Mark Meer

Mark has been a member of Rapid Fire Theatre since 1992, performing with RFT across the globe at numerous international improv tournaments and festivals. Mark is a core company member of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, a founding member of the comedy troupe Gordon’s Big Bald Head, and the host of the Varscona Theatre’s monthly variety show Oh Susanna! He works regularly with Atomic Improv, Teatro la Quindicina, and Shadow Theatre, and is the recipient of an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. Mark is a writer and performer on CBC Radio’s hit sketch comedy program The Irrelevant Show and on the Gemini Award-nominated TV show Caution: May Contain Nuts. His voice is featured in a number of video games from Bioware Corp, including Jade EmpireNeverwinter NightsNeverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark,Dragon Age: Origins, and Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening. In 2007′s Mass Effect and 2010′s Mass Effect 2, he stars as the voice of the player character, Commander Shepard.  A dedicated fan of All Hallow’s Eve, (it’s also his wedding anniversary), Mark has produced and directed RFT’s annual Halloween show for the past several years, staging the ghoulish extravaganza known as Uncle Zombie, and the superhero spectaculars Improv on Infinite Earths and Improv Secret Wars. Mark is always thrilled by the opportunity to write about himself in the third person.