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3 | Michael Austin Cera (born on June 7, 1988 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. |
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5 | His 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, "[[Creator/DorisDay que]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Cera, Cera]]." |
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7 | As a side note, he apparently liked the fight training he went through to prepare for ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' so much that he's now [[TookALevelInBadass studying martial arts for real]]. [[BewareTheNiceOnes You have been warned]]. |
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9 | !!Notable roles: |
10 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': George-Michael Bluth |
11 | * ''Film/Barbie2023'': Allan |
12 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears'': Brother Bear (seasons 1-2) |
13 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'': Josh Spitz |
14 | * ''Series/ChildrensHospital'': The PA announcer. |
15 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Cryptozoo}}'': Matthew |
16 | * ''Film/CrystalFairyAndTheMagicalCactus'': Jamie |
17 | * ''Film/HowToBeALatinLover'': Remy |
18 | * ''Series/IWasASixthGradeAlien'': Larrabe Hicks |
19 | * ''Film/{{Juno}}'': Paulie Bleeker |
20 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'': Robin |
21 | * ''Film/MollysGame'': Player X |
22 | * ''Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist'': Nick |
23 | * ''Series/TheNoddyShop'': Butch in "Big Bullies" (his first acting role) |
24 | * ''WesternAnimation/PawsOfFuryTheLegendOfHank'': Hank |
25 | * ''Anime/{{Pecola}}'': Robbie Rabbit |
26 | * ''Real Kids, Real Adventures'': [[TheDanza Michael Adkins]] |
27 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'': [=BoyBoy=] |
28 | * ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'': Young Uncle Gizmo |
29 | * ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': Barry |
30 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': Scott Pilgrim |
31 | ** ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' |
32 | * ''Film/{{Superbad}}'': Evan |
33 | * ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'': AsHimself |
34 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (Season 3): Wally Brando |
35 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'': Todd (2005 pilot; succeeded by Creator/MarkRendall in the series proper) |
36 | * ''Film/YearOne'': Oh |
37 | * ''Film/YouthInRevolt'': Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger |
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39 | !!Notable memes inspired by Michael Cera's prancing: |
40 | * [[https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/b0/9b09aeed-4837-5e40-8fc4-bc9843b00a6e/63e872ddf3d7f.image.jpg?resize=334%2C500/ Prancing Cera]]. |
41 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa_ECS9Jvgk&ob=av3e The Michael Cera School of Acting]] |
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43 | !!This actor provides examples of: |
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45 | * AdamWesting: |
46 | ** The new season of ''WebVideo/BurningLove'' has his character playing up all of his typecasting. |
47 | ** ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' takes it to a whole new level, playing a horribly exaggerated jackass version of himself. |
48 | * IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Partially as a result of TypeCasting causing him to play practically the same character in every film. |
49 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He can easily pass for a person in his late teens-early twenties despite being mid-thirties. |
50 | * OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Mostly avoided during his adult life, with most Canadian productions he's done happening during the years he was a child actor. |
51 | * PlayingAgainstType: |
52 | ** Starting in 2013 and 2014, he made a 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. |
53 | ** Continues the trend in ''Film/MollysGame'', playing as a Hollywood star who is clearly a sociopath. |
54 | * {{Troll}}: He was a photobomber before photobombing really took off. He'd stand in the background of pictures to make people think the photos were fake because he was in them. |
55 | * TypeCasting: |
56 | ** 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. |
57 | ** He played against type in ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', in which he played a lewd, cocaine-addicted {{jerkass}} version of himself. |
58 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was supposed to have been brought on 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. |
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