Famous Canadian Actors: Now Disc. Alan Thicke

Vivacious, but then bipolars often are. She did have talent, but the 70's and 80's weren't good times for actresses.

 

Kristin Kreuk

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She is a Vancouver native who has been getting a lot of attention lately. Her roles on :Edgemont" and the very popular WB teen drama "Smallville", in which she plays Lana Lang. In addition to acting, Kristin has appeared in a commercial for Neutrogena skin care products.

Kristin also starred in the recent TV movie version of the classic children's story "Snow White".

Films

In 2003, she made her first feature film, a cameo appearance in the film Eurotrip, starring Scott Mechlowicz and Michelle Trachtenberg. The film, shot in Prague, Czech Republic, also featured cameos by Matt Damon and Lucy Lawless. It debuted in theatres on February 20, 2004.

In early 2005, Kreuk signed on to the independent feature film Partition. She plays Naseem, a vulnerable seventeen-year-old whose world is shattered by the trauma of the Partition of India in 1947; she falls in love with ex-British Indian Army officer Gian Singh (played by Jimi Mistry). Neve Campbell also stars. The film is directed by Vic Sarin and is a co-production between Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The film was released to Canadian theaters on February 2, 2007, with a subsequent Region 1 (US and Canada) DVD release on June 26, 2007.

In the summer of 2006, a short film called the Dream Princess by comic book writer and artist Kaare Andrews was made, where Kreuk plays The Princess. The film is a modern sci-punk retelling of the tale of Sleeping Beauty, with a twist. It is due to be released in 2007 in Canada.[6]

Kreuk and her friend Kendra Voth joined together and created the "Girls By Design" project.[7] Kreuk recently signed onto the upcoming film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, in which she will play Chun Li.[8]

Filmography

Year Project Role Other notes
2001 Snow White Snow White Television movie
2001?2005 Edgemont Laurel Yeung Television series
2001?2009 Smallville Lana Lang Television series
2004 Eurotrip Fiona Cameo appearance
2004 Legend of Earthsea Tenar Miniseries
2006 Dream Princess Princess Short film
2007 Partition Naseem Khan Film
2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Chun-Li Film

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Discuss.

 

Who?

 

She's totally hot and I've got no strong feelings about her as an actress. I have watched the first four and a half seasons of Smallville and I never hated her and her character like some do, but I never loved her either.

 

Eugene Levy

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He is another great Canadian comic having starred SCTV alongside John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas, to name a few. His first role was in "Cannibal Girls", a low budget comedy-horror film which is perhaps the first horror film made in Canada. Since then, many films and TV appearances have made Eugene Levy one of the funniest actors working today, and if you don't believe us, check out his performance as the man with two left feet in the hilarious "Best in Show", and his turn as the advice giving dad in "American Pie". Mr. Levy was most recently spotted as TV Director Gil Bender on the Fox puppet sitcom "Greg the Bunny".

Career

An alumnus of both Second City Toronto and the sketch comedy series SCTV, Levy often plays unusual supporting characters with nerdish streaks. Perhaps his best known role on SCTV was as the dimwitted Earl Camembert, a news anchor for the "SCTV News". Celebrities impersonated by Levy on SCTV include: Perry Como, Ricardo Montalban, Alex Trebek, Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, Henry Kissinger, Menachem Begin, Bud Abbott, Milton Berle, John Charles Daly, Gene Shalit, Jack Carter, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Tony Dow, James Caan, Lorne Greene, Rex Reed, Ralph Young (of Sandler and Young), F. Lee Bailey, Ernest Borgnine, former Ontario chief coroner Dr. Morton Schulman, Norman Mailer, Neil Sedaka and Howard McNear as ?Floyd the Barber?.

