question: What is the nationality of the actor who plays Maurice in Little Monsters ?
answer: Canadian
context: Title: Seven Little Monsters
  Passage: Seven Little Monsters is a children's picture book by American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.  "Seven Little Monsters" was published by Harper & Row in 1977 and served as the basis for the Canadian-Chinese television production of the same name (2000-2007).
  Title: Wake Up the Neighbourhood
  Passage: Wake Up the Neighbourhood is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Holland, released in 1999.  The album contains early demos recorded during the "Little Monsters" sessions, including five which were released on the album.  Reviews of "WUTN" were fairly positive with many reviewers giving the CD high 90s out of 100.
  Title: Seven Little Monsters (TV series)
  Passage: (Maurice Sendak's) Seven Little Monsters, or (Maurice Sendak's) 7 Little Monsters, is an American-Canadian-Chinese-Philippine children's television program about a family of seven monsters and their mother.  The series, based on the book by the same name, was created by Maurice Sendak and directed by Neil Affleck, Lynn Reist, and Glenn Sylvestor.  Each monster is named after a different number from one to seven, and each has unique physical characteristics.  The series was part of the "PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch" from 2000–03, and made an individual PBS debut on 2003, along with George Shrinks and The Berenstain Bears, and was shown from 2003–07 on YTV.  The series was produced by Wild Things Productions, Nelvana, Suzhou Hong Ying Animation Corporation Limited and Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (PASI Animation) from 2000–02.  The 54-episode series debuted in 2000 and aired its final episode in 2003 and reruns until 2004.
  Title: Little Monsters (album)
  Passage: Little Monsters is the first and only studio album by American heavy metal band Holland, released in 1985 on major label Atlantic Records.
  Title: Seán Cullen
  Passage: Seán Cullen (born August 29, 1965) is a Canadian voice actor and stand-up comedian.  He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music.  Cullen has been described in "Time" as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation".  He also is best known for providing voices of characters in shows like "Best Ed", "Seven Little Monsters," and "Almost Naked Animals".
  Title: Little Monsters
  Passage: Little Monsters is a 1989 American fantasy black comedy film starring Fred Savage as Brian Stevenson, a sixth-grader who has recently moved to a new town, and Howie Mandel as Maurice, the monster under the bed.
  Title: Ugly Little Monsters
  Passage: "Ugly Little Monsters" is a comic book storylines based on the "Buffy" television series that was published in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" #40–42 by Dark Horse Comics.  The arc was reprinted, along with issue #39 of the series, in a trade paperback collected edition.
  Title: Little Monsters (disambiguation)
  Passage: Little Monsters is a 1989 comedy-drama film starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel.
  Title: Howie Mandel
  Passage: Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor.  He is known as host of the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal", as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts.  In 1987, Mandel starred alongside Amy Steel in the comedy film "Walk Like a Man".  Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere".  He is also well known for being the creator and star of the children's cartoon "Bobby's World", as well as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent".
  Title: Little Monsters (game show)
  Passage: Little Monsters was a British game show that was broadcast on Sky One from 2003.
citations: Howie Mandel Little Monsters