. was in the hit comedic show ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. From there, Cera's career began to skyrocket, as Hollywood realized this guy was good at playing characters with an almost [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]-esque tone to them, and as the saying goes, "[[IncrediblyLamePun que Cera, Cera]]."

* ''Series/Twin Peaks'' (Season 3): Wally Brando

* ''Film/SausageParty'': Barry

* {{Hipster}}: Related to his TypeCasting -- of the works in the "{{Film}}" section on the trope page, he's in three.

* {{Adorkable}}
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Yeah, he looks like a stiff wind could blow him over, but you know all that fight training he undertook for ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''? Yeah... he decided he liked martial arts so much that he continued it afterward. He's a black belt now.

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': Barry

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Avoided. The first and thus far only Toronto-based production he's been in was ''Scott Pilgrim''.
* PlayingAgainstType: As of 2013 and 2014 he seems to be making a real concerted effort to do so. There were elements of this in ''Film/YouthInRevolt'' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', and since then his roles in films such as ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', ''Magic Magic'' and ''Crystal Fairy'' have all been very different to his established type.

* TypeCasting: Many of his characters are a socially awkward teen/young adult who has trouble talking to girls. Even in ''Film/YearOne'' where he played a caveman he was still a nerd with a crush on a girl who's out of his league. On the other hand, there is ''Film/YouthInRevolt'', where he plays a lovelorn awkward teenager who takes on a diametrically opposite alter-ego, both taken to comedic extremes.
** He's PlayingAgainstType in ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' in which he plays a lewd, cocaine-addicted {{jerkass}} version of himself
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was supposed to be brought for the third season of ''Series/VeronicaMars'' but was unavailable. The character who replaced him was revealed to be part of the rape plot which could have been some nice PlayingAgainstType for Cera.