Other Levy characterizations were serious comic Bobby Bittman, scandal sheet entrepreneur Dr. Rawl Withers, ?report on business? naïf Brian Johns, 3-D horror auteur Woody Tobias Jr., cheerful Leutonian accordionist Stan Schmenge, lecherous dream interpreter Raoul Wilson, hammer-voiced sports broadcaster Lou Jaffe, diminutive union patriarch Sid Dithers, fey current-events commentator Joel Weiss, buttoned-down panel show moderator Dougal Currie, smarmy Just for Fun emcee Stan Kanter, energetic used car salesman Al Peck, guileless security guard Gus Gustofferson, Phil the Garment King (also of Phil's Nails) and inept dance show host Rockin? Mel Slirrup.

Though he has been the ?above the title? star in only two films, 1986?s Armed and Dangerous and 2005?s The Man, he has featured prominently in many films. He is the co-writer and frequent cast member of Christopher Guest?s mockumentary features, particularly A Mighty Wind, where his sympathetic performance as a brain-damaged folksinger won kudos. In the 1980s, he appeared in Splash, National Lampoon?s Vacation, Club Paradise, Stay Tuned and other comedies. Levy was the creator of Maniac Mansion, a television sitcom based on the LucasArts video game of the same name.

His career received a tremendous boost in 1999, when he was cast as the clueless but loving dad in the sleeper blockbuster American Pie. Reprised the role in two film sequels and starring in three straight-to-video sequels made him something of a cult hero. Levy has since worked with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House, and most recently appeared with Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

Levy (along with Christopher Guest and Michael McKean) was awarded the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media for music they composed for A Mighty Wind. Levy appeared in the corner of a poster hanging outside the movie theatre in Springfield in the "See Homer Run" episode of The Simpsons. (The poster was advertising for Rockstar Princess and featured a girl with an electric guitar, with Levy in the corner wearing a royal crown. A liner note under him read ?Eugene Levy as the King?).

In March 2006, it was announced that he would receive a star on Canada?s Walk of Fame. In 2002, the entire cast of SCTV was given a group star, and although Levy is not mentioned on the actual star, he was still inducted as a part of the group. This makes him one of only four two-time honourees, alongside fellow SCTV alumni John Candy, Martin Short and Catherine O'Hara.

Levy is one of only a handful of people who have won at l

 

Kristen Kreuk? Really? She has a niche fanbase from her roll on "Smallville" (and bears an eerie resemblance to someone i once dated), but...Famous? I dunno... Her character on Smallville has always been badly written, and this Street Fighter movie is gonna tank hard. (Nice job on marketing, Fox!)

Levy is a Legend. His work on SCTV and with Christopher Guest are comedic genius...

 

Mike Myers

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He knows how to make characters come to life; from the oversexed, cool as bond Austin Powers to the head banging suburbanite Wayne Campbell (Wayne's World), Mike Myers has created more memorable pop culture heroes and misfits than any other comic actor working today. Perhaps this has a lot to do with the fact that the Scarborough, Ontario-born Myers, the son of British immigrants, actually believed he was related to the Beatles as a child... This ability to immerse oneself in fantasy worlds certainly helps flesh out the personalities of his invented alter egos. Mike Myers has enjoyed tremendous success with his Austin Powers series.

In 1992, Myers and comedian Dana Carvey adapted Wayne's World into a full-length motion picture based on the SNL sketch. The movie turned out to be one of Myers' greatest successes and one of the few Saturday Night Live-based films to be considered worthwhile by both audiences and film critics. It was among the most successful movies of the year and the following year a sequel was released - Wayne's World 2. Myers also starred in So I Married an Axe Murderer that same year. In 1997, Myers introduced Austin Powers in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery later coming out with his sequel in 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me then finally topping it off with Austin Powers: Goldmember. Myers played both the title role and the villain (as well as other characters) in all three Austin Powers films. The same year, he played one of his rare non-comedic roles in the film 54 where he played Steve Rubell, proprietor of New York City's famous Studio 54 (a 1970s discotheque). The film was moderately successful, and Myers' performance was widely praised. Myers later parodied the club as "Studio 69" in 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember.

