20th-century Canadian male writers

Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

James Eugene Carrey is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. Known primarily for his energetic slapstick performances, he is regarded as one of the most prominent comedic actors of his generation. He has received two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer. His films combine cutting-edge film technology with classical filmmaking techniques and have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director of all time. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, Cameron has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for six British Academy Film Awards.

Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)

Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker

Canadian actor (born 1931)

Canadian filmmaker (born 1943)

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)

Canadian film director and screenwriter (born 1967)

Canadian-American actor (born 1952)

Canadian author

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)

Slovak–Canadian filmmaker (1946–2022)

Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent (born 1960)

British writer (1909–1957)

Canadian philosopher (born 1931)

Canadian journalist and science writer

British-Canadian writer

Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer (born 1961)

Moroccan-Canadian comedian and actor

Argentine-Canadian philosopher (1919-2020)

American writer (1915–1983)

Canadian-American drummer (1952–2020)

Canadian actor and author of adventure novels (1907-1995)

Canadian screenwriter and director (born 1953)

Canadian humanitarian, Catholic philosopher, and theologian (1928–2019)

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science (1932–2023)

Canadian actor (1920–2005)

Canadian novelist (1913-1995)

Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I (1872-1918)

Canadian writer, and former lawyer

Canadian musician

Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879-1964)

Canadian actor and comedian

French writer (1880–1913)

Canadian-British film director

Argentine-Canadian writer (born 1948)

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

American-Canadian evangelist

Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor (born 1944)

Canadian parapsychologist, reincarnation researcher (1918–2007)

Canadian science fiction writer (born 1960)

Canadian director, screenwriter, film editor, actor and film producer from Québec

Canadian television producer and screenwriter

Indian-born Canadian writer (born 1952)

Canadian producer, screenwriter and director

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Haitian Canadian novelist, screenwriter and former journalist

Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic (1912-1995)

American-born Canadian director and screenwriter

Canadian writer and lecturer (1888–1938) who passed as half Indian in the latter years of his life

author and artist of comic books

Lebanese Canadian actor, author and director

Canadian poet (1879-1941)

Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016)

playwright working in Quebec (born 1942)

Canadian actor

Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer (1930–2014)