Michael Cera
- Acting
- June 7, 1988 · Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Michael Austin Cera (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor and musician. He started his career as a child actor, voicing the character of Brother Bear on the children’s television show The Berenstain Bears and portraying a young Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). He has had numerous roles in United States television and film productions, including character George Michael Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and for his film roles as Evan in Superbad (2007), Paulie Bleeker in Juno (2007), Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and a fictional version of himself in This Is the End (2013). He voiced Dick Grayson/Robin in The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Barry (a deformed sausage) in Sausage Party (2016), and Sal Viscuso, the voice behind the announcements in Childrens Hospital. Cera made his Broadway debut in the 2014 production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. For his performance in the 2018 production of Lonergan's Lobby Hero, Cera was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Cera starred in the revival of Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery. In addition to acting, Cera is a musician, having released his debut album True That in 2014. Cera has also performed as the touring bassist for indie rock supergroup Mister Heavenly.
Known for
Filmography
- The Tom Green Farm · Self
- Saturday Night Live UK · Self
- The Running Man · Elton Perrakis
- Montblanc: Let's Write
- The Phoenician Scheme · Bjorn Lund
- Sacramento · Glenn
- Christmas Eve in Miller's Point · Officer Gibson, Producer
- Sausage Party: Foodtopia · Barry (Voice)
- Self Reliance · Thanks
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off · Scott Pilgrim (Voice)
- Dream Scenario · Trent
- Under the Boardwalk · Armen (Voice)
- The Adults · Eric, Producer
- Barbie · Allan
- Command Z · Kerning Fealty
- Celebrity Jeopardy! · Self
- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank · Hank (Voice)
- Life & Beth · John
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical · Great Wide Wonder (Voice)
- Cryptozoo · Matthew (Voice)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis · Self
- Medical Police · Sal Viscuso (Voice)
- Avenues · Music
- Gloria Bell · Peter
- Weird City · Tawny Clem
- Tyrel · Alan
- Spivak · Robby LeBeau
- The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling · Garry Shandling (Voice)
- Molly's Game · Player X
- A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks · Self
- Person to Person · Phil
- One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie · Self
- Cooking with Alfred · Dick Grayson / Robin (Voice)
- How to Be a Latin Lover · Remy
- The Lego Batman Movie · Robin / Dick Grayson (Voice)
- Lemon · Alex
- Man Rots from the Head · Sydney Ward
- Sausage Party · Barry (Voice)
- A Very Murray Christmas · Jackie the Talent Agent
- Entertainment · Tommy
- Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon · Self
- That Dog · Tim
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp · Jim Stansel
- Hot Ones · Self
- Beef · Clovis
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Hits · Bennie
- Bitch · Dave McKenna, Director
- Here Comes the Night Time · Bartender / Grandmaster Mike
- Magic Magic · Brink, Executive producer
- Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus · Jamie
- Drunk History · Maurice Cohen, John Endicott
- Failure · Man, Director
- This Is the End · Michael Cera
- Gregory Go Boom · Gregory
- Brazzaville Teen-Ager · Gunther, Director
- The End of Love · Michael
- Bright Day · Michael Cera
- The Boring Life of Jacqueline
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Self
- Burning Love · Wally
- The Immigrant · Michael
- Black Mirror · Beppe
- Bad Dads · Cory
- The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' · Self
- Conan · Self
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World · Scott Pilgrim
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation · Scott Pilgrim (Voice)
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- Youth in Revolt · Nick Twisp / François Dillinger
- Paper Heart · Michael Cera, Music
- Year One · Oh
- Childrens Hospital · Sal Viscuso
- Extreme Movie · Fred
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist · Nick
- Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis · Self
- Juno · Paulie Bleeker
- Superbad · Evan
- Plug & Play · Self