In June 2000, Myers was sued by Universal Pictures for $3.8 million for backing out of a contract to play Dieter, the SNL character, in a feature film. Myers said he refused to honor the $20 million contract because he didn't want to cheat moviegoers with an unacceptable script - one that he himself had written. Myers countersued, and a settlement was reached after several months where Myers agreed to make another film with Universal. That film would be The Cat in the Hat, released in November 2003 and starring Myers as the title character. In 2001, Myers played the title character in the DreamWorks animated film Shrek (2001). He reprised this role in Shrek 3-D in 2003, Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek The Third, and the Christmas special Shrek The Halls, both in 2007.

Myers is a member of the band Ming Tea along with Bangles guitarist and vocalist Susanna Hoffs and musician Matthew Sweet. They performed the songs BBC and Daddy Wasn't There for the Austin Powers movies.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. As of September 29, Myers has been signed on to play the lead role in the upcoming biopic of The Who drummer Keith Moon. The film will be produced by Roger Daltrey, Nigel Sinclair, and Paul Gerber.

During a CBS interview in 2007, Myers noted that he normally takes three years between films. He spends one year "living his life" and then writes multiple screenplays, develops characters, practices them in front of live audiences, and then selects one of the screenplays to film. Myers noted that this was the Marx Brothers' procedure for developing their film material.

Myers received the MTV Generation award in June 2007, making him the 2nd Canadian to win the award (Jim Carrey was the first in 2006), for bringing his unique style of comedy to small and big screens alike.

In June 2008, Myers's film The Love Guru met with negative reviews, prompting cable news network MSNBC to brand Myers "The Antifunny" in its June 24, 2008 online news edition.

In August 2008, it was announced that Mike Myers had been cast as Gen. Ed Fenech in Quentin Tarantino's World War II revenge film Inglourious B

 

You missed Shrek.

Is Myers funny? Occasionally, yes, sometimes very funny.

Do I like him? Not much.

 

He used to be pretty funny. He was best when he had the fire in his belly soon after he left SNL.

Somewhere along the line Austin Powers made him too successful, and he forgot to start editing his own work as rigorously as he should have.

 

At his best, he's fantastically funny and creative. At his worst, he's insufferable.

 

Myers didn't create Shrek though, which is why he isn't listed (the list is for characters Myers has both created and played).

Loved the first 2 Austin Powers films, and have enjoyed the Shrek films (though I think Dreamworks should probably retire that character now). Nothing else really stands out - to echo the other comments he can be terrific in the right role or just plain bad in the wrong one.

 

I'd like to see Myers go back to films like Married an Axe Murderer. He doesn't have to create WAY OVER-THE-TOP characters to tell a story. Also, I think after the first Shrek and parts of number 2 that series is done. Sadly, we will knowingly see LOTS more of Shrek in the coming years.

 

I see by IMDB that he's in "Inglorious Bastards" and a remake of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", so we will see if he still has a career.

 

I dont wreally like him.

 

It's my canadian duty to like him...

But he really has kinda fallen on hard times as of late.. I think he does have some talent, but as most SNL alumni, he's afraid to really go out and prove it.

 

LESLIE NIELSEN

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Leslie William Nielsen OC (born February 11, 1926) is a Canadian-American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, he has achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious of (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave Nielsen a reputation as a comedian. A series of later comedies attempted to emulate the popularity of his prior roles.

This paralleled the serious roles of his early career. Leading roles in the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet and as the ship's captain in The Poseidon Adventure came long before Nielsen considered a turn to comedy. His deadpan delivery as a doctor in 1980's Airplane! marked a turning point in Nielsen's career, one that would make him, in the words of film critic Roger Ebert, "the Olivier of spoofs." He may be best known for his roles as Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun, Dr. Rumack in Airplane!, and most recently, President Harris in the Scary Movie series. Nielsen has appeared in over 100 films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying over 220 characters.

