Like many other people I love to sit back and watch a good movie to relax. Well recently after watching a great new horror flick it got me thinking about Canadian movie stars and which were my absolutely favorites. So I did some researching and dug up old memories and came up with this list of 10 past and present Canadian movie stars which I grew up watching. Here are Canada's Best Known Movie Stars enjoy.
1. Leslie Nielsen
He was born February 11, 1926 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Leslie Nielsen has been in over 50+ movies and even more television shows but his movie career basically started with the movie “Airplane” in the 1980's where Nielsen plays an odd ball doctor. His father was a Royal Canadian Mountie and his brother was a high ranking Canadian politician that eventually went on to be the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. The Nielsen family has produced nothing but great people. Everyone of Leslie Nielsen's movies I have seen over the years were all a good laugh and for this, is why he's one of my favorite Canadian movie stars.
2. Michael J. Fox
Was born June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
Michael J. Fox is probably one of Canada's best known stars. I remember growing up watching him in Family Ties, then years later seeing him again in the Back To the Future Movies. Michael J. Fox has appeared in many movies and televisions shows through his acting career and won a number of awards through the years.
In early 1991 while filming the movie Doc Hollywood, Fox noticed his finger was twitching. After a few hours of this with no signs of letting up, Fox decided to see a doctor and was diagnosed with Parkinson's. After that Michael became somewhat self conscious about his hand shakes and started to hide his hands on his television show Spin City. After that Michael pretty much dropped out of the movie scene but is an avid supporter of stem cell research. Michael J. Fox will always be recognized as one of Canada's and my favorite movie stars.
3. Mike Myers
Born May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario is one of Canada's biggest and best known movie star. Mike Myers hit stardom with such movies as Wayne's World, Austin Powers, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Shrek and lets not forget Saturday Night Live which is where his career pretty much started from. Myers has went on to produce his own movies and has won many awards for the roles and movies he has made. Michael Myers is another one of Canada's great movie stars.
4. Rachel McAdams
In London, Ontario Canada on October 7, 1976 Rachel McAdams was born. She started out at a younger age doing competitive figure skating but later got interested in theater and the arts. She started her television career on the Disney's series “The Famous Jett Jackson” in 1998 and did a pilot for MTV before starting in the movie “Hot Chick”.
Although she had a major part in this movie, her movie career didn't really take off until Rachel started in the movie “Mean Girls” in 2004 and “The Note Book” also in 2004. Since then Rachel has went on to make other movies like “Redeye” and also has appeared on many television shows. Rachel McAdams is one of Canada's growing successful movie stars and she's one of my favorites.
5. Phil Hartman
Born on September 24, 1948 in Brantford, Ontario and died May 28, 1998 Phil Hartman was a actor, comedian and writer. Hartman did a lot in the short time he had on this planet. Surrounded by unusually circumstances to this day, no one knows why Phil Hartman's wife took his life and her own but he is truly missed here in his homeland of Canada. Hartman contributed to many things through out his life but the best he's known for is his role on “Saturday Night Live” and “News Talk Radio” as well as many voices on the Simpson's cartoon. Phil Hartman will always be remember as one of Canada's great stars.
6. John Candy
Born on October 31, 1950 Canadian movie star John Candy was born. Although I don't remember any of John's early work, I do remember seeing him in other movies like “Uncle Buck”. John Candy made a ton of television appearances through out his life and was a huge sports fan. In 1991 John Candy, Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall became co-owners of the Toronto Argonauts which won the Grey Cup in the first year they owned the team.
John Candy also opened a chain of blues restaurants with Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi. On March 4, 1994 John Candy died of a massive heart attack in his sleep while filming the movie “Wagons East”. John Candy is one of Canada's older movie stars that will always be remembered for his work in the film industry.
