- Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn, OC (July 18, 1911 - June 15, 2003) was a Canadian/American stage, film, and broadcast actor who enjoyed a long and distinguished career—often appearing professionally with his second wife, Jessica Tandy—after overcoming an early image as a film heavy. - Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966 in London, England) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series "24". Sutherland also owns a recording studio and record label, called Ironworks. - Alan Thicke
Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee. Throughout the late 1980s to early 1990s, he was most famous as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series "Growing Pains". His son, Robin Thicke, is a popular musician. Alan is an avid hockey fan and player. - Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman (born as Philip Edward Hartmann) (September 24, 1948 - May 28, 1998) was a Canadian/American actor, voice artist, comedian, graphic artist and writer. He first came to widespread attention in the late 1980s and early 1990s for his roles on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live", afterwards going on to motion pictures, frequent roles on the animated "The Simpsons", … - Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the Hollywood films "Mean Girls", "The Notebook" and "Wedding Crashers", which all proved to be successful at movie theaters. - Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 - May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. She was known as "America's Sweetheart," "Little Mary" and "the girl with the curls." She was one of the first Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and one of film's greatest pioneers. Her influence in the development of film acting was enormous. Because her international fame was triggered by moving images, … - Robert Beatty
Robert Beatty (born 19 October, 1909, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and died 3 March 1992, London, England) was a Canadian actor who worked in radio, film and television for most of his career and was especially known in the United Kingdom. - Avril Lavigne
"'Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. She has sold over twenty-six million albums worldwide. In 2006, "Canadian Business Magazine" ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood. Although her parents are of Quebecois origin, she does not speak French and her birth surname is usually pronounced in an anglicized way as (in French it is commonly pronounced). - Miriam McDonald
Miriam Katherine McDonald (born July 26, 1987 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is an actress who stars in the hit television show "Degrassi: The Next Generation". - Wendy Crewson
Wendy Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress. Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario and attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She has been married to actor Michael Murphy since 1988 and they have two children together. - Neve Campbell
Neve Adrianne Campbell (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. Beginning her career on stage, she came to fame on the 1990s television series "Party of Five" (1994-2000), and subsequently appeared in leading roles in several Hollywood films, including "Scream" (1996-2000), "The Craft" (1996) and "Wild Things" (1998). She has since appeared in smaller roles. - Mike Myers
Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, Ontario) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-British comedian, actor, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his comedy work in "Saturday Night Live" and film roles including the title characters of "Wayne's World", the "Austin Powers" series, and "Shrek". - Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1990. Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s, with hits songs like "Diana," "Lonely Boy," and "Put Your Head on my Shoulder." He went on to write such well-known music as the theme for "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", Tom Jones' biggest hit, "She's A Lady", … - Dave Thomas
David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Dundas, Ontario with his family where he attended elementary and secondary school. He attended Dundas District high school and graduated with honours from McMaster University in nearby Hamilton, Ontario. - Ryan Gosling
C onsidering his star-making turn as a neo-Nazi skinhead in 2001's controversial film The Believer , it is hard to believe that Ryan Gosling began his career as a member of The Mickey Mouse Club , and the star of such weightless kiddie programming as Breaker High and Young Hercules . Born November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, and raised in a Mormon household, young Ryan Thomas Gosling was always encouraged to pursue creative outlets. - Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a two-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. She is known to American audiences for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC series "Grey's Anatomy" and her roles in the feature films, "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Sideways". In 2005, Oh made "People" magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People. Oh has also won the Screen Actors Guild's award and Genie Award twice each. - Tom Green
Tom Green (born Michael Thomas Green on July 30, 1971) is a Canadian comedian, actor and a television host who is currently hosting "Tom Green Live". Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, Green grew up in suburban Ottawa. He pioneered a type of "shock humor" that begat "Jackass", "Fear Factor", and other reality shows. - Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live". He has been nominated for an Emmy Award. - Tiffany Towers
Tiffany Towers (born Tiffany Amarziano on December 19, 1971, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian erotic actress and model. Towers is noted for her large augmented breasts. After making many magazine appearances and a few pornographic film appearances with Seymore Butts and others, Towers retired from active modeling in the early 2000s. She has resurfaced from time to time and works as a dancer in a Toronto strip club, the Zanzibar on Yonge Street. - Victor Garber
Victor Joseph Garber (born on March 16, 1949 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a six-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber began acting at the age of nine, joining the University of Toronto's Hart House at age 15. In 1967 he formed a folk band called The Sugar Shoppe with Peter Mann, Laurie Hood and Lee Harris. - Lauren Collins
