Curated playlist
Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States
- John CandyJohn Candy, the Canadian actor and comedian, once gave a young Harvard student a piece of advice that the student credited with starting his career. That student was Conan O'Brien. He met Candy while studying at Harvard University and…
- Justin BieberScooter Braun found Justin Bieber by clicking a YouTube video by accident. He had been searching for a different singer.
- Ryan ReynoldsRyan Reynolds gave up his usual fee so the Deadpool film would get made.
- Finn WolfhardFinn Wolfhard landed the role of Mike Wheeler by sending in a video. He had spotted an open casting call and auditioned remotely. The part was on the Netflix series Stranger Things, which ran from 2016 to 2025 and made the young Canadian…
- Keanu ReevesKeanu Reeves ended a 2019 late-night interview with a single sentence about death: “I know that the ones who love us will miss us.” The studio audience reacted emotionally, and host Stephen Colbert shook his hand before closing the show.…
- Elliot PageOn the 1st of December 2020, the Canadian actor Elliot Page announced on social media that he is a trans man. He shared his new name, Elliot, and said his pronouns were he and they. The post carried weight because its author had been in…
- Ryan GoslingRyan Gosling was suspended in grade one for throwing steak knives at classmates.
- Michael CeraMichael Cera, the Canadian actor and musician born on the 7th of June 1988, owes his career to a case of chickenpox. At the age of three, stuck in bed, he watched Ghostbusters over and over. He memorized every line of dialogue and came to…
- Michael J. FoxMichael J. Fox once worked two months of days that began with rehearsals at 10 a.m. and ended with filming at 2:30 the next morning. Those were the hours of 1985. By day he rehearsed the sitcom Family Ties. By night he rushed to the set of…
- Hayden ChristensenHayden Christensen won Anakin Skywalker after Leonardo DiCaprio turned the film down.