The Michael Cera Handbook - Everything you need to know about Michael Cera

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Michael Austin Cera (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Arrested Development, Youth in Revolt, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs.

the World, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Juno.

Cera received the 2008 Canadian Comedy Award for best male performance for his work in Superbad.

This book is your ultimate resource for Michael Cera. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Michael Cera, Switching Goals, What Katy Did, Frequency (film), My Louisiana Sky, The Familiar Stranger, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Superbad (film), Juno (film), Extreme Movie, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Paper Heart, Year One (film), Youth in Revolt (film), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott Pilgrim, Magic, Magic (2013 film), I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, Rolie Polie Olie, The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series), Braceface, Arrested Development (TV series), Clark and Michael, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Childrens Hospital.

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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Contents

Articles Michael Cera Switching Goals What Katy Did Frequency (film) My Louisiana Sky The Familiar Stranger Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Superbad (film) Juno (film) Extreme Movie Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Paper Heart Year One (film) Youth in Revolt (film) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim Magic, Magic (2013 film) I Was a Sixth Grade Alien Rolie Polie Olie The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series) Braceface Arrested Development (TV series) Clark and Michael Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Childrens Hospital

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Michael Cera

Michael Cera

Born

Occupation

Years active

Michael Cera

Michael Cera, 2007

Michael Austin Cera June 7, 1988 Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Actor, occasional musician

1998–present

[1] Michael Austin Cera(ˈ/tʃɛrə/; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles inArrested Development,Youth in Revolt, Superbad,Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,Nick and Norah's Infinite PlaylistandJuno. Cera received the 2008 Canadian Comedy Award for best male performance for his work inSuperbad.

Early life Cera was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Linda, a native of Quebec, and Luigi Cera, a [2] [3] [4] [5] technician who is originally from Sicily. His parents both worked for Xerox. Cera has an older sister, Jordan, and a younger sister, Molly. He became interested in acting after viewingGhostbustersrepeatedly when sick [6] with the chicken pox at the age of three. He memorized all the dialogue and idolized Bill Murray. He enrolled in [6] The Second City Toronto and took improvisation classes. He attended Conestoga Public School, Robert H. Lagerquist Senior Public School and Heart Lake Secondary School [2] [7] until grade nine, but then completed high school through correspondence.

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Acting [2] [7] [8] His first role was an unpaid appearance in a Tim Hortons summer camp commercial. That eventually led to a [9] Pillsbury commercial in which he poked the Pillsbury Doughboy, his first role with lines.

Rise "Arrested Developmentnever felt safe. Even the first season, we did thirteen episodes, and we thought we'd never do a back nine. So I never thought in a million years we'd get to make three seasons. I was happy we got that far. I thought it was really good, and I'm really proud of it. I don't think we made a bad episode." [9] Michael Cera,Esquire(2009)

Cera's career began when he was cast as Larrabe Hicks in the Canadian television seriesI Was a Sixth Grade Alienin 1999. In 2002, Cera played the young Chuck Barris inConfessions of a Dangerous Mindand he also provided the voice for Brother Bear inThe Berenstain Bearsanimated series. Also in 2002, he was cast inThe Grubbs, a new Fox TV series. It received a poor critical response, including an E! Online review that called it "the worst sitcom ever [10] produced". He also voiced Josh Spitz in the cartoonBraceface. He played George Michael Bluth in the [11] award-winning television seriesArrested DevelopmentIn 2005, hefor three seasons before it was canceled. starred as Harold in the award winning short filmDarling Darling, for which he was awarded Best Actor at the San Gio Festival in Verona, Italy. In 2006, he created and starred in a parody ofImpossible is Nothing, a video rasuma [12] created by Aleksey Vayner. He also guest-starred in an episode of teen noir dramaVeronica Mars–in the episode "The Rapes of Graff", which also featuredArrested Developmentco-star Alia Shawkat–and also in the Adult Swim seriesTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! [11] Cera, along with best friend Clark Duke, wrote and starred in a series of short videos released on their website. The idea came from Duke, who was enrolled at Loyola Marymount University and did it for his film school [13] studies. In 2007, they signed a deal with CBS Television to write, produce, direct, and act in a short-form comedy [14] series entitledClark and Michael. The show featured guest stars such as David Cross, Andy Richter and Patton [15] Oswalt, and was distributed via CBS's new internet channel, CBS Innertube. Duke and Cera are both members of the band The Long Goodbye. Cera also appeared in a staged comedy video that shows him being fired from the lead role of the filmKnocked Up after belittling and arguing with the director, in a scene that mocks the David O. Russell blow up on the set ofI [11] Heart Huckabees.

