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Ryan Gosling - Canada's Hollywood heartthrob has an enviable on-screen presence in which he says more with his body than with his voice, but he's actually quite vocal in his and screenwriter Zach Shields' band, Dead Man's Bones.
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Ryan Gosling - The actor sings and plays multiple instruments including piano and cello, both of which he taught himself to play.
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Ryan Gosling - The way the band started is the coolest: Gosling was dating his 'The Notebook' co-star Rachel McAdams in 2015, and McAdams' sister was dating Zach Shields. The two men met and discovered a mutual love of spookiness. Four years later, the band released a self-titled album that features a haunting children's choir singing, "When I think about you, flowers grow out of my grave."
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Ryan Gosling - With all the musical talent that came out of the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' including Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera, Gosling's musical underbelly seems like less of a surprise. He disguises his identity on the album by using the moniker Baby Goose.
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Michael Cera - In 'Juno,' Cera and Ellen Page performed the duet 'Anyone Else But You,' but did you know the Canadian actor is a long-time musician?
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Michael Cera - In 2014, he released his debut album, titled 'True That.' It featured 19 original tracks, a cover of Roderick Falconer's 'Play It Again,' and a cover of Blaze Foley's 'Clay Pigeons.'
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Michael Cera - Many people have seen him play bass in 'Scott Pilgrim vs the World,' but Cera was also a touring bassist for the indie rock band Mister Heavenly, as well as a member of the band The Long Goodbye.
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Michael Cera - He also played mandolin and sang backing vocals on the Weezer song 'Hang On' on the band's 2010 album, 'Hurley.'
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Malin Akerman - The Swedish-Canadian actress from 'Watchmen,' '27 Dresses,' 'Couples Retreat,' and 'The Heartbreak Kid' also models! Oh, and she was also the lead singer of an alt-rock band in the 2000s.
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Malin Akerman - While she was filming 'Utopian Society' in 2003, the director asked her to sing a few songs with his band, Ozono. They liked her so much that they made her their lead vocalist, then changed the group's name to The Petalstones.
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Malin Akerman - The Petalstones released their only album, 'Stung,' in 2005. Soon after, Akerman's acting career took off and she left the band.
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Malin Akerman - Akerman married The Petalstones' drummer, Roberto Zincone, in 2007. Sadly, they divorced in 2013.
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Finn Wolfhard - You know him as Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series 'Stranger Things,' and maybe as Richie Tozier in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's 'It,' but this 15-year-old is also in a Vancouver-based alt-rock band called Calpurnia.
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Finn Wolfhard - Wolfhard is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band, which loves to cover the likes of the Pixies, Weezer, and The Velvet Underground. Calpurnia recently signed to Royal Mountain Records and is expected to release an EP this year.
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Keanu Reeves - Before he became a household name as Neo in the 'Matrix' franchise, this Canadian actor had a solid career as a bassist for the alt-rock band Dogstar.
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Keanu Reeves - Dogstar formed in 1991, disbanded in 2002, and released four albums between those years. But this isn't your typical actor-side-project—Dogstar opened for Bon Jovi and played the Glastonbury festival in 1999.
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Keanu Reeves - Unlike Gosling, Reeves didn't care that his name was attached to the band. In fact, he told Empire that he hoped people would come because they saw him in movies, and that they would then genuinely enjoy the music.
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Kiefer Sutherland - The British-born Canadian actor is well-known for playing Jack Bauer on the Fox drama series '24.' He's on both Canada's and Hollywood's Walks of Fame, but acting isn't enough...
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Kiefer Sutherland - In 2016, Sutherland released his first studio album, 'Down in a Hole,' which featured singles like 'Not Enough Whiskey' and 'Can't Stay Away.' Is it a new step in his career, or a cry for help? He's currently on tour across America.
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Kiefer Sutherland - Sutherland told The Guardian that he's aware of the stigma attached to actor-musicians, adding, "I promise you, every time I hear someone talk about an actor doing this, my eyes roll in the back of my head, too. For me, though, this is something that is absolutely imperative to what I want to do with the rest of my life."
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Dan Aykroyd - The Canadian funny man and former Ghostbuster began his musical career on 'Saturday Night Live.' He was originally hired as a writer and somehow ended up becoming one half of The Blues Brothers with John Belushi.
