Michael Cera Is A Comedic Genius

A couple years ago a friend of mine recommended that I watch episodes of Arrested Development. I was immediately hooked and Arrested Development became one of my favorite sitcoms in the past five years. For those who may be unfamiliar, the show included some extremely funny actors like Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, David Cross, and Jeffrey Tamboor, to name a few. However, since the show has ended, no one’s career has taken off more than Michael Cera’s, and deservedly so.

What’s ironic though is that Michael Cera never really stood out to me when watching the show. He played the awkward, timid, sexually confused adolescent extremely well, but his humor never jumped out at you. Since then, I have come to learn that Cera does not steal scenes with his brand of comedy, but rather he heightens his scenes with a subtle realism that makes you feel as if his character is perpetually trapped in awkward moments like ones you have squirmed through from time to time when you were growing up.

After Arrested Development, Cera’s career has flourished in movies like Superbad and Juno. However, a look at his filmography and you will notice that he has been acting since he was about 10 years old in the late 90’s. With Juno and Super Bad both doing well with critics and in the box office, Cera has arrived and hopefully the best is yet to come. Cera is also known for making a lot of short skits distributed on the world wide web. So I scoured the internet to find some of Cera’s finer moments. Click below to watch some of these hilarious clips.