Canadians

1. Terry Chen

Terry Keli Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He moved around growing up but was raised mainly in Alberta and on the West coast. After dropping out of the University of Calgary he spent two years traveling throughout Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Terry moved back to Vancouver, British ...

2. Peter Mooney

Actor | Rookie Blue

Peter Mooney was born on August 19, 1983 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Rookie Blue (2010), Camelot (2011) and The Prodigy (2019). He has been married to Sarah Power since July 1, 2017. They have one child.

3. Dylan Neal

Actor | Fifty Shades of Grey

Dylan Neal was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Oakville, just west of Toronto, where he spent the remainder of his childhood. As a young student, he attended the prep school, Appleby College, where he was introduced to the game of squash. Dylan ...

4. Kyle Schmid

Actor | Six

Kyle Schmid was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is best known for History's "SIX", BBC America's "COPPER" and a number of feature films including David Cronenberg's "A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE".

He has been acting for a majority of his life. An early career in television lead way to Disney films and...

5. Juan Riedinger

Actor | Narcos

Juan Riedinger is an award-winning actor and director based out of Vancouver and Los Angeles making an international name for himself through his varied body of work. Juan was born in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and is known for Narcos (2015), Riverdale (2019), Claws (2019), Good Behavior (2017), The ...

6. Kevin Durand

Actor | X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Vasiliy Fet in The Strain, Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes / The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Barry Burton in Resident Evil: Retribution, Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, Jeeves ...

7. Ryan Reynolds

Actor | Deadpool 2

Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. ...

8. Hayden Szeto

Actor | The Edge of Seventeen

Hayden Szeto was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Truth or Dare (2018) and Lodge 49 (2018).

9. Jack Yang

Actor | A Leading Man

Jack Yang has devoted the last 8 years of his life to acting, modeling and film. This Canadian/American artist already established a career in modeling and commercial acting when his love for art lead him behind the camera to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for Film Directing and Photo. ...

10. Thomas Middleditch

Actor | The Final Girls

Thomas Steven Middleditch is a Canadian actor, comedian and screenwriter from Nelson, British Columbia. He is known for playing Richard Hendricks from Silicon Valley. He also acted in The Office, DC League of Super-Pets, Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Solar ...

11. Luke Kirby

Actor | Mambo Italiano

Luke Farrell Kirby is a Canadian actor. In 2019, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Lenny Bruce on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to American parents. His mother is from Brooklyn, New York, and his father grew up "along the ...

12. Thomas Beaudoin

Actor | Hubert et Fanny

Thomas Beaudoin began his studies in Psychology and Exercise Science at Concordia University in Montreal. He then studied Theatre in Vancouver and in New York City. He is fluent in both English and French.

Not long after moving to NYC, Thomas was cast in lead roles in several world renowned ...

13. Victor Webster

Actor | Workin' Moms

A familiar face to film and television audiences, Victor Webster is an established actor with an impressive list of credits. Most recently, he joined the cast of the Netflix/CBC comedy "Workin' Moms," playing Mike Bolinski for two seasons. He's also recently filmed a large recurring arc on the ...

14. Antonio Cupo

Actor | American Mary

Antonio Cupo was born in Vancouver, Canada and spent his early years as a stage performer. With interests in psychology and acting, he enrolled at the University of British Columbia earning a Bachelor of Arts degree while beginning his career as an actor. A later move to Los Angeles offered many ...

15. Pablo Schreiber

Actor | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Pablo Tell Schreiber was born in Ymir, British Columbia, Canada, to Lorraine Reaveley, a Canadian psychotherapist, and Tell Schreiber, an American actor. His paternal half-brother is actor Liev Schreiber. Pablo, who is named after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was raised in Ymir, and moved to Seattle,...

16. Jesse Rath

Actor | Supergirl

Jesse Rath was born on February 11, 1989 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Supergirl (2015), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) and No Tomorrow (2016). He is married to Holly Deveaux.

17. Greyston Holt

Actor | The Night Agent

Greyston Holt was born on September 30, 1985 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Night Agent (2023), Lou (2022) and House of Chains (2022).

18. John Bregar

Actor | Kick-Ass 2

John Bregar was born on March 1, 1985 in North York, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Servitude (2011) and Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001).

19. Cas Anvar

Actor | The Expanse

Cas Anvar lit up our screens when internationally acclaimed series "The Expanse" premiered five years ago. His character Alex on The Expanse" became an instant fan favorite and one of the most quoted characters of the show. In spring 2020, he wrapped shooting his fifth and final season of the hit ...

20. Alessandro Juliani

Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes

Alessandro Juliani presently makes his living as an actor, voice actor, singer, composer, and sound designer. He once commanded the Battlestar Galactica for 27 minutes. He frequently lends his voice to the animated programs that your kids/grand-kids/socially awkward uncles currently binge. He was ...