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Other notes
1956 Ransom! Charlie Telfer Film debut
Forbidden Planet Commander John J. Adams
The Vagabond King Thibault
The Opposite Sex Steve Hilliard
1957 Hot Summer Night William Joel Partain
Tammy and the Bachelor Peter Brent
1958 The Sheepman Col. Stephen Bedford/Johnny Bledsoe
1964 See How They Run Elliot Green First television movie
Night Train To Paris Alan Holiday
1965 Dark Intruder Brett Kingsford
Harlow Richard Manley
1966 The Plainsman Col. George Armstrong Custer
Beau Geste Lieutenant De Ruse
1967 Code Name: Heraclitus Fryer
The Reluctant Astronaut Major Fred Gifford
Gunfight In Abilene Grant Evers
Rosie! Cabot Shaw
1968 How to Steal the World General Maximilian Harmon The Man From U.N.C.L.E. film
Counterpoint Victor Rice
Dayton's Devils Frank Dayton
Companions in Nightmare Dr. Neesden
1969 Trial Run Jason Harkness
Deadlock Lieutenant Sam Danforth
How to Commit Marriage Phil Fletcher
Change of Mind Sherrif Webb
1970 Night Slaves Sherrif Henshaw
The Aquarians Official
Hauser's Memory Joseph Slaughter
1971 Incident In San Francisco Lieutenant Brubaker
Four Rode Out Mr. Brown
They Call It Murder Frank Antrim
1972 The Poseidon Adventure Captain Harrison
1973 ...And Millions Die! Jack Gallagher
Snatched Bill Sutting
Amanda Fallon Mr. Cummings
The Return Of Charlie Chan Alexander Hadrachi
1975 Can Ellen Be Saved Arnold Lindsey
1976 Grand Jury John Williams
Project: Kill Jonathan Trevor
Brinks: The Great Robbery Agent Norman Houston
1977 Sixth and Main John Doe
Day of the Animals Paul Jenson
Viva Knievel Stanley Millard
The Kentucky Fried Movie Man in Feel-O-Rama Movie Uncredited cameo; Feel-O-Rama segment
The Amsterdam Kill Riley Knight
1978 Little Mo Nelson Fisher
1979 Institute for Revenge Counselor Hollis Barnes
The Albertans Don MacIntosh
Riel Major Crozier
City on Fire Mayor William Dudley
1980 OHMS Governor
Airplane! Dr. Rumack first comedy role
Prom Night Mr. Raymond Hammond
1981 A Choice of Two Unknown
1982 Twilight Theater Various Characters
Foxfire Light Reece Morgan
Wrong is Right Mallory
Creepshow Richard Vickers Something To Tide You Over segment
1983 Prime Times Unknown
The Night the Bridge Fell Down Paul Warren
Cave-In! Joseph 'Joe' Johnson
The Creature Wasn't Nice Capt. Jamieson
1985 Murder Among Friends Unknown
Reckless Disregard Bob Franklin
Blade in Hong Kong Harry Ingersoll
Striker's Mountain Jim McKay
1986 The Patriot Admiral Frazer
Soul Man Mr. Dunbar
1987 Nightstick Thad Evans
Nuts Allen Green Final non-co

 

Nielsen is the son of a mountie and was raised in the North West Territories (for non-Canadians, that's really far north).

 

Seems a Naked Gun 4 is in the works with Leslie coming back, for which I am very excited. His deadpan comedy just kills me. Even the lesser quality stuff that just kinda seems to rip off Naked Gun is still hilarious with him.

 

Wonder what it'll be called - Naked Gun 44 ¼ perhaps?

