Rick Roberts (actor)
{{Short description|Canadian actor (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox person
| imagesize =
| caption = Beals at the GLAAD Awards in 2009
| birth_name = Richard Charles Roberts
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|13}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1990–present
}}
Richard Charles Roberts{{cite news|title = Rick Roberts - Cast - This Life|url = http://www.cbc.ca/thislife/cast/rick-roberts|website = www.cbc.ca|accessdate = 2015-11-13}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Rick-Roberts.html|title=Rick Roberts Biography (1965-)}} (born November 13, 1965) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work in various films and television.
Early life
Roberts was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, graduating in 1991.{{cite web|title=Angry 'Ernest' says his real life is all sweetness - My Town Crier|url=http://mytowncrier.ca/arts/angry-ernest-says-his-real-life-is-all-sweetness/|website=My Town Crier|accessdate=29 November 2016|date=3 August 2005}}
Career
Roberts played Donald D'Arby in the series Traders,{{cite news|title=The passion and the politics|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/the-passion-and-the-politics-196658921.html|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=9 March 2013|accessdate=29 November 2016}} for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award.{{cite web|title=awards database|url=http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=person&step=1&byp-award-v=0&byp-winners-v=False&byp-name-v=Rick+Roberts|website=academy.ca|accessdate=29 November 2016}} He moved briefly to Los Angeles in 1998 appearing in the CBS series L.A. Doctors alongside Ken Olin and Sheryl Lee. Roberts returned to Canada to star in An American in Canada, which ran for two seasons.
Most recently, Roberts was featured in Michael McGowan's series Between, guest starred opposite Kim Cattrall in Sensitive Skin (TMN/Movie Central),{{cite web|title=Kim Cattrall Returns to HBO Canada with Season 2 of Award-Winning, Emmy®-Nominated Original Series SENSITIVE SKIN, May 15 at 8:30 p.m. ET – Bell Media|url=http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/kim-cattrall-returns-to-hbo-canada-with-season-2-of-award-winning-emmy-nominated-original-series-sensitive-skin-may-15-at-830-p-m-et/|website=www.bellmedia.ca|accessdate=29 November 2016}} appeared in Zoom (Pedro Morelli),{{cite web|last1=Lodge|first1=Guy|title=Film Review: 'Zoom'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/zoom-review-1201609555/|website=Variety|accessdate=29 November 2016|date=4 October 2015}} God and Country (Ken Finkleman) and the miniseries The Book of Negroes (CBC).
Other work includes guest starring roles on Saving Hope (CTV/NBC),{{cite web|title=Stand By Me, Episode 4|url=http://www.ctv.ca/SavingHope/Articles/October-2014/savinghope_304|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820042330/http://www.ctv.ca/SavingHope/Articles/October-2014/savinghope_304|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2016|website=ctv.ca|accessdate=29 November 2016}} Copper (BBC America),{{cite web|title=On The Town with the cast of The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/on-the-town-with-the-cast-of-the-small-room-at-the-top-of-the-stairs|website=National Post|accessdate=29 November 2016}} Cracked (CBC), Republic of Doyle (CBC),{{cite web|title=The Globe and Mail: What to expect on Republic of Doyle finale: skulduggery, tomfoolery and derring-do « Take the Shot Productions|url=http://www.taketheshotproductions.com/news/the-globe-and-mail-what-to-expect-on-republic-of-doyle-finale-skulduggery-tomfoolery-and-derring-do/|website=www.taketheshotproductions.com|accessdate=29 November 2016}} Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Cra$h & Burn (Showcase), Haven (SyFy), ZOS (Whizbang Films), and was featured regularly in the hit CBC series, This is Wonderland.