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Dan Aykroyd - The Blues Brothers released an album called 'Briefcase Full of Blues' in 1978, and even opened for the Grateful Dead that same year.
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Dan Aykroyd - The musical act then spun into a film called 'The Blues Brothers,' which then turned into a world tour, and then a sequel film!
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William Shatner - You know the Canadian actor from his iconic role as Captain Kirk in the 'Star Trek' franchise. But maybe you don't know that Shatner's musical career began way back in 1968, when he confounded the masses with an album called 'The Transformed Man,' on which he dramatically reads Shakespeare over songs like 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man.'
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William Shatner - He later released a handful of live albums, one collaborative album with 'Star Trek' co-star Leonard Nimoy, and a heavy metal album that features covers of songs, including Pink Floyd's 'Learning to Fly' and Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
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William Shatner - He released his fifth solo album just five years ago. It features collaborations from people as diverse as Sheryl Crow, The Strokes' Nick Valensi, and Deep Purple's Ian Paice.
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Kevin O'Leary - The Canadian businessman is usually thought of as a suit-wearing, deal-making professional from ABC's reality series 'Shark Tank,' but he balances his cut-throat business edge with a softer musical side.
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Kevin O'Leary - He's publicly described music and art as chaos many times, but he loves it just the same. He was caught jamming with the legendary Randy Bachman on the 'Lang O'Leary Exchange' back in 2012.
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Joel Thomas Hynes
- The Canadian author, actor, director, and screenwriter really does it all. He worked on shows including 'Orphan Black' and 'The Book of Negroes' while also winning the Governor General's Award for Fiction for his novel 'We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night.'
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Joel Thomas Hynes - Just this year, he released a theatrical folk-rock album titled 'Dead Man's Melody' that follows the story of a number of characters with questionable dealings. Hynes redefines multi-talented!
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Ryan Gosling - Canada's Hollywood heartthrob has an enviable on-screen presence in which he says more with his body than with his voice, but he's actually quite vocal in his and screenwriter Zach Shields' band, Dead Man's Bones.
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Ryan Gosling - The actor sings and plays multiple instruments including piano and cello, both of which he taught himself to play.
© Bruno Press
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Ryan Gosling - The way the band started is the coolest: Gosling was dating his 'The Notebook' co-star Rachel McAdams in 2015, and McAdams' sister was dating Zach Shields. The two men met and discovered a mutual love of spookiness. Four years later, the band released a self-titled album that features a haunting children's choir singing, "When I think about you, flowers grow out of my grave."
© Bruno Press
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Ryan Gosling - With all the musical talent that came out of the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' including Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera, Gosling's musical underbelly seems like less of a surprise. He disguises his identity on the album by using the moniker Baby Goose.
© Bruno Press
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Michael Cera - In 'Juno,' Cera and Ellen Page performed the duet 'Anyone Else But You,' but did you know the Canadian actor is a long-time musician?
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Michael Cera - In 2014, he released his debut album, titled 'True That.' It featured 19 original tracks, a cover of Roderick Falconer's 'Play It Again,' and a cover of Blaze Foley's 'Clay Pigeons.'
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Michael Cera - Many people have seen him play bass in 'Scott Pilgrim vs the World,' but Cera was also a touring bassist for the indie rock band Mister Heavenly, as well as a member of the band The Long Goodbye.
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Michael Cera - He also played mandolin and sang backing vocals on the Weezer song 'Hang On' on the band's 2010 album, 'Hurley.'
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Malin Akerman - The Swedish-Canadian actress from 'Watchmen,' '27 Dresses,' 'Couples Retreat,' and 'The Heartbreak Kid' also models! Oh, and she was also the lead singer of an alt-rock band in the 2000s.
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Malin Akerman - While she was filming 'Utopian Society' in 2003, the director asked her to sing a few songs with his band, Ozono. They liked her so much that they made her their lead vocalist, then changed the group's name to The Petalstones.
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Malin Akerman - The Petalstones released their only album, 'Stung,' in 2005. Soon after, Akerman's acting career took off and she left the band.
