Rick Roberts

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Rick Roberts has been a stage and screen actor, a playwright and director for over three decades. Other favourites include Animal Farm, Waiting for Godot, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Soulpepper Theatre); R+J (Stratford/Why Not Theatre); The Goat, Cymbeline (Stratford); Prodigal (Howland Theatre/Crow’s Theatre); Feast, Within the Glass, Enemy of the People (Tarragon); Proud (Belfry); Julius Caesar (Citadel Theatre) and the title role of Zastrozzi (Stratford Festival). As a writer, Mimi (which he co-wrote with Allan Cole and Melody Johnson) premiered at The Tarragon Theatre and was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Musical. His play Kite premiered to critical acclaim earning numerous Dora Award nominations for writing and production. Other writing credits include Fish/Wife. His play Orestes premiered online during covid at the Tarragon Theatre in 2021. Roberts starred in the series Fortunate Son and This Life for the CBC and appeared in Transplant (CTV/ NBC). he also appeared in the short film The Light Before the Sun for which he received an ACTRA award for best actor.  Rick starred in the CBC movie Jack where he played the role of the late Jack Layton. His performance garnered him the Canadian Screen Award and the ACTRA Award for Best Actor. He appears in the video game Far Cry 6. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.