Any of the Canadian readers out there will for sure know that today, July 1st is a national holiday marking the anniversary of the Constitution Act and is an extremely large holiday across the entire country. It's similar in scope to America's Independence Day. To celebrate Canada Day, I've taken the time to compile a list of some of this great nations best talent to have ever graced the film screen as a comic-book character.
Some of you might be quite surprised at some of the actors that are on this list, keep reading to check it out.
[Note: This is not a complete list]
Kevin Durand - Thunder Bay, Ontario
Fred Dukes in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds - Vancouver, British Columbia
Hal Jordan in
Green Lantern, and Deadpool in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Jim Carrey - Newmarket, Ontario
The Riddler in
Batman Forever
Seth Rogen - Vancouver, British Columbia
Britt Reid in
The Green Hornet
Cobie Smulders - Vancouver, British Columbia
Maria Hill in
The Avengers
Margot Kidder - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Lois Lane in the original
Superman franchise
Nathan Fillion - Edmonton, Alberta
Hal Jordan (Voice) in
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Colm Feore - Born in Boston but has lived in Canada for the past 40 years
King Laufey in
Thor
Shawn Ashmore - Richmond, British Columbia
Iceman in the
X-Men trilogy
Ellen Page - Halifax, Nova Scotia (Where I'm from)
Kitty Pryde in
X-Men: The Last Stand
Taylor Kitsch - Kelowna, British Columbia
Gambit in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
James Cameron - Kapuskasing, Ontario
Director
Avatar, Titanic, Terminator 1 & 2, Aliens
Others:
- David Cronenberg
- Ivan Reitman
- Paul Haggis
- Erica Durance
- Michael Shanks
- Anna Paquin
- Michael Ironside
- William Shatner
- Bruce Greenwood
- Dan Aykroyd