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Malin Akerman - Akerman married The Petalstones' drummer, Roberto Zincone, in 2007. Sadly, they divorced in 2013.
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Finn Wolfhard - You know him as Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series 'Stranger Things,' and maybe as Richie Tozier in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's 'It,' but this 15-year-old is also in a Vancouver-based alt-rock band called Calpurnia.
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Finn Wolfhard - Wolfhard is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band, which loves to cover the likes of the Pixies, Weezer, and The Velvet Underground. Calpurnia recently signed to Royal Mountain Records and is expected to release an EP this year.
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Keanu Reeves - Before he became a household name as Neo in the 'Matrix' franchise, this Canadian actor had a solid career as a bassist for the alt-rock band Dogstar.
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Keanu Reeves - Dogstar formed in 1991, disbanded in 2002, and released four albums between those years. But this isn't your typical actor-side-project—Dogstar opened for Bon Jovi and played the Glastonbury festival in 1999.
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Keanu Reeves - Unlike Gosling, Reeves didn't care that his name was attached to the band. In fact, he told Empire that he hoped people would come because they saw him in movies, and that they would then genuinely enjoy the music.
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Kiefer Sutherland - The British-born Canadian actor is well-known for playing Jack Bauer on the Fox drama series '24.' He's on both Canada's and Hollywood's Walks of Fame, but acting isn't enough...
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Kiefer Sutherland - In 2016, Sutherland released his first studio album, 'Down in a Hole,' which featured singles like 'Not Enough Whiskey' and 'Can't Stay Away.' Is it a new step in his career, or a cry for help? He's currently on tour across America.
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Kiefer Sutherland - Sutherland told The Guardian that he's aware of the stigma attached to actor-musicians, adding, "I promise you, every time I hear someone talk about an actor doing this, my eyes roll in the back of my head, too. For me, though, this is something that is absolutely imperative to what I want to do with the rest of my life."
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Dan Aykroyd - The Canadian funny man and former Ghostbuster began his musical career on 'Saturday Night Live.' He was originally hired as a writer and somehow ended up becoming one half of The Blues Brothers with John Belushi.
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Dan Aykroyd - The Blues Brothers released an album called 'Briefcase Full of Blues' in 1978, and even opened for the Grateful Dead that same year.
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Dan Aykroyd - The musical act then spun into a film called 'The Blues Brothers,' which then turned into a world tour, and then a sequel film!
© Bruno Press
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William Shatner - You know the Canadian actor from his iconic role as Captain Kirk in the 'Star Trek' franchise. But maybe you don't know that Shatner's musical career began way back in 1968, when he confounded the masses with an album called 'The Transformed Man,' on which he dramatically reads Shakespeare over songs like 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man.'
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William Shatner - He later released a handful of live albums, one collaborative album with 'Star Trek' co-star Leonard Nimoy, and a heavy metal album that features covers of songs, including Pink Floyd's 'Learning to Fly' and Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
© Bruno Press
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William Shatner - He released his fifth solo album just five years ago. It features collaborations from people as diverse as Sheryl Crow, The Strokes' Nick Valensi, and Deep Purple's Ian Paice.
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Kevin O'Leary - The Canadian businessman is usually thought of as a suit-wearing, deal-making professional from ABC's reality series 'Shark Tank,' but he balances his cut-throat business edge with a softer musical side.
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Kevin O'Leary - He's publicly described music and art as chaos many times, but he loves it just the same. He was caught jamming with the legendary Randy Bachman on the 'Lang O'Leary Exchange' back in 2012.
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Joel Thomas Hynes
- The Canadian author, actor, director, and screenwriter really does it all. He worked on shows including 'Orphan Black' and 'The Book of Negroes' while also winning the Governor General's Award for Fiction for his novel 'We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night.'
(Photo: Flickr)
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Joel Thomas Hynes - Just this year, he released a theatrical folk-rock album titled 'Dead Man's Melody' that follows the story of a number of characters with questionable dealings. Hynes redefines multi-talented!
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These amazing Canadian actors are also musicians
But are they any good?
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Captain Kirk put out an album? Or what secret talents adorable actress Malin Akerman is hiding? Check out which homegrown actors are also capable musicians!
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