 

Christopher Plummer

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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born on December 13, 1929) is a Canadian theater, film and television actor. In a career that spans over five decades and includes substantial roles in film, television, and theater, Plummer is perhaps best known for the iconic role of Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

Plummer's eclectic career on screen began in 1958 when Sidney Lumet cast him as a young writer in Stage Struck. Since then he has appeared in a vast number of notable films which include The Man Who Would Be King, The Fall of The Roman Empire, Jesus of Nazareth, Battle of Britain, Waterloo, The Silent Partner, Dragnet, Inside Daisy Clover, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Malcolm X, Dolores Claiborne, Wolf, Twelve Monkeys, Murder by Decree, Somewhere in Time and Syriana. Recent successes include Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated The Insider playing television journalist Mike Wallace, for which he won the Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas and the National Critics Awards, and Ron Howard's Academy Award winning A Beautiful Mind as well. He played Arthur Case in Spike Lee's 2006 film Inside Man, and the philosopher Aristotle in Alexander, alongside Colin Farrell. In 2004, Plummer played John Adams Gates in National Treasure.

Owing to the box office success and continued popularity of The Sound Of Music (1965), Plummer is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp, a role he reportedly disliked.

He is now engaged in a movie directed by Tim Burton and Shane Acker called "9", which is currently in the production phase.

Filmography of Canadian actor Christopher Plummer

* Stage Struck (1958)
* Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
* A Doll's House (1959) (TV)
* Playdate (1961) TV Series
* Cyrano de Bergerac (1962) (TV)
* The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
* Hamlet at Elsinore(1964 TV film)
* The Sound Of Music (1965)
* Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
* Triple Cross, original title: La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman(1966)
* The Night of the Generals (1967)
* Oedipus the King (1967)
* Nobody Runs Forever (aka The High Commissioner) (1968)
* Battle of Britain (1969)
* The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
* Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)
* Waterloo (1970)
* Don Juan in Hell (1971) (TV)
* The Pyx (1973)
* After the Fall (1974) (TV)
* The Happy Prince (1974)
* The Spiral Staircase (1975)
* The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
* Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
* The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
* Sarajevski atentat (1975)
* Aces High (1976)
* Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976) TV mini series
* Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
* Uppdraget (1977)
* The Disappearance (1977)
* Silver Blaze (1977) (TV)
* The Silent Partner (1978)
* International Velvet (1978)
* Starcrash (1979)
* Murder by Decree (1979)
* Riel (1979) (TV)
* Hanover Street (1979)
* Desperate Voyage (1980) (TV)
* The Shadow Box (1980) (TV)
* Somewhere in Time (1980)
* When the Circus Came to Town (1981) (TV)
* Dial M for Murder (1981)
* Eyewitness (1981)
* The Amateur (1981)
* Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV)
* The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV)
* The Thorn Birds (1983) TV mini series
* Prototype (1983) (TV)
* Dreamscape (1984)
* Highpoint (1984)
* Terror in the Aisles (1984)
* Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
* Játszani kell (1985)
* The World of David the Gnome (1985) TV Series
* Rumpelstiltskin (1985) (1985) Animated TV Movie
* The Boy in Blue (1986)
* Crossings (1986) TV mini series
* The Boss' Wife (1986)
* An American Tail (1986) (voice)
* Spearfield's Daughter (1986) TV mini series
* Nosferatu a Venezia (1986)
* Dragnet (1987)
* A Hazard of Hearts (1987) (TV)
* The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
* The Gnomes' Great

 

Tall, handsome actor, but just a trifle dull.

 

He's got an awesome voice.

 

Oh, yes.

 

He is absolutely incredible in The Insider, playing Mike Wallace, opposite Russell Crowe and Al Pacino. It's a supporting performance, and he's dealing with two of the greatest actors alive, but he still crackles.

 

Only seen a handful of his films, but he's been either excellent or at least really good in most of them - The Sound of Music, The Insider, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (pure awesomeness as a Klingon general ), and A Beautiful Mind.

The one exception was The Fall of the Roman Empire - his portrayal of Commodus didn't work for me, though to be fair that whole film was a bit hit and miss anyway.