Do we like Elliot Page?
Our score: 9 out of 10. Nothing harmful found, a record of speaking up for trans people even as he cops abuse for it, and no real stain to set against that.
Elliot Page is a Halifax kid who became a Hollywood name early. He earned an Oscar nomination for Juno in 2007, then reportedly thought about quitting acting, and after Inception he moved back home to Halifax. He came out as gay in 2014, aged 27, and as a trans man in 2020.
The big public stoush in his past is less a scandal of his own making than a pile-on aimed at him. Right-wing commentators took shots at his casting in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey before his role was even confirmed. Newsmax host Rob Finnerty misgendered him on air, per The Advocate, and Elon Musk reposted several posts about Page and replied “banger” to one of them.
On the harm check, this is a clean sheet. What we found is Page speaking up for trans people, not against anyone. In 2023 he said he told his story because the climate was “just so rife with attacks against trans people.” We found no harmful words, no conspiracy-theory slide, and no pattern of grievance.
His recent work checks out too. Since 2020 he has finished The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and reunited with Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey. At New York Comic Con in 2025 he said he was “completely jazzed” to work with Nolan again. We found nothing in his recent projects that ties him to people pushing harm, though the project list we could verify is short.
The Odyssey was also a win. Critics called his Sinon a pivotal role, and Nolan called the backlash to his casting irrelevant. PinkNews rounded up reviews praising the performance, and the film reportedly opened big. Not bad for a bloke the culture warriors tried to cancel before they'd seen a frame.
The good-person side is the thinner one, mostly because there's not much to find. We found no convictions, no lawsuits against him and no credible reporting of him mistreating anyone. What we did find is a man who keeps showing up at rallies and in interviews at a personal cost, since each appearance brings fresh abuse. That's a pass, and a solid one.