# Canadians in showbiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515 "2002-03-28T04:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/1 "2002-03-28T04:55:07Z")
Let’s see… there’s a bunch, but my fav’s are: Mike Myers Alex Trebec ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/2 "2002-03-28T05:08:28Z")
William Shatner Paul Schaffer Pamela Anderson Peter Jennings ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/3 "2002-03-28T13:54:04Z")
Dave Foley and the other Kids in the Hall The scary thing about Canadians is that they look just like regular people and can often pass themselves off that way indefinitely. It makes one really wonder the truth about those around you … ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/4 "2002-03-28T14:05:33Z")
Mary Pickford . . . Beatrice Lillie . . . Norma Shearer . . . Louis B. Mayer . . . ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/5 "2002-03-28T14:51:21Z")
“Golden Age” Canadians: Marie Dressler Walter Houston Yvonne de Carlo Glenn Ford Raymond Massey Walter Pigeon Deanna Durbin Mack Sennet Jay Silverheels (“Tonto”) Hume Cronyn Ruby Keeler Christopher Plummer of course, “America’s Sweetheart,” Mary Pickford Fay Wray Mort Sahl Raymond Burr Directors: James Cameron Jack Warner (Producer, of Warner Brothers fame) Norman Jewison Atom Egoyan David Cronenberg and, of course, Phil Hartman ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/6 "2002-03-28T15:18:15Z")
MACK SENNETT KEANU REEVES DONALD SUTHERLAND JAMES DOOHAN JOHN CANDY EUGENE LEVY ANDREA MARTIN MARTIN SHORT CATHERINE OHARA RYAN STILES COLIN MOCHRIE AND THE GRAND DADDY OF THEM ALL LORNE GREENE Face it We are taking over… think about it Lorne Greene Green Card. Connection? (See “The Canadian Conspiracy”) ---
**Author:** ![Muck\_Muck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Muck\_Muck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muck_Muck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/7 "2002-03-28T17:54:37Z")
Jim Carrey Graydon Carter (former editor of SPY and current editor of Vanity Fair) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/8 "2002-03-28T18:27:55Z")
Isn’t Our Lady Peace canadian? Or am I thinking of another band? ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/9 "2002-03-28T19:14:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > \*\*RYAN STILES > COLIN MOCHRIE > \*\* Actually, Ryan Stiles was born in Seattle, WA. He and Colin make a dynamite WLIIA team, though. RR ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/10 "2002-03-28T20:15:18Z")
And my personal “fave” Celine Dion - EEEEK! Until her debut, I thought the US and Canada were allies, you folks have a lot of explaining to do up there! ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/11 "2002-03-28T20:58:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RiverRunner \* > \*\* > Actually, Ryan Stiles was born in Seattle, WA. He and Colin make a dynamite WLIIA team, though. > > RR \*\* Ok he was born in the States: > [@](#): > > Ryan Lee Stiles was born on April 22, 1959 in Seattle, Washington. Later his family moved to Richmond, near Vancouver in British Colombia. He went to high school at Richmond Secondary School. He later Worked with Second City in Toronto so while an American by Birth I’ll classify him a Canadian by upbringing. (the giveaway is during his stint on the British version of WLIIAW when he was able to describe Saskatchewan the way only a Canadian would) ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/12 "2002-03-29T01:37:04Z")
Michael J. Fox is still a Canadian to me. screech (who has a penchant for Canadian guys) ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/13 "2002-03-29T06:19:54Z")
Someone already mentioned Martin Short, but no one has mentioned Alan Thicke, another great Canadian of whom Martin Short does the _best impression ever_. Really. You’ll totally lose it. Bryan Adams Godspeed You Black Emperor! Hawksley Workman Loudon Wainwright III Alanis Morisette (mucho sucky, but we won’t blame Canada) Dan Akroyd ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/14 "2002-03-29T06:46:05Z")
I read an interview with Ryan Stiles recently in which he said he considered himself half-and-half American and Canadian. I love my Whose Line boys. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/15 "2002-03-29T06:50:35Z")
Leslie Nielson Neil Young The Guess Who Keifer Sutherland (might be born in the states) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/16 "2002-03-29T17:36:55Z")
Steppenwolf The Band Shanya Twain ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/17 "2002-03-29T19:38:48Z")
Abe Vigoda - Canadian! ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/18 "2002-03-29T19:51:46Z")
Not just Lorne Greene, but Tom Green too! And **kingpengvin** , thanks for mentioning the cast of SCTV! ---
**Author:** ![Muck\_Muck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Muck\_Muck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muck_Muck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/19 "2002-03-29T23:42:35Z")
Joni Mitchell Rich Little Paul Anka Bret "The “Hitman” Hart Jason Priestley ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515/20 "2002-03-30T00:26:18Z")
And a few more from the contemporary pop-music world: Nelly Furtado The Barenaked Ladies Nickelback Our Lady Peace Jann Arden [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-in-showbiz/100515.md?page=2)