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Canadian TV and film actor Michael Cera was born on June 7, 1988, in Brampton, Ontario. Michael began acting in commercials at age nine and had his first regular role on the Fox Family Channel comedy series "I Was a Sixth Grade Alien." He later appeared in the films "Steal This Movie" and "Frequency" and played the young Chuck Barris in the 2002 film "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind." Michael has guest starred on the television show "Veronica Mars" and has lent his voice to brother Bear in "The Berenstain Bears" and is the voice of Howard Stern in the TV series "Howard Stern: The High School Years." His most famous role is as George Michael Bluth on the short lived Fox series "Arrested Development." When he's not working, he is in a band called 'The Long Goodbye,' and he splits his time living between Los Angeles and Brampton.

Baby-faced Michael Cera first gained fame as the hilariously named George Michael Bluth, son of Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), and the youngest member of a dysfunctional family of land-tract developers, on the riotous Fox sitcom Arrested Development (2003-2006). No stranger to "difficult" or "awkward" roles, Cera made one of his first marks in 2002, as the sexually overactive "younger version" of game show host Chuck Barris, in George Clooney's biopic Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. A short time after that, he signed for the Arrested part -- which required him to project a deep-seated amorous yen for his character's cousin. Cera's mostly comedic resumé also includes a multi-season turn as the voice of Josh Spitz in the animated series Braceface. In 2007, he co-starred in two highly successful big-screen comedies: SuperBad, opposite Jonah Hill, and Juno (which re-teamed him with Jason Bateman), alongside fellow rising star Ellen Page. Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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