Lauren Felice Collins (born August 29 1986 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Paige Michalchuk on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Collins has also appeared in numerous theatrical productions, playing the title roles in Alice in Wonderland and the production of Annie. She has been a member of CharActors Theatre Troupe, a children's community theatre company, for over five years. - David James Elliott
David James Elliott (born David William Smith on September 21, 1960 in Milton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born actor who was the star of the series "JAG" from 1995 to 2005, playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr.. During his teenage years he was part of a band, quitting Milton District High School in his final year to pursue his dream of becoming a rock star. At 19 however he realized this wouldn't happen and returned to finish high school. - Graham Greene
Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor. - Estella Warren
Estella Dawn Warren (born December 23, 1978 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, former fashion model, and a former synchronized swimmer. - Jodi Behan
Jodi Behan, born 1984, is a Canadian actress best known for her appearance on a popular viral video clip, "Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out", in which she played a bride so unhappy with her hair on her wedding day that she starts to cut it off. First uploaded to YouTube on January 18, 2007, it was viewed almost 3 million times before being removed on February 2. When Behan was identified as the bride in the video, … - Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. He was an original cast member of "Saturday Night Live", an originator of the Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter. - Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver (born February 24 1951 or 1952) is a Canadian actress and film and television director. - Dan Shea
Dan Shea (born December 23, 1954 in Ontario) is a Canadian actor who is best known for his recurring role as Sgt. Siler on "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate Atlantis". He is also the stunt coordinator and Richard Dean Anderson's stunt double on the same series. He previously served as Anderson's stand-in on "MacGyver". - Norman Frederick Jewison
Receiving his undergraduate education at Malvern Collegiate Institute, Victoria College and University of Toronto, Ontario-born director and producer Norman Jewison also studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory. Following service in the... Receiving his undergraduate education at Malvern Collegiate Institute, Victoria College and University of Toronto, Ontario-born director and producer Norman Jewison also studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory. - Michael Cera
Michael Austin Cera (pronounced) (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian television and film actor, known for playing George Michael Bluth in the Fox comedy "Arrested Development". He guest-starred in an episode of teen noir drama "Veronica Mars", and also in the Adult Swim series "Tom Goes to the Mayor" and "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" Cera was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. - Walter Huston
Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 - April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born actor. Born in Toronto, Ontario to an Irish Anglican father and a Scottish mother, he began his Broadway career in 1924, he achieved fame in character roles once talkies began in Hollywood. His first major role was in 1929's "The Virginian", opposite Gary Cooper. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1936 for "Dodsworth", which he had also performed on Broadway. - Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside (born Frederick Reginald Ironside on February 12, 1950) is a Canadian character actor. He has also worked as a producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains or "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor who keeps in character between takes. - Sunny Leone
Sunny Leone (born May 13, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Indian Canadian model and pornographic actress. She is best known for winning "Penthouse" magazine's Pet of the Year title for 2003. She is also noted for being one of the few pornographic actresses with an Indian background. - Cameron Mathison
Cameron Arthur Mathison (born August 25, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) is an <br /> Emmy-nominated actor. He is best known for playing the role of Ryan Lavery on the ABC soap opera "All My Children" - a role which he has played from 1998 to 2002, and currently since 2003. He also hosts the reality show, "I Wanna Be a Soap Star", as he has since its 2004 debut on SoapNet. At an early age, he was diagnosed with Perthes disease, … - Hume Blake Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn (born August 28, 1864 in London, Canada West-died June 19, 1933) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons as a Unionist in the riding of London in the 1917 election. His son, Hume Cronyn, was an actor. - Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress and comedian. She is well known for appearing on the sketch show "SCTV", the roles as Delia Deetz in "Beetlejuice", Kate McCallister in "Home Alone", Sally in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and in several films written and directed by Christopher Guest. - John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Canada branch of "The Second City", often playing lovable losers and characters with bad luck but big hearts. His film roles were mostly comedic, such as his memorable characters in "Spaceballs", "Stripes", "The Blues Brothers", "Brewster's Millions", "Uncle Buck", "Cool Runnings", … - Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence was an inventor and silent film actress, who is often referred to as "The First Movie Star." She was also known as "The Biograph Girl" and "The Girl of a Thousand Faces". During her lifetime, Lawrence appeared in more than 270 films for various motion picture companies. Married three times: (1) Harry Solter, 1908, divorced 1913 (2) Charles Woodring, 12 May 1921, divorced 1931 (3) Henry Bolton, 1932, divorced 5 months later. - Tom Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor. - Linda Thorson
Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson, June 18 1947, Toronto, Ontario), is a Canadian actress on TV and films, mostly in the UK and USA. An alumna of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), her professional name is based upon her first married name, Mrs Barry Bergthorson. She is best remembered for her role as Tara King (succeeding Diana Rigg) in the last season of the British TV adventure series, "The Avengers", …
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