Mary Pickford
1892 - 1979
HPI 81.5588 languages
Mary Pickford was an actress in the early 1900s. She was one of the first people to become a movie star and she was the first person to be called a movie star.
The Most Famous
Actors from Canada
539 notable people
Trending Actors from Canada This Week
The top 10 Actors from Canada trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Elliot Page
b. 1987
Trending in Russian (#9), Italian (#10), English (#14), Spanish (#19), French (#23), German (#25), Hungarian (#31), Chinese (#47),...
- #2
Ryan Gosling
b. 1980
Trending in Hungarian (#17), German (#42), English (#42), Portuguese (#44), Spanish (#51), Russian (#51), Italian (#60), and French (#99)...
- #3
Rossif Sutherland
b. 1978
Trending in German (#36) Wikipedia (3,007 views, on Aug 1).
- #4
Jacob Tremblay
b. 2006
Trending in Hungarian (#54) Wikipedia (193 views, on Aug 1).
- #5
Kristin Kreuk
b. 1982
Trending in German (#60) Wikipedia (2,535 views, on Aug 1).
- #6
Rick Moranis
b. 1953
Trending in Spanish (#75) Wikipedia (2,380 views, on Aug 1).
- #7
Michael J. Fox
b. 1961
Trending in Dutch (#76) Wikipedia (364 views, on Aug 6).
- #8
Michael Mando
b. 1981
Trending in English (#79), French (#119), Spanish (#149), Russian (#175), Italian (#201), and Portuguese (#235) Wikipedia (19,981 views, on...
- #9
Pamela Anderson
b. 1967
Trending in Dutch (#91) and Hungarian (#139) Wikipedia (353 views, on Aug 4).
- #10
Stana Katic
b. 1978
Trending in German (#92) Wikipedia (2,567 views, on Aug 2).
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 15,712 Actors, 539 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 4th most number of Actors behind United Kingdom and India.
Top 10 Canadian Actors
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Canadian Actors of all time. This list of famous Canadian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Canadian Actors.
#1 #2 
Leslie Nielsen
1926 - 2010
HPI 77.8072 languagesLeslie Nielsen is most famous for his comedic roles in the Naked Gun and Airplane! films.
#3 
Donald Sutherland
1935 - 2024
HPI 76.7187 languagesDonald Sutherland is most famous for his starring role in the 1970s television series, "McCloud." He is also known for his roles in "Ordinary People," "The Dirty Dozen," "MASH," and "The Hunger Games."
#4 
Christopher Plummer
1929 - 2021
HPI 76.1294 languagesChristopher Plummer is most famous for his role as King George VI in the film The King's Speech.
#5 
Jim Carrey
b. 1962
HPI 74.75109 languagesJim Carrey is most famous for his comedic roles in movies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber.
#6 Michael J. Fox
b. 1961
HPI 74.1779 languagesMichael J. Fox is best known for his role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, and for his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton in the 1980s television series Family Ties.
#7 
William Shatner
b. 1931
HPI 69.9270 languagesWilliam Shatner is most famous for playing Captain James T. Kirk on the television series Star Trek.
#8 Pamela Anderson
b. 1967
HPI 69.1190 languagesPamela Anderson is most famous for her role as C.J. Parker on the television series Baywatch. She was also a Playboy model and an actress.
#9 
Catherine O'Hara
1954 - 2026
HPI 67.6941 languagesCanadian-American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
#10 Elliot Page
b. 1987
HPI 67.4874 languagesCanadian actor
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Canadians Actors grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(14)
1990s(50)
1980s(154)
1970s(134)
1960s(68)
1950s(33)
1940s(23)
1930s(15)
1920s(14)
1910s(11)
1890s(9)
1870s(2)
1860s(1)
1850s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.
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