NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Michael Cera

Michael Austin Cera (pronounced /ˈsɛrə/; born June 7, 1988)^[1] is a Canadian television and film actor, best known for playing George Michael Bluth in Arrested Development, Evan in Superbad and Paulie Bleeker in Juno. is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Province Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village) 1873 (town) 1974 (city) Government - Mayor Susan Fennell - Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members) - MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi - MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began writing the script when they were both 13 years old. ... Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. ...

Biography

Personal life

Michael, the middle child of three siblings, was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, the son of Linda and Luigi Cera, a Xerox technician.^[2]t/news/artslife/story.html?id=c6abbc16-63ed-4ada-bed8-20893c3e832e&p=1|accessdate=2007-08-20}}</ref>^[3] Cera's father is Sicilian.^[2] Cera has an older and a younger sister.^[3] He attended Heart Lake Secondary School for grade nine, but then completed high school through correspondence.^[2] His first role was an unpaid appearance in a Tim Hortons Summer Camp commercial.^[4]^[5] Nickname: Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Province Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village) 1873 (town) 1974 (city) Government - Mayor Susan Fennell - Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members) - MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi - MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) (name pronounced ) is a global document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 kmÂ² (9,926 sq. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the restaurant. ...

Career

Cera played the young Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2002 and provided the voice for Brother Bear in The Berenstain Bears animated series; he also voiced Josh Spitz in the cartoon Braceface. He played George Michael Bluth in the award winning television series Arrested Development for three seasons before it was cancelled.^[6] In 2005, he starred as Harold in the award winning surreal humour short film Darling Darling, for which he was awarded Best Actor at the San Gio Festival in Verona, Italy. In late 2006, he created and starred in a parody of Impossible is Nothing, a video résumé created by Aleksey Vayner.^[7] He also guest-starred in an episode of teen noir drama Veronica Mars (in the episode The Rapes of Graff, which also featured Arrested Development co-star Alia Shawkat), and also in the Adult Swim series Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chuck Barris (born Charles Hirsch Barris on June 3, 1929) is an American game show producer of the 1960s and 1970s and author. ... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 drama film directed by George Clooney. ... The Berenstain Bears are a family of fictional bear characters appearing in a series of childrens books written by Stan and Jan Berenstain. ... Animated series redirects here. ... Braceface was a Canadian animated series formerly broadcast on Teletoon in Canada, and on the Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States. ... This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the Fox television comedy series, Arrested Development. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This photograph, a cow with antlers standing on a pole, is an example of surreal humour. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Frame from title video illustrating ballroom dancing scene. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... The Rapes of Graff is episode 16 of season 2 of the television show Veronica Mars. ... Alia Shawkat as Maeby FÃ¼nke Alia Martine Shawkat (born on April 18, 1989 in Riverside, California) is a young American actress. ... Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ... Tom Goes to the Mayor was an American animated television series on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim. ... Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, is an American television series which premiered February 11, 2007 on Adult Swim. ...

Cera, along with Clark Duke, wrote and starred in a series of short videos released on their website.^[6] In 2007, they signed a deal with CBS Television to write, produce, direct, and act in a short-form comedy series entitled Clark and Michael.^[8] The show featured guest stars such as David Cross, Andy Richter and Patton Oswalt, and was distributed via CBS's new internet channel, Innertube.^[9] Cera also appeared in a staged comedy video that shows Cera being fired from the lead role of the film Knocked Up, after belittling and arguing with the director, in a scene that mocks the David O. Russell blow up on the set of I Heart Huckabees.^[6] Other clips featured movie stars James Franco and Orlando Bloom in a similar situation. Cera starred alongside Jonah Hill in the film Superbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The film opened in North America on August 17, 2007, with Cera playing a character named Evan. In November 2007, Cera hosted Saturday Night Live on strike, a live staged version of SNL not shown on TV due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America Strike.^[10] Also in the same year, Cera co-starred in Juno (written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman), playing Paulie Bleeker, who unexpectedly impregnates his long time teenage friend Juno (Ellen Page). Juno also starred Arrested Development co-star Jason Bateman. For Superbad and Juno, Cera won Breakthrough Artist in the Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2007. Clark Duke is an American actor. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Clark and Michael is a CBS Internet television series created by and starring Clark Duke and Michael Cera. ... For other persons named David Cross, see David Cross (disambiguation). ... Paul Andrew Andy Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American comedian and actor. ... Patton Oswalt (born January 27, 1969 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American actor, writer, voiceover artist, and professional comedian. ... Knocked Up is an American romantic comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Judd Apatow was released in 2007. ... David O. Russell David Owen Russell (born 20 August 1958 in New York) is an American film director and screenwriter. ... I â™¥ Huckabees is a film released in 2004. ... A movie star or film star is a celebrity who is a person known for his or her roles in motion pictures. ... James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist. ... Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom[1] (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. ... Jonah Hill (born December 20, 1983)[1] is an American actor and screenwriter. ... Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began writing the script when they were both 13 years old. ... Seth Rogen (born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and Emmy-nominated writer. ... Evan Goldberg is a writing and producing partner of Seth Rogen. ... is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... SNL redirects here. ... Striking writers and supporters raise signs at a WGAW rally in Los Angeles Writer-actor Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm (foreground, right) and others at a WGAW rally outside the Fox Studios in Los Angeles The 2007 Writers Guild of America strike is a strike by the Writers Guild... Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. ... Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper Diablo Cody is the pseudonym of Brook Busey-Hunt, a Los Angeles-based writer and blogger (originally from Chicago via Minneapolis) originally known for her yearlong foray in the stripping and peep show circuits of Minneapolis, candidly chronicled on... Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-born actor, writer, producer and director. ... Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actress best known for her role as the title character in the 2007 film Juno. ... Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor. ... Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began writing the script when they were both 13 years old. ... Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. ...

