"I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there's just been an innate desire to feel that connection."
Elliot Page (born February 21, 1987 in Halifax, Nova Scotia), is a Canadian actor and social activist. Prior to 2020, he was credited under the name Ellen Page.
Page is best known for playing Kitty Pryde in the X-Men film series as well as for his breakthrough roles in Hard Candy and Juno, the latter earning him an Oscar nomination. More recently, he has also played Viktor Hargreeves/the White Violin on The Umbrella Academy.
Page came out as trans-masculine and queer in 2020, stating that he uses he/they pronouns.note He married Canadian dancer and choreographer Emma Portner in 2018; the pair divorced in 2021.
Selected filmography
- Trailer Park Boys (2001–2008): Treena Lahey (season 2)
- ReGenesis (2004–2008): Lilith Sandström (season 1)
- Hard Candy (2005): Hayley Stark
- Mouth to Mouth (2005): Sherry
- X-Men Film Series: Kitty Pryde
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- The Tracey Fragments (2007): Tracey Berkowitz
- Juno (2007): Juno MacGuff
- An American Crime (2007): Sylvia Likens
- Smart People (2008): Vanessa Wetherhold
- Whip It (2009): Bliss Cavendar / Babe Ruthless
- Inception (2010): Ariadne
- Peacock (2010): Maggie Bailey
- Super (2010): Libby / Boltie
- To Rome with Love (2012): Monica
- Beyond: Two Souls (2013): Jodie Holmes (providing voice and mocap for a character modeled after himself)
- The East (2013): Izzy
- Into the Forest (2015): Nell
- Freeheld (2015): Stacie Andree
- Gaycation (2016–2017): Himself (host)
- Tallulah (2016): Tallulah
- Flatliners (2017): Courtney Holmes
- My Days of Mercy (2017): Lucy Moro
- The Umbrella Academy (2019–present): Viktor Hargreevesnote
- There's Something in the Water (2019): Director and presenter, himself
This actor's works provide examples of:
- Cannot Tell a Joke: The basis of this video.
- Celebrity Endorsement: He gets paid to promote computer networking products for Cisco in a campaign portraying a Grass is Greener little town as the new tech hub of the universe (which just happens to be in his home province of Nova Scotia).
- Cute and Psycho: His characters in Hard Candy and Super. Viktor in The Umbrella Academy is this as well.
- Cute Bruiser: His pre-transition Action Girl (e.g. Kitty Pryde and Boltie) roles tended to be this. This is a defining characteristic of a rollergirl as well.
- Fake American: Often plays American characters despite being Canadian. Fake Russian in the case of Viktor, although since Viktor spent all his life in the US, he's pretty much an American as well.
- Moose and Maple Syrup: Made fun of in his video "Crappy Canadian Thanksgiving", where several fellow Canadian celebrities celebrate Thanksgiving by eating him.
- Older Than They Look: Another reason for his Typecasting. Page is in his 30s but he still gets mistaken for a teenager, resulting in him being typecasted in various teenage film roles.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He's 5'1'', and has played these kinds of characters. A list of things his characters have done:
- As Kitty Pryde, he owned The Juggernaut, bitch!
- And did you see what he did to Nite Owl?
- Not to mention bending Paris in half.
- Escorting much-taller Juliette Lewis to the infield, no mean feat.
- Um... he... did bad things... to Rainn Wilson.
- And Viktor ends up being one of, if not the most powerful of the Hargreeves siblings in The Umbrella Academy.
- Romance on the Set: In his words, he and Olivia Thirlby "had sex all the time" when filming Juno.
- Typecasting: For quite some time, Elliot was typecast as an atypical, rebellious teenage girl with an attitude. This petered out around 2010 with his involvement in works such as Peacock and Inception, which indicated a shift to more varied roles.
- Word of Saint Paul: He believes that many of his characters, including Juno, would eventually realize that they’re gay. An exception is Sylvia Likens, who in real life was cisgender and heterosexual.
