Canadian Actors
A list of every living Canadian actor I know of. IMDb lists can only go as high as 10,000 so this list continues on Canadian Actors II.
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Born Ryan Thomas Gosling on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Donna (Wilson), a secretary, and Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman. Ryan was the second of their two children, with an older sister, Mandi. His ancestry is French-Canadian, as well as English, Scottish, and Irish. The Gosling family moved to Cornwall, Ontario, where Ryan grew up and was home-schooled by his mother. He also attended Gladstone Public School and Cornwall Collegiate & Vocational School, where he excelled in Drama and Fine Arts. The family then relocated to Burlington, Ontario, where Ryan attended Lester B. Pearson High School.
Ryan first performed as a singer at talent contests with Mandi. He attended an open audition in Montreal for the TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" (The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989)) in January 1993 and beat out 17,000 other aspiring actors for a a spot on the show. While appearing on "MMC" for two years, he lived with co-star Justin Timberlake's family.
Though he received no formal acting training, after "MMC," Gosling segued into an acting career, appearing on the TV series Young Hercules (1998) and Breaker High (1997), as well as the films The Slaughter Rule (2002), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Remember the Titans (2000). He first attracted serious critical attention with his performance as the Jewish neo-Nazi in the controversial film The Believer (2001), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. He was cast in the part by writer-director Henry Bean, who believed that Gosling's strict upbringing gave him the insight to understand the character Danny, whose obsessiveness with the Judaism he was born into turns to hatred. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Male Lead in 2002 for the role and won the Golden Aries award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics.
After appearing in the sleeper The Notebook (2004) in 2004, Gosling won the dubious honor of being named one of the 50 Hottest Bachelors by People Magazine. More significantly, he was named the Male Star of Tomorrow at the 2004 Show West convention of movie exhibitors.
Gosling reached a summit of his profession with his performance in Half Nelson (2006), which garnered him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. In a short time, he has established himself as one of the finest actors of his generation. Throughout the subsequent decade, he has become all three of an internet fixation, a box office star, and a critical darling, having headlined Blue Valentine (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), Drive (2011), The Ides of March (2011), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), and La La Land (2016). In 2017, he starred in the long-awaited science fiction sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), with Harrison Ford.
Ryan has two children with his partner, actress Eva Mendes.- Actor
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Chris Aanderson was born on July 10, 1976 in Red Water, Alberta, Canada as Christopher Alec Manyluk (search "Chris Manyluk" for other IMDB credits). He grew up on a cattle ranch in Red Deer, Canada which his parents still own. He is an actor, producer and teacher. He is known for #Roxy (2017) High Noon (2009), Decoys 2: Alien Seduction (2007), Heartland (2009) and Rat Race (2001). He has been married to Kristine Wry since January 30, 2004. They have two children. He also works as a Film/Media/Social Studies teacher at Victoria School of the Arts in Edmonton, Canada. He trains in Historic European Martial Arts (HEMA) and breeds and donates Rough Collies as service dogs for Canadian and American military veterans with PTSD.- Actor
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Byron Abalos is known for The Man from Toronto (2022), The Boys (2019) and What We Do in the Shadows (2019).- Actor
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Graham Abbey was born on 24 March 1971 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Defendor (2009), Covert Affairs (2010) and Take This Waltz (2011).- Additional Crew
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Fareed Abdelhak was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He began taking acting lessons in 1996, and would then experiment with writing soon afterward. In May 1998, Fareed completed his first screenplay, "Promise." While still maintaining his Edmonton residency, Fareed established a new one in the Vancouver area in August 1998. He was part of the first class to complete the Professional Film Studies Program at Capilano College, and immediately began working in the B.C. Film Industry. In June 2000, Fareed signed with Lissa Lloyd of Lloyd Talent Management, and on May 23, 2001, Fareed Abdelhak Productions Inc. was established. In January 2008, Fareed returned to Edmonton and decided to temporarily walk away from acting, including leaving Lloyd Talent, to venture into the new frontier of producing, where in May 2009, he expanded his company to Edmonton as well.- Zackaryer Abdillahi is known for 19-2 (2014).
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Alistair Abell was born in Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada. He is known for Sausage Party (2016), Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and Are We There Yet? (2005).- Actor
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Austin A.J. Abell is known for Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Cashed Out Casino (2017) and The Auction (2018).- Actor
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Alejandro Abellan was born on 13 May 1965 in Murcia, Spain. He is an actor, known for The 13th Warrior (1999), Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) and Gray Matters (2006).- Actor
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Raymond Ablack was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is most known for his work on Degrassi (2010), Narcos (2017) and most recently Ginny and Georgia (2021).
