Michael Austin Cera (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor and musician. 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). 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. the World (2010), and a fictional version of himself in This Is the End (2013). 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. Cera made his Broadway debut in the 2014 production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. For his performance in the 2018 production of Lonergan's Lobby Hero, Cera was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Cera starred in the revival of Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery. In addition to acting, Cera is a musician, having released his debut album True That in 2014. Cera has also performed as the touring bassist for indie rock supergroup Mister Heavenly.

Filmography

• 2025Sacramento — Glenn
• 2025The Phoenician Scheme — Bjorn Lund
• 2025The Running Man — Elton Perrakis
• 2024Christmas Eve in Miller's Point — Officer Gibson, Producer
• Sausage Party: Foodtopia — Barry (voice)
• 2024Self Reliance — Thanks
• 2023Barbie — Allan
• Command Z — Kerning Fealty
• 2023Dream Scenario — Trent
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Scott Pilgrim (voice)
• 2023The Adults — Eric, Producer
• 2023Under the Boardwalk — Armen (voice)
• Life & Beth — John
• 2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank — Hank (voice)
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Great Wide Wonder (voice)
• 2021Cryptozoo — Matthew (voice)
• Medical Police — Sal Viscuso (voice)
• 2019Avenues — Original Music Composer
• 2019Gloria Bell — Peter
• Weird City — Tawny Clem
• 2018Spivak — Robby LeBeau
• The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling — Garry Shandling (voice)
• 2018Tyrel — Alan
• 2017Cooking with Alfred — Dick Grayson / Robin (voice)
• 2017How to Be a Latin Lover — Remy
• 2017Lemon — Alex
• 2017Molly's Game — Player X
• 2017Person to Person — Phil
• 2017The Lego Batman Movie — Robin / Dick Grayson (voice)
• 2016Man Rots from the Head — Sydney Ward
• 2016Sausage Party — Barry (voice)
• 2015A Very Murray Christmas — Jackie the Talent Agent
• 2015Entertainment — Tommy
• 2015That Dog — Tim
• Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Jim Stansel
• 2014Beef — Clovis
• 2014Hits — Bennie
• 2013Bitch — Dave McKenna, Director
• 2013Brazzaville Teen-Ager — Gunther, Director, Writer
• 2013Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus — Jamie
• Drunk History — Maurice Cohen, John Endicott
• 2013Failure — Man, Director, Music
• 2013Gregory Go Boom — Gregory
• 2013Here Comes the Night Time — Bartender / Grandmaster Mike
• 2013Magic Magic — Brink, Executive Producer
• 2013The End of Love — Michael
• 2013This Is the End — Michael Cera
• 2012Bright Day — Michael Cera
• Burning Love — Wally
• The Boring Life of Jacqueline
• 2012The Immigrant — Michael
• 2011Bad Dads — Cory
• Black Mirror — Beppe
• 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation — Scott Pilgrim (voice)
• 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — Scott Pilgrim
• 2009Paper Heart — Michael Cera, Original Music Composer
• 2009Year One — Oh
• 2009Youth in Revolt — Nick Twisp / François Dillinger
• Childrens Hospital — Sal Viscuso
• 2008Extreme Movie — Fred
• 2008Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist — Nick
• Clark and Michael — Michael, Creator
• Derek and Simon: The Show
• 2007Juno — Paulie Bleeker
• 2007Superbad — Evan
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Jamie Stevens
• Wayside — Todd (voice)
• Lunar Jim
• Top Chef — Guest Judge
• 2005Darling Darling — Harold
• 2005Wayside: The Movie — Todd (voice)
• Tom Goes to the Mayor — Scrotch (voice)
• Veronica Mars — Dean
• Arrested Development — George Michael Bluth, Producer, Consulting Producer
• The Berenstain Bears — Brother
• 2002Confessions of a Dangerous Mind — Chuck (8 & 11 years)
• 2002Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun — Young Gizmo (voice)
• Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series — Benjamin (voice)
• Braceface — Josh Spitz (voice)
• Doc — Max
• 2001I Was a Rat — Buzzer
• 2001My Husband's Double Life — Young Ted Welsh
• 2001My Louisiana Sky — Jesse Wade Thompson
• 2001Stolen Miracle — Brandon McKinley
• The Ripping Friends — Boy Boy (voice)
• 2001Walter and Henry — Crying Kid
• 2000Custody of the Heart — Johnny Raphael
• 2000Frequency — Gordy Jr. (10 Years)
• 2000Steal This Movie — America - 7 & 8 Years Old
• 2000Ultimate G's: Zac's Flying Dream — Young Zac
• 1999Switching Goals — Taylor
• Twice in a Lifetime — Skateboarder #2
• 1999What Katy Did — Dorry Carr
• Noddy — Butch
• Rolie Polie Olie — Little Gizmo (voice)
• La Femme Nikita — Jerome
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Twin Peaks — Wally Brando
• The Simpsons — Nick (voice)
• Gummy — Director, Writer
• How and Why — Mendelson
• Love Is Not the Answer — Director, Writer, Producer

Appearances as themselves (21)

• Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Tom Green Farm — Self
• Celebrity Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant
• 2020Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis — Self - Scott Pilgrim
• 2017A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks — Self
• 2017One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' — Self
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis — Self
• Plug & Play — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• MADtv — Self
• GMTV — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)