Birth Place Matching "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Ryan Reynolds
Actor | Deadpool 2
Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. ...
2. Sarah Desjardins
Actress | Yellowjackets
Sarah Desjardins was born on July 15, 1994 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Yellowjackets (2021), Riverdale (2017) and Impulse (2018).
3. Seth Rogen
Producer | This Is the End
An actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.
Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. His father is American-born and his mother is Canadian. He is of Russian...
4. Alexander Ludwig
Actor | Vikings
After starring in the hugely successful blockbuster The Hunger Games (2012) (for which he received two awards), Alexander has gone on to work in films such as Lone Survivor (2013), The Final Girls (2015), and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and received critical acclaim for his performance as Bjorn ...
5. Joshua Jackson
Actor | The Affair
Joshua Carter Jackson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His Irish mother, Fiona Jackson, is a casting director originally from Dublin. His American father, John Carter Jackson, is from Texas. Josh spent the first eight years of his life in California before returning to Canada. At the age of...
6. Mackenzie Davis
Actress | Terminator: Dark Fate
Mackenzie Davis was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and went to McGill University in Montreal. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Shortly thereafter, she was discovered by Drake Doremus, and made her acting debut in his feature film, Breathe In...
7. Jud Tylor
Actress | Charlie Wilson's War
Jud Tylor (born March 24, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian television and film actress. She has had recurring roles in a number of television programs and films including the hit series That '70s Show (1998) as the sexy Samantha and a supporting lead alongside Academy award winner ...
8. Jacob Tremblay
Actor | Room
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's ...
9. Hayden Christensen
Actor | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Hayden Christensen was born April 19, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His parents, Alie and David Christensen, are in the communications business. He is of Danish (father) and Swedish and Italian (mother) descent. Hayden grew up in Markham, Ontario, with siblings Kaylen, Hejsa, and ...
10. Cobie Smulders
Actress | Safe Haven
Cobie Smulders was born on April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and an English mother. As a girl, Cobie had set her sights on becoming a doctor or a marine biologist. In fact, it wasn't until high school that Cobie started to explore acting after appearing in several ...
11. Kristin Kreuk
Actress | EuroTrip
Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Deanna Che, who is of Chinese ancestry, and Peter Kreuk, who is of Dutch descent. Her parents are landscape architects. She attended and graduated from Eric Hamber Secondary School. Although she did some stage work in school, she ...
12. Melissa Roxburgh
Actress | Star Trek Beyond
Melissa Roxburgh is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012), as Ensign Syl in the 2016 film Star Trek Beyond, as Olivia Tanis in The Marine 4: Moving Target., and as Michaela Stone in the NBC/Netflix ...
13. Finn Wolfhard
Actor | It
A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, actor Finn Wolfhard stars as Mike Wheeler in the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series Stranger Things (2016). The hit series has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a ...
14. Serinda Swan
Actress | Coroner
Serinda Swan was born on July 11, 1984 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to an actress mother and theatre director father. She always had her eye on acting. Her mother would frequently take her on set, when she was little. When she was three years old, she starred in her first motion ...
15. Carrie-Anne Moss
Actress | The Matrix
Carrie-Anne Moss was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. At age 20, after studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she moved to Europe to pursue a career in modeling. While in Spain she was cast in the TV show Dark Justice which was produced in Barcelona for its first season and Los ...
16. Emmanuelle Vaugier
Actress | Saw II
Emmanuelle Vaugier is a Canadian actress, singer, and model. She began acting in grade school, after she was cast as an understudy in a play and had to fill in when the lead actor became ill. She modeled in Japan for three years. She made her acting debut in the 1995 made-for-TV movie drama, A ...
17. Devon Sawa
Actor | Final Destination
Devon started his career as a young actor in Vancouver, Canada. First in the theater, and then moving onto smaller roles on TV. His breakout role was the title character in the Universal motion picture, Casper. He went on to star in many more films during his teens such as Now and Then, Little ...
18. Emily Bett Rickards
Actress | Arrow
Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born on July 24, 1991. She attended film school after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She played "Felicity Smoak" on the CW network's Arrow (2012) and The Flash (2014), and appears in the upcoming, acclaimed feature film, ...
