Line #42 Creator/MichaelCera


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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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