Elliot Page

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Full Name: Elliot Page
Date of birth: February 21, 1987 (39 years old)
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Height: 1,55m
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Elliot Page has been active for 25 years, participating in 23 movies that average a 6.9/10 score.

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Biography

Elliot Page was born on 21 February 1987 in Halifax, on Canada's Atlantic coast, the son of a teacher and a graphic designer. He started acting at ten in local productions such as 'Pit Pony', which earned him his first award nominations, cut his teeth on Canadian television, including the anarchic 'Trailer Park Boys', and moved to Toronto in his mid teens to keep studying while he worked.

Three decades on, he is one of the most recognisable actors of his generation, one of the most influential voices to come out of it and, as of this month, part of the ensemble of the year's biggest release.

The 'Juno' phenomenon

His first depth charge was 'Hard Candy' (2005), a deeply uncomfortable thriller unveiled at Sundance in which his seemingly fragile teenager turned the tables on a predator played by Patrick Wilson. Critics were floored and Hollywood took note: a year later he was Kitty Pryde in 'X-Men 3: The Last Stand' (2006), his first blockbuster, before tackling the harrowing true story of 'An American Crime' (2007).

Then came 'Juno' (2007). Jason Reitman's comedy about a sharp tongued pregnant teenager cost little more than seven million dollars, took over 230 million worldwide and turned even its hamburger phone into a pop icon. His chemistry with Michael Cera earned him, at just 20, an Academy Award nomination, along with Golden Globe and BAFTA nods; the film collected four Oscar nominations in all and Diablo Cody won the statuette for her screenplay.

The years that followed mixed big and small: the comedy 'Smart People' (2008), the roller derby of 'Whip It!' (2009), Drew Barrymore's directing debut, the unsettling 'Peacock' (2009), the superhero satire 'Super' (2010), the thriller 'The East' (2012), 'To Rome with Love' (2012) and the experimental 'The Tracey Fragments' (2007), unveiled at the Berlin film festival.

In 2010, Christopher Nolan recruited him as Ariadne, the dream architect of 'Inception', alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2013 he led the video game 'Beyond: Two Souls', and in 2014 he returned as Kitty Pryde in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.

Coming out, twice

On 14 February 2014, at the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference in Las Vegas, he came out as gay with a speech that travelled around the world: he was, he said, tired of hiding and tired of lying by omission. Activism seeped into his filmography from then on: he produced and starred in 'Freeheld' (2015), opposite Julianne Moore, the true story of a terminally ill policewoman fighting to leave her pension to her partner, and fronted the Emmy nominated documentary series 'Gaycation', created alongside his friend Ian Daniel.

In that period he also headlined the survival drama 'Into the forest' (2015), with Evan Rachel Wood, the motherhood tale 'Tallulah' (2016), the romance 'My Days of Mercy' (2017), opposite Kate Mara, the remake of 'Flatliners' (2017), and voiced the English version of the animated gem 'My Life as a Courgette'.

On 1 December 2020 he took an even bigger step: he announced that he is a trans man and that his name is Elliot. Support from the industry was immediate, Netflix updated his credits across its entire catalogue and, months later, Time magazine made him the first trans man ever to front its cover, under the headline 'I'm fully who I am'. He has been one of the most visible voices of the community ever since, in the middle of a global debate over trans rights.

Viktor Hargreeves and the Netflix years

By then he was already one of the leads of 'The Umbrella Academy' (2019), the series about a dysfunctional family of superheroes that became one of Netflix's biggest hits and, for years, one of the platform's most watched shows. Page and the writers folded his transition into the story rather than recasting or writing him out.

His character, a violinist with devastating powers, went through his own transition in season three and took the name Viktor Hargreeves, in one of the most talked about storylines of 2022 television. The show bowed out in 2024 after four seasons, and along the way Page also appeared in the revival of 'Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City' (2019).

In June 2023 he published 'Pageboy', an unfiltered memoir about Hollywood, dysphoria and the road to accepting himself, which went straight to number one on The New York Times bestseller list. A year later he returned to leading man duties with 'Close to You', an intimate, largely improvised drama about a trans man returning to his home town, directed by Dominic Savage that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, his first lead since his transition and a production of his own company, Pageboy Productions.

Private, but not hidden

In his personal life, he was married to Canadian dancer and choreographer Emma Portner, whom he first noticed through an Instagram dance video, from 2018 to 2021, and since the summer of 2025 he has been in a relationship with comedian and actress Julia Shiplett, known for the Prime Video comedy 'Overcompensating', the first he has made public since his transition: after keeping things quiet for months and confirming the romance with a Pride post, the couple walked the red carpet together at the world premiere of 'The Odyssey' in London on 6 July.

Which brings the story right up to date: this July, Page returns to the front line of world cinema as the Greek soldier Sinon in 'The Odyssey', Christopher Nolan's monumental Homer adaptation shot on IMAX cameras across the Mediterranean, joining an ensemble led by Matt Damon. His role was kept secret until days before release, feeding months of speculation. It is his first major blockbuster since 2014, and a full circle reunion with the director who trusted him with 'Inception' sixteen years ago.

Nineteen years after that sarcastic teenager with the hamburger phone conquered the world, could he be enjoying the freest chapter of his career yet?