Continuation into movies Cera starred alongside Jonah Hill in the filmSuperbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The film opened in North America on August 17, 2007. In November 2007, he hostedSaturday Night Live on strike, a [16] live staged version ofSNLnot shown on television due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America Strike. Also in 2007, Cera co-starred inJunoas Paulie Bleeker, a teenager who accidentally impregnates his long-time school-friend Juno (Ellen Page).Arrested Developmentstar Jason Bateman co-starred in the movie, but they did not share any scenes together. ForSuperbadandJuno, Cera won Breakthrough Artist in the Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2007. In 2007, Cera appeared in the comedy short "Drunk History", playing Alexander Hamilton in a comedic retelling of [17] Hamilton's duel with Aaron Burr. [18] Cera stars in the independent filmPaper HeartIt was written by and co-stars Charlyne, released August 7, 2009. Yi, and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival where it won a screenwriting award. Cera and Yi composed the movie's soundtrack. He also starred alongside Jack Black in the 2009 comedyYear One, which received overwhelmingly negative reviews.

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My Louisiana Sky

Title

Switching Goals

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[26] In 2010 Cera contributed mandolin and backing vocals to the Weezer song "Hang On" from their albumHurley. Cera has also established himself as the touring bass player in Mister Heavenly, an indie rock band originating in the [27] American northwest. Cera also played bass and sang back up during songs in bothScott Pilgrim vs. the Worldand Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.

Frequency

2000

Custody of the Heart

Cera played the titular character in the film adaptation of the graphic novelScott Pilgrim vs. the World, released in August [21] 2010.

Walter and Henry

In 2009, Cera's first published short story, "Pinecone", appeared inMcSweeney's Quarterly. In January 2010, Cera [11] [19] starred in a film adaptation of the novelYouth in Revolt, in the role of the lead character, Nick Twisp. On the August 3, 2010 episode ofThe Late Show with David Letterman, Cera described getting lost in Red Rocks [20] Park, and his relief when found by other hikers.

The Familiar Stranger

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

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Cera was being considered for the voice of the new Muppet Walter, forThe Muppets, but the role was given to muppeteer [24] Peter Linz. Cera is set to star in a film by Sebastian Silva in Chile, and he is“spending five hours a day learning Spanish" for [25] the role.

TV

TV

TV

TV

TV

Film

1999

Year

Music

Cera dressed as Captain America, in promotion ofScott Pilgrim, and parody ofCaptain America: The First Avenger, at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con

Steal This Movie!

Ultimate G's: Zac's Flying DreamYoung Zac

Chuck Barris, Age 8 and 11

Gordy Jr., Age 10

Crying Kid

America Hoffman, Age 7–8

Jesse Wade Thompson

Brandon McKinley

Young Ted Welsh

Notes

Role

Dorry

2001

Stolen Miracle

What Katy Did

According to press reports, Cera will appear in theArrested [22] Developmentfilm. Sherwood Schwartz is on the record as saying he would like to see [23] Cera play Gilligan in the film remake ofGilligan's Island.

Upcoming projects

Taylor

Filmography

2013

La Femme Nikita

Jerome

Television

2012

Arrested Development

Magic, Magic

George Michael Bluth

Arrested Development

I Was a Sixth Grade Alien

Awards

The Berenstain Bears

Josh Spitz

Pre-production

Announced

Children's Hospital

13th Grade

Pre-production

Satellite Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy [28] Nominated—IGN Movie Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated—Detroid Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble

Recurring, voice only

Season four, one episode

Scott Pilgrim

Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation

Clark and Michael

Mikey Cera

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Season One, Episode Three

Jaime Stevens

Promo for the movieScott Pilgrim vs. the World

Larrabe Hicks

Series regular

Series regular

George Michael Bluth

Announced

Series regular, voice only

Todd (Pilot)

