Mark Meer
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Mark Meer is a Canadian actor, writer and improvisor, based in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a core company member of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning live improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, and was the first performer to complete the annual 53-hour long Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon without sleep. He is also a member of Rapid Fire Theatre and a founder of the sketch comedy troupe Gordon's Big Bald Head. He hosts the monthly 'Euro-style' improv variety show Oh Susanna! and was a performer and writer on CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show. His voice is featured in a number of games from BioWare Corp. including Jade Empire and Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark. In 2007's Mass Effect, he stars as the voice of the male version of player character Commander Shepard.
In 2005, Meer was nominated for an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for co-writing the surreal sketch comedy show, Lobster Telephone (in which he also played Salvador Dali), with the ladies of Panties Productions. In 2006, he was honored with the Sterling Award for Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role for playing multiple roles in Helen's Necklace, produced by Shadow Theatre.
Meer also works regularly with Atomic Improv and at the Varscona Theatre with Teatro la Quindicina, the company founded by Canadian playwright Stewart Lemoine.
[edit] External links
- Mark Meer at the Internet Movie Database
- Rapid Fire Theatre Homepage [1]
- Die-Nasty Homepage [2]
- Oh Susanna! Homepage [3]