Raymond attended Ryerson University where he completed a 4-year B.A. in Radio and Television, Media Production, with an English minor. Raymond studied Stand up Comedy and Improvisation at The Second City in Toronto. And he completed a 4-year arts specialty diploma in choral music at Cardinal Carter, Academy for the Arts.- Actor
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Bengali-Canadian, Dana Abraham is a multifaceted talent in the entertainment industry, excelling as an actor, writer and producer. Known for his role as a writer and actor, in the acclaimed film "Neon Lights," where he starred alongside Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy), Dana showcased his acting prowess and ability to immerse himself in complex character, Clay Amani, leaving a lasting impression on audiences.
Beyond his acting and writing, Dana's creative abilities extend to producing and entrepreneurship as the Co-Founder of Red Hill Entertainment. He crafts and produces engaging and thought-provoking stories, exploring a variety of genres and themes, hyper focused on his visceral experiences in many walks of life.- Actor
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For a self proclaimed "blue collar fighter," Jared Abrahamson certainly has an interesting story. Hailing from Flin Flon MB. a northern Canadian mining town known for its rugged atmosphere and harsh weather conditions. Jared spent his time working hard in the mines and training mixed martial arts with other homegrown fighters. At the age of 20 he decided to pack his bags and head west to chase another dream. He was going to be an actor.
Jared graduated from Vancouver Film School, followed by numerous workshops and classes at other Vancouver based schools such as the Actors Foundry.
His first professional role was a lead in the Hallmark Movie "Finding a Family" where he played an emancipated teenager struggling to find a foster family while studying hard to be accepted into Harvard.
Along with acting, Jared continues to train mixed martial arts and has a Professional MMA record of 1-1-0 and a Muay Thai Kickboxing record of 2-0-0, where he fights under the name Wolfblood Abrahamson, a homage to his northern roots.- Brad Abramenko is known for Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story (2023), Peacemaker (2022) and A Splash of Love (2022).
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Dan Abramovici is an actor/filmmaker from Canada. This background has shaped in him an interest in stories that question identity, and explore a life on the spectrum.
After graduating from the Canadian Film Centre's prestigious Actor Conservatory, Dan wrote and starred in first feature film: Ben's At Home. The film picked up numerous awards, including Best Feature at the Canadian Film Festival, an Audience Choice award at Gasparilla, and a Canadian Comedy Award. The feature had a successful theatrical run in Canada before being made available on Netflix in 2017.
Abramovici's next feature script, You Have Feet In Your Shoes, picked up a Top 10 award at Cinequest, where Laurence Kasdan (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) and Dennis Lehane (The Wire, The Drop) served as writing mentors.
liminal, which Dan wrote and directed, won the Best Short award at Canadian Film Fest and Snowdance International film festival, as well as an Honorable Mention at the Oscar-qualifying Dances With Films Festival. It went on to play more Academy Qualifying festivals such as HollyShorts, Dublin, Newport Beach, BendFilm, and Raindance.
Play It Again followed in 2021. The LGBTQ+ comedy premiered at the Austin International Film Festival where it picked up the Jury Award for Best Short, making it Academy qualifying for 2022.
Coming in 2024 is Spaceman. The surrealist short stars Academy Award Winner JK Simmons (Spiderman, Whiplash, Juno), and Mena Massoud (Disney's Aladdin), and serves as proof of concept for his upcoming feature film Searching for Marceau, now in development. The script for Searching for Marceau is in the top 1% of Dramatic Features on Coverfly, and has placed as a finalist in Slamdance, Austin, and is a top 100 script at the highly competitive Shore Scripts Competition.- Actor
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Aaron Abrams is a Canadian actor and writer who has appeared in several regular and reoccurring roles for television, including including Masters of Sex, The L.A. Complex, Longmire, The Oath, Rookie Blue, Slings & Arrows, Blindspot and Hannibal where he played Brian Zeller.
Aaron Abrams has also written and produced several films.
He is a graduate of The Goodman Theatre School in Chicago.- Actor
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Dalmar Abuzeid was born on 23 October 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Pompeii (2014), Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) and Inside the Actors Cult (2020).- Actor
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Mark Acheson was born on 19 September 1957 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for Elf (2003), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and Reindeer Games (2000).