21. Christopher Heyerdahl

Actor | Under the Banner of Heaven

An award-winning Canadian actor, Christopher Heyerdahl co-stars in one of Amazon's number 1 series of 2021 Little Marvin's anthology series: "Them", "Chapelwaite" for Epix, James Gunn's "The Peacemaker", WGNA's "Pure", USA's "Damnation" Sky Atlantic's "Tin Star", SyFy's "Van Helsing" and AMC's hit ...

22. Noah Mills

Actor | Sex and the City 2

Noah Mills is an actor born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He then moved to the United States where he was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Noah started his career has a model while transitioning into acting. In 2017 he starred on the NBC Drama 'The Brave' as 'Joseph 'McG' McGuire' and can next been ...

23. James Tupper

Actor | Me and Orson Welles

James is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Jack Slattery on the ABC television series Men in Trees, Dr. Chris Sands on the NBC medical drama series Mercy, and David Clarke on ABC's Revenge. He also starred in the post-apocalyptic thriller Aftermath, on Space in Canada and Syfy in the U.S.

24. Adam Beach

Actor | Windtalkers

Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba, the son of Sally and Dennis Beach, and was raised on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve, with his two brothers. A troubled childhood saw his mother killed by a drunk driver, and his alcoholic father drowned only weeks afterward. The three brothers went to ...

25. Corey Sevier

Actor | Immortals

Born in Ajax, Ontario, Corey's career in front of the camera began as a baby model at the tender age of six months. Modelling soon led to work in commercials. At seven years old, he landed his first acting job in the ABC mini-series "Family Pictures," alongside screen veterans Angelica Houston and ...

26. Adam Copeland

Actor | Vikings

Adam Copeland is an actor and an professional wrestler, who wrestles as Edge in the WWE. He starred as one of the leads in the fifth season of the popular television series Haven on Syfy. He also starred as a recurring character on the History Channel series Vikings. Canadian-born, Copeland's life ...

27. Alexander Ludwig

Actor | Vikings

After starring in the hugely successful blockbuster The Hunger Games (2012) (for which he received two awards), Alexander has gone on to work in films such as Lone Survivor (2013), The Final Girls (2015), and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and received critical acclaim for his performance as Bjorn ...

28. Dustin Milligan

Actor | Schitt$ Creek

Dustin Milligan was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada as Dustin Wallace Milligan. He is an actor, writer and producer, known for Extract (2009), 90210 (2010), Schitt's Creek (2014), Me Him Her (2015) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016), Rutherford Falls (2021), and The ...

29. Graham Shiels

Actor | Truth Be Told

Graham Alexander Shiels was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, December 26th, 1975. In his teens he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. His father, David Shiels, was a Chemical Engineer and his mother, Barbara (Brown), a Radiology Technician. He earned his MFA in Acting from the Yale School of ...

30. Avan Jogia

Actor | Zombieland: Double Tap

Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as Danny Araujo on the award-winning TV movie drama A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series Caprica (2009) as well as ...

31. Chase Tang

Actor | Wrath of Asia

Chase Tang is an accomplished business executive born in Taiwan. He grew up in Nova Scotia and was an elite level hockey player in Atlantic Canada. He entered the entertainment Industry in 2019 to pursue his passion for film and television. Tang spends his time and travels frequently between Canada...

32. Colm Feore

Actor | Chicago

Colm Joseph Feore OC is a Canadian actor. A 13-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries Trudeau (2002), his portrayal of Glenn Gould in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), and for playing ...

33. Simu Liu

Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Simu is a Chinese-Canadian actor who won a Game Changer Award and People's Choice Award for his role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Before his leading role in a Marvel movie, he played Jung Kim on the CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016). He is ...

34. Tahmoh Penikett

Actor | Battlestar Galactica

He is the son of former Yukon premier Anthony David John Penikett (Tony). A graduate of the Victoria Motion picture school, Tahmoh also studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Tahmoh and his family (his father, and his twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie) make their home in Vancouver, ...

35. Adam DiMarco

Actor | The White Lotus

Adam DiMarco was born in Canada. He is an actor, known for The White Lotus (2021), The Order (2019) and The Magicians (2015).

36. Dylan Playfair

Actor | Letterkenny

Dylan Playfair was born in Fort St. James, British Columbia, the son of Roxanne, an entrepreneur and stay at home mother, and Jim Playfair, a former NHL player and coach. He has two younger brothers, Jackson and Austyn. All three boys grew up playing hockey and traveling around the United States ...

