List of Canadian entertainers

• Pamela Anderson, (born 1967), actress
• Paul Anka (born 1941) - musician and actor
• Dan Aykroyd, (born 1952), actor/comedian

• Karen Black, (born 1942), actress
• Bernard Braden - comedian and satirist
• Raymond Burr, (1917-1993), actor

• James Cameron, (born 1954), director
• Neve Campbell, (born 1973), actress
• John Candy, (1950-1994), actor/comedian
• Jim Carrey, (born 1962), actor/comedian
• Tommy Chong, (born 1938), actor/comedian
• David Cronenberg, (born 1943), director
• Hume Cronyn, (1911-2003), actor

• Yvonne De Carlo - actress
• Michael Donovan - producer
• Dave Cash - disc jockey
• Fifi D'Orsay, (1904-1983), actress
• Colleen Dewhurst, (1924-1991), actress
• Dudley Do-Right - cartoon character
• James Doohan, (born 1920), actor

• Atom Egoyan, (born 1960), director (The Sweet Hereafter)

• David Foley - actor
• Michael J. Fox, (born 1961), actor/comedian
• Brendan Fraser, (born 1968), actor/comedian

• Victor Garber, (born 1949), actor
• Chief Dan George, (1899-1981), actor
• Rick Green - actor/comedian
• Tom Green, (born 1971), actor/comedian
• Graham Greene, (born 1952), actor: Dances With Wolves
• Lorne Greene, (1915-1987), actor (Pa Cartwright on Bonanza), TV news anchor
• Paul Gross, (born 1959), actor
• Peter Gzowski, (1934-2002), radio personality

• Monty Hall, (born 1921), game show host
• Phil Hartman, (1948-1998), actor, Saturday Night Live
• Jillian Hennessy - actress, Law & Order
• Foster Hewitt, (1902-1985), broadcaster
• Arthur Hiller, (born 1923), winner of 2001 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar

• Peter Jennings, (born 1938), News anchor
• Norman Jewison, (born 1926), director, received The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Margot Kidder, (born 1948), actress - "Superman's Lois Lane"
• Kids In The Hall - comedy troupe

• René Lecavalier - broadcaster
• Eugene Levy - actor/comedian
• Art Linkletter, (born 1912), TV personality
• Rich Little, (born 1938), impressionist

• Howie Mandell - actor/comedian
• Andrea Martin - actor/comedian
• Norm MacDonald, (born 1963), actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
• Robert MacNeil - journalist: "PBS- MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour"
• Rick Mercer, (born 1969), actor/comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes/ Rick Mercer's Monday Report/ Talking to Americans
• Lorne Michaels, (born 1944), originator of Saturday Night Live
• Colin Mochrie, actor/comedian Whose Line is it Anyway?
• Rick Moranis, (born 1954), actor
• Carrie-Anne Moss, (born 1967), actor, The Matrix
• Mike Myers, (born 1963), actor (Austin Powers), Saturday Night Live

• Leslie Nielsen, (born 1926), actor

• Catherine O'Hara - actress
• Sidney Olcott - (1873-1949) - directed (1907) Ben-Hur

• Pete Parker - (1895-1991) Made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey game, before Foster Hewitt
• Jason Priestly - actor Beverly Hills 90210
• Mary Pickford, (1892-1979), actress and producer
• Christopher Plummer, (born 1927), actor

• Gilda Radner, (1946-1989), actress, Saturday Night Live
• Keanu Reeves, (born 1964), actor The Matrix
• Ivan Reitman, (born 1946), Director and Producer
• Gloria Reuben, (born 1964), actor: ER

• Morely Safer - journalist: "60 Minutes"
• Mack Sennett, (1880-1960), movie director
• William Shatner, (born 1931), actor - Captain Kirk in Star Trek
• Martin Short, (born 1950), actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
• Frank Shuster, (1916-2002), comedian
• Jay Silverheels, (1912-1980), actor: "Tonto"
• Steve Smith - actor/comedian, The Red Green Show
• Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) - Playboy Playmate & Actress
• Donald Sutherland, (born 1934), actor
• Kiefer Sutherland, (born 1966), actor

• Terrance & Phillip - cartoon characters
• Dave Thomas - actor/comedian
• Alex Trebek, (born 1940), game show host

• Nia Vandalos - actor/screenwriter, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

• Lyman Ward - actor
• Mary Walsh, (born 1952), comedian/actress This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Johnny Wayne, (1918-1990), comedian
• Fay Wray, (born 1907), actress

See also: List of Canadians, List of Canadian musicians

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