Pilot, voice only

Series regular, voice only

2009

Superbad

Michael Cera

Juno

2007

Oh

Fred

NickTwisp/FranboisDillinger

Series regular

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Four Episodes, voice only

Little Gizmo

Paper Heart

Youth in Revolt

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Year One

2010

Todd

Evan

Wayside: The Movie

Title

George-Michael Bluth

Dean Rudolph

Brother Bear

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2008

Extreme Movie

Scott Pilgrim

Veronica Mars

Notes

The Rapes of Graff, Guest Spot

Sal Viscuso

Role

Paulie Bleeker

Nick O'Leary

Himself

2006

Year

2005–2007

2001–2005

2003–2006

Wayside

1999

Rolie Polie Olie

1998–2001

2001–2003

Braceface

2000

2012

Arrested Development

2007

2010

2007

2008, 2010-present

Satellite Awards

Juno

Superbad

Juno

Austin Film Critics Association

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2004

2005

Juno

2007

Category

TV Land Future Classic Award

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Teen Choice Awards

MTV Movie Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy

Year

Michael Cera

Result

Arrested Development

2008

Choice Movie Breakout: Male

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Nominated

Nominated

Arrested Development

Juno

Nominated

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Best Young Actor

Choice Comedian

Best Acting Ensamble

Choice Movie Actor: Music/Dance

Awards

Most Promising Performer

Breakthrough Artist Award

Superbad

Superbad

Austin Film Critics Association

Breakthrough Artist Award

Best Performance in a TV Movie or Special: Supporting Young Actor

Arrested Development

My Louisiana Sky

Nominated

Superbad

Juno

Best Movie Actor: Comedy

Nominated

Juno

Best Performance by a Male: Film

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Canadian Comedy Awards

Nominated

MTV Movie Awards

MTV Movie Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2006

Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated

Won

2002

Won

Won

Won

Best Kiss

Breakthrough Performance

Best Male Performance

Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical

Choice Movie Breakout: Male

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Best Young Actor

Rising Star Award

5

Nominated Work

Nominated

Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Nominated

Nominated

Juno

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nominated

2009

Superbad

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Juno

Himself

Himself

Superbad

Young Artist Awards

Award

TV Land Awards

Michael Cera

2010

2011

Won

Nominated

References

Satellite Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical

Choice Movie Actor: Action

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

[1] Schneller, Johanna (2007-12-29). "Triple threat". The Globe and Mail. pp. R1–3. [2] Leszcz, Benjamin (2006-01-04). "The essence of adolescence" (http:/ /www.nationalpost.com/news/story. html?id=c6abbc16-63ed-4ada-bed8-20893c3e832e). National Post. . Retrieved 2007-08-20. [3] Howell, Peter (2008-09-07). "Fame has strange surprises for Michael Cera" (http:/ /www.thestar.com/entertainment/FilmFest/article/ 492153). Toronto: thestar.com. . Retrieved 2010-02-11. [4] Rhodes, Joe (2007-08-15). "'Superbad'–but in a good way" (http://web.archive.org/web/20070927001207/http://www.sj-r.com/ Entertainment/stories/14299.asp). Springfield State Journal Register. Archived from the original (http:/ /www.sj-r.com/Entertainment/ stories/14299.asp) on 2007-09-27. . Retrieved 2007-08-18. [5]Biography Today978-0-7808-1051-8.19. ISBN . Detroit, Michigan: Omnigraphics. 2009. p. [6] "Biography Today", pp.20 [7] Strauss, Bob (2007-12-08). "Hollywood heavy still a Brampton beanpole". The Globe and Mail. p. R1. [8] Leszcz, Benjamin (August 2007). "Que Sera Cera" (http:/ /www.torontolife.com/features/que-sera-cera/). Toronto Life. . Retrieved 2007-12-19. [9] Jones, Chris (July 2009), "Michael Cera".Esquire.152(1):86–88 [10] "Biography Today", pp.21–23 [11] Male, Andrew (2007-09-15). "Sardonic youth" (http:/ /www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/sep/15/1). London: Guardian Unlimited. . Retrieved 2007-09-15. [12]“”/www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAV0sxwx9rY). Youtube.com. .