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===Interests=== Myers is a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' player<ref>{{cite episode|title=Mike Myers|series=Inside the Actors Studio|series-link=Inside the Actors Studio|network=[[Bravo (U.S. TV network)|Bravo]]|date=February 4, 2001|season=7|number=9}}</ref> and was one of several celebrities to have participated in the [[Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day|Worldwide ''Dungeons & Dragons'' Game Day]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/dungeons-and-dragons-game-day-article-5339.html|title=Dungeons and Dragons Game Day at London Dungeon |website=ViewLondon.co.uk |date= November 3, 2007|access-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref> He supports the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] ice hockey team,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/mike-myers-as-proud-as-ever-of-canadians/| title=Mike Myers as proud as ever of Canadians| website=[[Sportsnet]].ca | date=October 25, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> and named two characters in the first ''Austin Powers'' film Commander Gilmour and General Borschevsky, after former-Maple Leafs players [[Doug Gilmour]] and [[Nikolai Borschevsky]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.thestar.com/news/invictus-games/2017/09/23/mike-myers-gives-thanks-to-thriving-invictus-games-athletes.html| last = Winsa | first= Patty | title= Mike Myers gives thanks to 'thriving' Invictus Games athletes | work = Toronto Star| date = September 23, 2017 | accessdate = January 15, 2021}}</ref> He is also a fan of his parents' hometown football team [[Liverpool FC]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/us-actor-mike-myers-to-play-football-890670| title=US actor Mike Myers to play football in Manchester for charity| last1= Bourne|first1=Dianne|date=May 27, 2010|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|access-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> Myers has played for [[Hollywood United FC]], a celebrity soccer team.<ref>{{cite web| last=Philip|first=Robert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2293564/Frank-Leboeuf-ready-to-act-on-the-ball.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2293564/Frank-Leboeuf-ready-to-act-on-the-ball.html |archive-date= January 10, 2022 |url-access= subscription |url-status=live|title=Frank Leboeuf ready to act on the ball|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=March 5, 2008|access-date=June 18, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He played in the 2010 [[Soccer Aid]] for [[UNICEF UK]] football match, England vs. R.O.W (Rest of the World) and scored his penalty during a sudden-death shootout after the game ended 2β2 (June 6, 2010). The Rest of the World team beat England for the first time since the tournament started. In June 2018, during a guest appearance on ''[[Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'', Myers stated that Britain is a "rooting interest" for him during soccer games in part because of his parents and because he is also a citizen of the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTS0oN21Mh0|title=Mike Myers Talks About His Intense Love of Soccer|date=June 21, 2018 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In 2014, Myers starred in a commercial with his brother Peter for [[Sears Canada]], using "humorous banter to spread the message that, despite rumours, Sears wasn't shutting down". Peter at the time was senior director of planning at Sears' head office in Toronto, and he was laid off in 2017 after Sears Canada filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="CBC"/> In 2016, Myers published a book, ''Canada'', a memoir interwoven with reflections on his native country's history and popular culture and Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref name="ott"/> [[Myers]] makes mention of his favourite Canadian band [[Max Webster]] among others such as [[Led Zeppelin]].
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