List of Canadian entertainers

This is a list of Canadian actors, directors, producers and other figures from film, television, and radio.

A

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

B

• Robert Beatty, (1909 – 1992), actor
• Samantha Bee, Daily Show correspondent
• Karen Black, (born 1942), actress
• Bernard Braden – comedian and satirist
• Raymond Burr, (1917–1993), actor

C

• James Cameron, (born 1954), director
• Neve Campbell, (born 1973), actress (Party of Five, Scream trilogy)
• John Candy, (1950–1994), actor/comedian
• Jim Carrey, (born 1962), actor/comedian
• Don Cherry, (born 1934), television personality, former ice hockey head coach, player
• Tommy Chong, (born 1938), actor/comedian
• Cirque du Soleil, circus troupe
• Kim Coates, actor
• Gavin Crawford, comedian, The Gavin Crawford Show/This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Mark Critch, comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• David Cronenberg, (born 1943), director
• Hume Cronyn, (1911–2003), actor

D

• William B. Davis – 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

E

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

F

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

G

• 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

H

• Monty Hall, (born 1921), game show host
• Phil Hartman, (1948–1998), actor, Saturday Night Live
• Tricia Helfer, (born 1974), actress, Battlestar Galactica, and model
• Jill Hennessy – actress, Law & Order
• Natasha Henstridge, (born 1974), actress, Species, and model
• Foster Hewitt, (1902–1985), broadcaster
• Arthur Hiller, (born 1923), winner of 2001 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar

I

J

• Peter Jennings, (born 1938), News anchor
• Norman Jewison, (born 1926), director, received The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
• Cathy Jones, actress, comedian This Hour Has 22 Minutes

K

• Margot Kidder, (born 1948), actress – "Superman's Lois Lane"
• The Kids in the Hall – comedy troupe
• Mimi Kuzyk, (born 1952), actress – "NYPD Blue"

L

• René Lecavalier – broadcaster
• Eugene Levy – actor/comedian
• Evangeline Lilly (born 1979), actress (Lost)
• Art Linkletter, (born 1912), TV personality
• Rich Little, (born 1938), impressionist

M

• Shaun Majumder – actor/comedian This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Howie Mandel – 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

N

• Leslie Nielsen, (born 1926), actor

O

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

P

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

Q

R

• Keanu Reeves, (born 1964), actor The Matrix
• Ivan Reitman, (born 1946), Director and Producer
• Gloria Reuben, (born 1964), actor: ER

S

• Morley 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; father of Kiefer
• Kiefer Sutherland, (born 1966), actor (24)

T

• Dave Thomas – actor/comedian
• Greg Thomey – actor, comedian This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Cali Timmins, (born 1963), soap opera actress (Maggie Shelby on Ryan's Hope)
• Alex Trebek, (born 1940), game show host

U

V

• Nia Vardalos (born 1962), actress/screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

W

• Lyman Ward – actor
• Mary Walsh, (born 1952), comedian/actress This Hour Has 22 Minutes/Mary Walsh: Open Book
• Johnny Wayne, (1918–1990), comedian
• Fay Wray, (1907–2004), actress

X

Y

Z

See also: List of Canadians, List of Canadian musicians