(2006-12-20). "Youtube ''Impossible is the Opposite of Possible''" (http:/ Retrieved 2010-12-07. [13] "Biography Today", pp.24 [14] "Clark and Michael website" (http:/ /www.clarkandmichael.com/). Clarkandmichael.com. . Retrieved 2010-12-07. [15] "Wired ''Sitcom to Bitcom''" (http:/ /www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/snackfilmtv.html). Wired.com. 2009-01-04. . Retrieved 2010-12-07. [16] Strauss, Bob (2007-12-08). "Hollywood heavy still a Brampton beanpole". The Globe and Mail. p. R1. [17] "UCBcomedy.com" (http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/play/653). UCBcomedy.com. . Retrieved 2010-12-07. [18] Paper Heart (2009) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1331064/) [19] Dimension Films (2007-08-15). "Michael Cera Is Nick Twisp" (http:/ /web.archive.org/web/20070930181328/http://www.movieweb. com/news/91/21991.php). MovieWeb. Archived from the original (http://www.movieweb.com/news/91/21991.php) on 2007-09-30. . Retrieved 2007-08-19. [20] "Cera's brush with death" (http:/ /blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/08/michael_ceras_twenty-minute-lo.php). . Retrieved August 7, 2010. [21] "Here's what happens" (http:/ /destroyerzooey.livejournal.com/168823.html).Bryan Lee O' Malley. . Retrieved April 4, 2008. [22] Dos Santos, Kristin (2009-02-24). "Sources: Michael Cera Joins Arrested Development Movie" (http:/ /www.eonline.com/uberblog/ watch_with_kristin/b101449_sources_michael_cera_joins_arrested.html). E! Online–Watch with Kristin. . Retrieved 2009-02-27. [23] "Gilligan’/tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/s Island: TV Show Creator wants Michael Cera and Beyonce for New Movie" (http:/ gilligans-island-tv-show-creator-wants-michael-cera-and-beyonce-for-new-movie/ ). TV Series Finale. 2009-01-02. . Retrieved 2010-08-23. [24] Michael Cera, Alan Arkin OfferedThe Muppets(http://www.newsinfilm.com/2010/11/01/ michael-cera-alan-arkin-offered-the-muppets/)", NewsInFilm.com. November 1, 2010. [25] Hernandez, Lee (2011-02-11). ""Juno" Star Michael Cera Takes Up Spanish as a Second Language" (http:/ /www.latina.com/ entertainment/movies/juno-star-michael-cera-takes-spanish-second-language). Latina magazine. . Retrieved 2011-02-11. [26] Dorof, Jakob. "Weezer–Hurley" (http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/weezer-hurley/2247).Slantmagazine. . Retrieved 23 November 2010. [27] December 2, 2010 12:40 a.m. by Erik Ziedses des Plantes (2010-11-30). "Michael Cera Is Apparently Mister Heavenly's Bassist" (http:/ / www.prefixmag.com/news/michael-cera-is-apparently-mister-heavenlys-bassis/46626/). Prefixmag.com. . Retrieved 2010-12-07. [28] "2010 IGN Award for Best Ensemble Cast" (http:/ /uk.movies.ign.com/summer-awards/2010/best-ensemble-cast.html). IGN. . Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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External links c Michael Cera (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148418/) at the Internet Movie Database Clark and Michael(http://www.clarkandmichael.com/) official site Michael Cera's Crew Profile on The 1 Second Film(http://the1secondfilm.com/crew/130806)

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Switching Goals

Switching Goals

Directed by

Produced by

Written by

Starring

Switching Goals

Distributed by

Release date(s)

Country

Language

DVD cover

David Steinberg

Ilana Kukoff Susan Murdoch Executive producer Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen Richard M. Heller

David Kukoff Matt Roshkow

Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen

Warner Bros.

December 12, 1999

United States

English

Switching Goalsis a 1999 television movie starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

Plot Identical twin sisters Sam (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Emma (Ashley Olsen) Stanton both play soccer. Sam is a star athlete and a tomboy; however, the only sports her more stylish sister Emma enjoys are fashion and dating. When their father, one of the league's coaches, is pressured (by his wife) into picking Emma first for his team, another coach picks Sam.But Sam is not thrilled to join a team which hasn't won in years and Emma finds it difficult to please her dad,the coach, so soon after the girls come up with a scheme to switch places in soccer so each can be on the team they prefer. As a result, Sam learns about letting others share the spotlight and Emma becomes a better player. Their mom catches them, and they both have to go back to their original teams. Mrs. Stanton becomes coach of the Buzzards to prove her husband wrong and actually gets the team into the finals. Along the way Emma realizes her skill for playing goalie. At the finals the Hurricanes regular goalie gets injured while blocking a kick and is replaced by Emma. At 20 seconds left Sam kicks the ball into the goal, and it is blocked by Emma, tying the game. The Buzzards and the Hurricanes become co-champions of the Evanston youth soccer league tournament. Both girls also end up getting dates, Sam and Greg, Emma and Richie (the original hurricane goalie).

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