19. Christian Convery
Actor | Cocaine Bear
At only 12 years old, Christian Convery has made a name for himself as a young actor working alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Having worked nonstop the past 4 years, Christian has several exciting projects in the works.
In summer 2021, Christian starred in a leading role on the ...
20. Taylor Russell
Actress | Bones and All
Taylor Russell was born on July 18, 1994 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for Bones and All (2022), Waves (2019) and The Heart Still Hums (2020).
21. Paul Campbell
Actor | Battlestar Galactica
Paul Campbell was born in the late seventies to Karen and Bruce Campbell who gave him his name along with a few other things like shelter and hope. As a child he showed plenty of promise. Unfortunately it turned out to be a rash that would haunt him well into his teens. At age 18 Paul struck up a ...
22. Katharine Isabelle
Actress | Ginger Snaps
Katharine Isabelle was born Katharine Isobel Murray in Vancouver, British Columbia to Graeme Murray, an art director and production designer who has won two Emmy Awards for her special effects work on the television series The X-Files (1993) and Gail Murray, an amateur Vancouver writer and producer...
23. Laura Harris
Actress | The Faculty
Born to public school teachers in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Laura Harris began acting professionally in CBC radio dramas at an early age. With a taste for quirky, character-driven material, Harris is known for playing 1930's starlet "Daisy Adair" in Showtime's cult hit Dead Like Me (2003)...
24. Noel Fisher
Actor | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Noel Fisher has become one of the entertainment industry's most sought-after and versatile performers, bringing to life memorable characters on the big and small screens over the past few years. Fisher's film and television credits include starring as Michelangelo in Paramount Pictures' summer hit ...
25. Yvonne De Carlo
Actress | The Ten Commandments
Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of ...
26. Michelle Mylett
Actress | Letterkenny
Michelle can currently be seen on the hit Crave TV series LETTERKENNEY. For the past 3 seasons, MICHELLE starred in the sole female lead role of 'Katy.' The show, created by Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney, just wrapped their 4th season and has gone onto win the Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy ...
27. Deborah Kara Unger
Actress | The Game
Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature film debut in Prisoners of the Sun (1990), followed by roles in Christopher Crowe's Whispers in the Dark (1992), Till There Was You (1991), and Highlander: The...
28. Lauren Lee Smith
Actress | Trick 'r Treat
Lauren Lee Smith was born on June 19, 1980 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Trick 'r Treat (2007), Mutant X (2001) and Pathology (2008). She has been married to Erik Lee Steingröver since April 4, 2009.
29. Sarah Goldberg
Actress | The Dark Knight Rises
Sarah Goldberg is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Sally Reed in the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018-present), which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also originated the dual role of Betsey/...
30. Jessica Lucas
Actress | The Covenant
Jessica Lucas (born September 24th, 1985) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for her roles in television, such as Edgemont, Melrose Place (1992) and Cult, and in the films The Covenant (2006), Cloverfield (2008) and 2013's Evil Dead (2013). She also starred in the music video for ...
31. Erica Cerra
Actress | Power Rangers
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Erica Cerra discovered her love of acting by her 8th birthday. After appearing in numerous commercials Erica decided to take a break from acting. Returning to the business at 22, she decided to dedicate herself whole-heartedly to living as a professional actor. ...
32. Alexia Fast
Actress | Candid About Love
Born and raised in Vancouver, Alexia Fast has made an enduring mark on the North American film and television industry throughout her career spanning from child actor to adult. Her work has been recognized by her peers in the Canadian Actors Guild as a nominee for Best Actress in Dirk Gently's ...
33. Nolan Gerard Funk
Actor | The Flight Attendant
The Canadian actor started out as a national gymnast and diver. He is also fluent in French and German. He received his first break when cast in the starring role of the Nickelodeon movie Spectacular! (2009), opposite Victoria Justice. He is the new celebrity face of Versace, in conjunction with ...
34. Michael Shanks
Actor | Stargate SG-1
Michael Shanks was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Stargate SG-1 (1997), Stargate: Continuum (2008) and Elysium (2013). He has been married to Lexa Doig since August 2, 2003. They have two children.
