Canadian actor Michael Cera was born in Brampton, Ontario, to parents who worked for Xerox. His mother, Linda, who is from Quebec, has English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry, and his father, Luigi Cera, is Sicilian. Michael is the middle child between two sisters. He was educated at Conestoga Public School, Robert H. Lagerquist Senior Public School and Heart Lake Secondary School until the grade nine. Cera then completed his high school education via correspondence. During a childhood illness he repeatedly viewed _Ghostbusters . Alongside acting, Cera is also a musician - he sings and plays guitar and bass.
Splits his time between Los Angeles and with his family at home in Brampton.
Michael has two siblings, an older sister Jordan and a younger sister, Molly.
His mother, Linda, comes from Montreal, Quebec, and has English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry, and his father, Luigi Cera, is from Sicily.
Auditioned for the role of Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense , which went to Haley Joel Osment.
Plays guitar in his free time and, according to Ellen Page , his Juno co-star, hes "very good at it".
Was ranked #1 on Entertainment Weeklys 30 Under 30 the actors list .
His last name means "wax" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Last name is pronounced "SEH-ra".
Member of The Interstate 5 Tennis Association.
Says that he is often mistaken for Jesse Eisenberg.
Lives in ultra trendy Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz. Giovanni Ribisi , Bo Barrett , Scarlett Johansson , Chris Pine , Ryan Reynolds , Mark Ruffalo , Kristen Stuart , Brad Pitt , Hannah Telle and Robert Pattinson are among the other actors who also call Los Feliz home.
(July 2011) Santiago, Chile: Filming Magic Magic .
(July 2013) Moving from Los Angeles, CA, USA to Brooklyn, NY, USA.
One of the great things about being involved in this business is that,you meet people who are so talented, whose stuff you admire, who you,can potentially work with.
My parents are both really, really funny, and my little sister is a really good painter, and my other sister is a really good writer.
I may not have gone to high school every day, but I spent whole a lot of my adolescence feeling vulnerable and confused and alone. . . just like everybody else. .
