The Most Famous

Actors from Canada

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This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 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 Actors

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Canadians Actors of all time. This list of famous Canadians 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 Canadians Actors.

  1. #1
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    Mary Pickford

    1892 - 1979

    HPI 81.5588 langs
    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...Read moreShow less

    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.

  2. #2
    Photo of Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen

    1926 - 2010

    HPI 77.8072 langs

    Leslie Nielsen is most famous for his comedic roles in the Naked Gun and Airplane! films.

  3. #3
    Photo of Donald Sutherland

    Donald Sutherland

    1935 - 2024

    HPI 76.7187 langs
    Donald Sutherland is most famous for his starring role in the 1970s television series, "McCloud." He is also known for his roles in...Read moreShow less

    Donald 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. #4
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    Christopher Plummer

    1929 - 2021

    HPI 76.1294 langs

    Christopher Plummer is most famous for his role as King George VI in the film The King's Speech.

  5. #5
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    Jim Carrey

    b. 1962

    HPI 74.75109 langs

    Jim Carrey is most famous for his comedic roles in movies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber.

  6. #6
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    Michael J. Fox

    b. 1961

    HPI 74.1779 langs
    Michael 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...Read moreShow less

    Michael 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. #7
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    William Shatner

    b. 1931

    HPI 69.9270 langs

    William Shatner is most famous for playing Captain James T. Kirk on the television series Star Trek.

  8. #8
    Photo of Pamela Anderson

    Pamela Anderson

    b. 1967

    HPI 69.1190 langs

    Pamela 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.

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Canadians Actors grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

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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