He found it "really disheartening" not to be cast in commercials after auditions.īut in 1999, Cera moved beyond that: he was cast as Larrabe Hicks in the Canadian children's show I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, which ran for two seasons. That appearance eventually landed him a position in a Pillsbury commercial, in which he poked the Pillsbury Doughboy and had his first role with lines. His first role was an unpaid appearance in a Tim Hortons summer camp commercial. Career 1999–2008: Child acting and breakthrough After starting acting, he completed school online through grade 12. Lagerquist Senior Public School, and Heart Lake Secondary School until grade nine. Ĭera attended Conestoga Public School, Robert H.
He enrolled in The Second City, Toronto, and took improvisation classes. He memorized all the dialogue and idolized Bill Murray. He became interested in acting after viewing Ghostbusters repeatedly when sick with the chicken pox at the age of three. Cera has an older sister, Jordan, and a younger sister, Molly. His father is Sicilian ( Italian), and his mother has Irish, Dutch, Scottish, and English ancestry. He is the son of Linda (née Cockman) and Luigi Cera, a technician.
He voiced Dick Grayson/ Robin in The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Barry (a deformed sausage) in Sausage Party (2016), and Sal Viscuso, the voice behind the announcements in Childrens Hospital.Ĭera made his Broadway debut in the 2014 production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. the World (2010), and a fictional version of himself in This Is the End (2013). He has had numerous roles in United States television and film productions, including character George Michael Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and for his film roles as Evan in Superbad (2007), Paulie Bleeker in Juno (2007), Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. He started his career as a child actor, voicing the character of Brother Bear on the children’s television show The Berenstain Bears and portraying a young Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). Michael Austin Cera ( / ˈ s ɛər ə/ Italian: born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor and musician.