# Is Michael Cera An Actor?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-an-actor/524068>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-an-actor/524068 "2010-01-07T20:55:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-an-actor/524068/21 "2010-01-08T22:49:37Z")

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If he’s believable enough in his roles that you think it’s his natural personality, then he must be doing it right. It’s possible that that is the only role he can do, but we have no reason to assume that yet. It’s the only role he’s been given.

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**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-an-actor/524068/22 "2010-01-09T01:34:58Z")

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Am I the only one who took one look at his Pauly D blowout on the Jersey Shore clips the other day and immediately thought, “Michael Cera looks like [gummo](http://www.burzum.org/img/covers/big/compilations/1998_gummo_soundtrack.jpg)?”

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