35. Tiera Skovbye
Actress | 2 Hearts
Nurturing an impressive body of work encompassing film and television, Tiera Skovbye's career continues to evolve with diverse and challenging projects. Tiera currently (2020) stars as the lead of the Global series "Nurses" which follows five young nurses working on the front lines of a busy ...
36. Darren Mann
Actor | Giant Little Ones
With professional junior hockey behind him, Mann has worked non-stop in film and television, so far in just the past few years alone, shooting in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, Alabama, Kentucky, and Dubai.
He starred in Network Entertainment's Stanley's Game Seven 3D (2012) and the hockey feature...
37. Alisha Newton
Actress | Devil in Ohio
Born and raised in Vancouver Canada, Alisha Newton has been appearing in TV and film for over a decade and has been seen in well over 100 hours of prime time television. Her first big role came as a series regular for "The Wyoming Story", an Amy Sherman-Palladino pilot for CW/WarnerBros. ...
38. Brandon Jay McLaren
Actor | Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Canadian American actor Brandon Jay McLaren is well known for his extensive work portraying a diverse range of characters on both the big and small screen. Notable television credits include fan favorite 'Xavier Watkins' on the comedy/action series Turner & Hooch, Disney+'s reboot of the classic ...
39. Nancy Robertson
Actress | Hiccups
Nancy Robertson is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Wanda Dollard of the Canadian television series Corner Gas, and for her role as Millie Upton in the series Hiccups.
Robertson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Robertson appeared in the mockumentary film The Delicate Art...
40. Emily Perkins
Actress | Ginger Snaps
Emily Perkins was born on May 4, 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Ginger Snaps (2000), Juno (2007) and Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004). She is married to Ernest Mathijs.
41. Jason Priestley
Actor | Beverly Hills, 90210
Jason Priestley was born on August 28, 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Call Me Fitz (2010) and Cas & Dylan (2013). He has been married to Naomi Lowde-Priestley since May 14, 2005. They have two children. He was ...
42. Tanaya Beatty
Actress | Yellowstone
Tanaya Beatty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is known for Yellowstone (2018), Through Black Spruce (2018) and Hostiles (2017).
43. Gil Bellows
Actor | Patriot
Gil Bellows was born on June 28, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Patriot (2015), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Love and a .45 (1994). He has been married to Rya Kihlstedt since October 3, 1994. They have two children.
44. Jason Gray-Stanford
Actor | Monk
Jason Gray-Stanford was born on May 19, 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Monk (2002), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006). He was previously married to Jes Macallan.
45. Ian Tracey
Actor | Continuum
Ian Tracey was born on June 26, 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Continuum (2012), Open Range (2003) and Timecop (1994).
46. Jennifer Robertson
Actress | Schitt's Creek
Jennifer Robertson was born on November 24, 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Schitt's Creek (2015), Twitches (2005) and Comedy Inc. (2002).
47. Lynda Boyd
Actress | Virgin River
Lynda Boyd was born in Vancouver and is a versatile triple threat with an extensive stage, television, film and animation career.
Over the years, Lynda has played Diane Keaton's best friend, Leslie Nielsen's wife, Owen Wilson's confidante and Jennifer Lopez's boss. Lynda also starred in the CBC hit ...
48. Teryl Rothery
Actress | Stargate SG-1
A Vancouver native, Teryl Rothery always knew she wanted to be an entertainer. She began her career as a dancer at age thirteen when she performed in her first musical, "Bye Bye Birdie". Her role in "Annie Get Your Gun" earned her a Most Outstanding Performer award with her theater company. Teryl ...
49. Avan Jogia
Actor | Zombieland: Double Tap
Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as Danny Araujo on the award-winning TV movie drama A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series Caprica (2009) as well as ...
50. Carly Pope
Actress | Elysium
Carly graduated from high school in Vancouver in 1998. She made her American screen debut in I've Been Waiting for You (1998). Her most noticeable roles to date are "Molly White" in Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000), and "Sam McPherson" in TV's Popular (1999). She auditioned for roles on Roswell (...