In early 2008, Cera appeared in the comedy short Drunk History, playing Alexander Hamilton in a comedic retelling of Hamilton's duel with Aaron Burr.^[11] Cera will next star in film adaptations of the novels Youth in Revolt (playing lead character Nick Twisp)^[12]^[6] and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, opposite Kat Dennings.^[13] He will also appear as the titular character in graphic novel adaptation Scott Pilgrim vs. the World^[14]. Alexander Hamilton (November 20, 1755 or 1757 - July 12, 1804) was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, lawyer, Founding Father, American politician, leading statesman, political economist,] financier, and political theorist. ... A contemporary artistic rendering of the July 11, 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton by J. Mund. ... This article discusses Aaron Burr (1756-1836), the U.S. politician. ... Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. ... Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp is a 1993 novel by C.D. Payne. ... Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist is an upcoming 2008 comedy film based on the novel by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn // High school student Nick OLeary (Michael Cera), member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg (Kat Dennings) and asks her to be his girlfriend for... Katherine Dennings (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress. ...

Filmography

Film

Frequency is a 2000 film, which contains elements of the time travel, thriller and alternate history film genres. ... Steal This Movie (2000) is an American biographical film of 1960s radical figure Abbie Hoffman. ... My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 childrens novel by Kimberly Willis Holt. ... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 drama film directed by George Clooney. ... Darling Darling was the second single released by Hitomi Yaida in the UK. It was released on the independant label F2Records. ... Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began writing the script when they were both 13 years old. ... Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. ... Parental Guidance Suggested is a film comprised of sketches focusing on teen sex. ... Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist is an upcoming 2008 comedy film based on the novel by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn // High school student Nick OLeary (Michael Cera), member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg (Kat Dennings) and asks her to be his girlfriend for... Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp is a 1993 novel by C.D. Payne. ...

Television

I Was A Sixth Grade Alien or My Best Friend is an Alien (as it is known in Australia) was a television show following the chronicles of Pleskit, a purple skinned, blue haired alien with an antenna positioned on his head. ... Rolie Polie Olie is a CGI television cartoon created by William Joyce (the creator of George Shrinks). ... Nikita (re-titled La Femme Nikita in some markets) was a Canadian-produced television series loosely based on the movie of the same name (see Nikita). ... The Berenstain Bears are a family of fictional bear characters appearing in a series of childrens books written by Stan and Jan Berenstain. ... Braceface was a Canadian animated series formerly broadcast on Teletoon in Canada, and on the Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Wayside is a Canadian and American co-produced animated television series airing on Teletoon in Canada and Nickelodeon in the United States, based on the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series by Louis Sachar. ... Veronica Mars television series. ... Clark and Michael is a CBS Internet television series created by and starring Clark Duke and Michael Cera. ... Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, is an American television series which premiered February 11, 2007 on Adult Swim. ...

References

^ Schneller, Johanna. "Triple threat", The Globe and Mail, 2007-12-29, pp. R1–3.
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