- Born
- Nicknames
- The Tiny Canadian
- Small
- Height5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
- Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. He began his career at the age of 10 on the award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for which he received a Gemini nomination and a Young Artist Awards nomination. Later, Page appeared in Marion Bridge (2002), which won the award for Best Canadian First Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival. He won a Gemini Award for their role of Lilith in the first season of ReGenesis (2004), a one-hour drama for TMN/Movie Central, and for the cable feature, Ghost Cat (2004), for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series. In addition, Page appeared in the cult hit TV series Trailer Park Boys (2001).
As the lead in David Slade's Hard Candy (2005), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Page garnered much praise for their tour de force performance as a 14-year-old who meets a 30-year-old photographer on the Internet and then looks to expose him as a pedophile. Films that followed included the title role of Bruce McDonald's The Tracey Fragments (2007); An American Crime (2007), also starring Catherine Keener; and the third installation of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), where Page played Kitty Pryde.
With his breakout role in Jason Reitman's hit comedy Juno (2007), about an offbeat teenager who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, Page received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Best Actress nominations, and won the Independent Spirit Award for their performance. He followed up that turn with the lead in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, the roller-derby comedy-drama Whip It (2009), Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Inception (2010), the independent film Peacock (2010), and the dark comedy Super (2010), opposite Rainn Wilson and Liv Tyler.
Page co-starred alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Alison Pill, Alec Baldwin, and Greta Gerwig in the Woody Allen ensemble comedy To Rome with Love (2012), and appeared in the thriller The East (2013), a story centered on a contract worker (played by Brit Marling) tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group, only to find herself falling for its leader (played by Alexander Skarsgård).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseEmma Portner(January 3, 2018 - 2021) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsMartha PhilpottsDennis Page
- RelativesGordon Wesley Philpotts(Grandparent)Gladys Jean MacKinnon(Grandparent)Archibald George Philpotts(Great Grandparent)Catherine Eunice Lane(Great Grandparent)
- Small frame
- Sardonic drawling voice
- Deadpan sense of humor
- Often plays intelligent likeable characters
- Was originally cast in Jane Eyre (2011) as the title role, but quit the project when production was delayed. Mia Wasikowska was later cast instead.
- Originally turned down the role of Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) until director Brett Ratner personally contacted him and talked them into it.
- Studied permaculture at an eco-village outside Eugene, Oregon.
- At a Human Rights Campaign event in Las Vegas on Valentine's Day 2014, Elliot announced that they were gay. They had told their parents much earlier at age 19.
- Had to wear hair extensions for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) as they had shaved their head bald for their role in Mouth to Mouth (2005).
- The thing I like about acting is being able to lose yourself completely in someone else. I'm not that comfortable when I get recognized.
- I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.
- I don't care if people like my character. I just want them to think about the movie's message.
- When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet.
- Judging people you don't know for things you don't understand is just really stupid.
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