37. Kyle Strauts

Stunts | The Predator

Kyle Strauts was born in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. He has three brothers, one older and two younger. Kyle grew up in a very tight family and played a multitude of sports and extra curricular activities. Kyle even took one of the sports, lacrosse, to the professional level before leaving ...

38. François Arnaud

Actor | The Borgias

François Arnaud was born on July 5, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Borgias (2011), Blindspot (2015) and I Killed My Mother (2009).

39. Justin Chatwin

Actor | Dragonball Evolution

Justin Chatwin is a Canadian actor and avid outdoors man, traveler, sailor, and spear fisherman. The British Columbia native currently resides in Southern California. Although mostly known for his work as an actor, his passion sits with conservation, international motorcycle travel and the outdoors.

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40. Steven McCarthy

Actor | The Expanse

Steven McCarthy is an award-winning actor, director, and musician. In 2018 McCarthy was awarded a Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Best Guest Performance in a dramatic series for his portrayal of a dying rock singer in season one of 'Mary Kills People." He's played leading roles for such notable ...

41. David Julian Hirsh

Actor | Jupiter's Legacy

A Canadian Screen Award-winner and nominee, David was recently seen starring as superhero Blue Bolt/Richard Conrad in Jupiter's Legacy (Netflix). He's best known to audiences as Rabbi Dave Bloom in Weeds (Showtime), Ray Stein in Hawthorne (TNT), and Dr. Josh Gould in Naked Josh (Showcase). Born and...

42. Bronson Pelletier

Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Canadian film and television actor, Bronson Pelletier, got his start as the host of popular children's show, "Art Zone". His first big break occurred through his role as Jack Sinclair in Renegadepress, a Canadian series for which he received Gemini and Leo nominations. After filming several ...

43. Paulo Costanzo

Actor | 40 Days and 40 Nights

Paulo Costanzo was born on September 21, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Brampton, a suburb of Toronto, of Italian (father) and Jewish (mother) descent. He attended Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts, then attended one year at Ryerson University for theater, but dropped out when...

44. Hamza Haq

Actor | Transplant

Named one of Canada's Rising Stars by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017, Hamza Haq stars as Bashir "Bash" Hamed in CTV medical drama TRANSPLANT for which he earned a 2021 Canadian Screen Award win for Best Lead Actor. The series, a 2021 Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Drama series which centers ...

45. Noah Dalton Danby

Actor | Riddick

Noah Danby is a Canadian born actor, known for his versatility in Television, Film and Theatre. Noah is known for his film work with his roles in Riddick (2013) opposite Vin Diesel. The Tuxedo (2002) with Jackie Chan and opposite Dave Bautista as Todd in My Spy (2020)

In Television, Noah is known ...

46. Giacomo Gianniotti

Actor | Grey's Anatomy

Giacomo Gianniotti was born in Rome, Italy. He immigrated with his family at a young age and grew up in Toronto Canada. Giacomo splits his time in the year between Toronto, Rome, and LA, working in stage, film, and television. He is a bilingual actor working both in English and Italian. He ...

47. Alex Wong

Actor | Isn't It Romantic

Alex Wong was born on November 13, 1986 in Edmonton, Alberta as Alexander Dustin King Wei Wong. He began dancing at 7, eventually studying at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver. After winning multiple awards in tap & ballet, he became the 1st Canadian to win the Prix de Lausanne in 2004. He then ...

48. Jim Carrey

Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: ...

49. Lochlyn Munro

Actor | Freddy vs. Jason

Lochlyn Munro started his acting career after a serious sports injury ended his dream of playing professional hockey. A talented musician, Lochlyn turned his attention to the performing arts. While playing music in various clubs around Vancouver, British Columbia, Lochlyn studied drama and ...

50. Raymond Ablack

Actor | Ginny & Georgia

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. ...

51. Jason Jones

Actor | The Detour

Jason Jones was born on June 3, 1973 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Detour (2016), The Art of the Steal (2013) and All About Steve (2009). He has been married to Samantha Bee since October 13, 2001. They have three children.

52. Christopher Plummer

Actor | Beginners

Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A ...

53. Rohain Arora

Actor | Joy Ride

Rohain Arora is a Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Ontario.

Both of his parents were born and raised in India, Jalandhar. He speaks Hindi fluently.

Rohain graduated from Brock University (2010-2014) receiving a Bachelors in Popular Culture and Tyndale University for a Bachelors in Education (2016-...

54. Jay Silverheels

Actor | The Lone Ranger

Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film Key ...

55. Daniel Gillies

Actor | The Originals

Daniel Joshua Gillies was born on 14 March 1976 in Winnipeg, Canada and moved to New Zealand at a young age. Though born into a family of strong medical background (his father is a pediatrician, his mother a nurse, and his great-great-great-grandfather is the renowned ENT/plastic surgery pioneer ...