Roberts played Dennis MacDonald on Family's Life with Derek, and the role of explorer John Rae in the 2008 docudrama Passage.{{cite book|last1=Varga|first1=Darrell|title=John Walker's Passage|date=August 8, 2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division|isbn=978-1442614192|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T27DZkTLcPwC&q=Rick+Roberts+%28actor%29+Passage&pg=PA60|accessdate=29 November 2016}} He also played the role of Jim Jones in Jonestown: Paradise Lost which aired on the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. He also played the evil Brooks Oliver in Eloise at Christmastime.{{cite web|title=Eloise at Christmastime (2003) - A Review by David Nusair|url=http://www.reelfilm.com/eloise2.htm|website=www.reelfilm.com|accessdate=29 November 2016}}
In 2012, he was tapped to play Jack Layton in the CBC biopic Jack, alongside Sook-Yin Lee as Olivia Chow.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/07/sook-yin-lee-olivia-chow_n_1751954.html|title=Sook-Yin Lee To Play Olivia Chow In Jack Layton Movie|newspaper=Huffington Post Canada|date=August 7, 2012|author=Annette Bourdeau}} Jack garnered him a Canadian Screen Award and an ACTRA Award for Best Actor.{{cite web|title=The ACTRA Awards in Toronto {{!}} ACTRA Toronto|url=http://www.actratoronto.com/performers/community/the-actra-awards-in-toronto/|website=www.actratoronto.com|accessdate=28 November 2016}}
He played Matthew in the CBC series This Life.{{cite web|title=This Life's Rick Roberts on Matthew's marriage mess|url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2016/11/04/this-lifes-rick-roberts-on-matthews-marriage-mess/|website=TV, eh?|accessdate=28 November 2016|date=4 November 2016}}
=Theatre=
A popular fixture on Canadian stages, Roberts recently headlined the Tarragon Theatre hit Enemy of the People,{{cite web|title=Rick Roberts returns to Tarragon for An Enemy Of The People|url=https://nowtoronto.com/stage/theatre/q-a-rick-roberts/|website=NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free|accessdate=29 November 2016|date=7 October 2015}} as well as The Accidental Death of an Anarchist for Soulpepper Theatre Company.{{cite news|title=Bring a helmet for this modern-day take on Dario Fo farce|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/theatre-reviews/bring-a-helmet-for-this-modern-day-take-on-dario-fo-farce/article22840351/|website=The Globe and Mail|date=6 February 2015|accessdate=29 November 2016|last1=Nestruck|first1=J. Kelly}} Additional theatre credits include the Belfry Theatre's production of Proud,{{cite web|title=Belfry Can Boast About Proud - by Erin Anderson - CVV Magazine {{!}} Victoria's Video Magazine|url=http://www.cvvmagazine.com/belfry-can-boast-about-proud-by-erin-anderson/|website=CVV Magazine {{!}} Victoria’s Video Magazine|accessdate=29 November 2016|date=8 February 2014}} Tuesdays with Morrie,{{cite web|title=Tuesdays With Morrie|url=https://nowtoronto.com/stage/theatre/tuesdays-with-morrie/|website=NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free|accessdate=29 November 2016|date=20 May 2009}} and he made his Stratford Festival debut in the title role of Zastrozzi.{{cite web|title=Drama Club: Brush Up on Your Shakespeare {{!}} news {{!}} Torontoist|url=http://torontoist.com/2009/03/drama_club_brush_up_on_your_shakespeare/|website=Torontoist|accessdate=29 November 2016|date=4 March 2009}}
=Writing=
As a writer, Roberts' work Mimi (which he co-wrote with Allan Cole and Melody Johnson) premiered at The Tarragon Theatre and was nominated for a Dora Award.{{cite web|title=awards database|url=http://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/nominees/|website=tapa.ca|accessdate=28 November 2016}} His play Kite premiered to critical acclaim earning numerous Dora Award nominations for writing and production. Other writing credits include Nod (Theatre Gargantua) and Fish/Wife (Tarragon Theatre)
Personal life
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| Chip Klooster | |
| 2001
| data-sort-value="Town Without Christmas, A" | A Town Without Christmas | David Reynolds | |
| 2002
| Telethon Host | 1 episode |
| 2002–2003
| Jake Crewe | 16 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2003
| Charles Wentworth, Age 30 | TV |
| Eloise at Christmastime
| Brooks Oliver | TV |
| Student Seduction
| Drew Dawson | TV |
| 2005–2006
| Cameron Tiernay | 6 episodes |
| rowspan=6|2005
| Edgar Lewis | TV |
| Plague City: SARS in Toronto
| Dr. Jeremy Neville | TV |
| Descent
| Dr. Palmer Drake | TV |
| Kevin Hill
| D. A. Miller | 1 episode |
| data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" | The Eleventh Hour
| Ian Bannerman | 1 episode |
| More Sex & the Single Mom
| Steve | TV |
| rowspan=6|2006
| Dennis MacDonald | 1 episode |
| Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story
| Morde | TV |
| Angela's Eyes
| Gene Taylor | 7 episodes |
| Man of the Year
| Hemmings | |
| At the Hotel
| Nervous Affair Man | 1 episode |
| Night of Terror
| Sean Dunne | TV |
| rowspan=4|2007
| TV |
| data-sort-value="Note, The" | The Note
| Truman | TV |
| Matters of Life and Dating
| | TV |
| data-sort-value="Company, The" | The Company
|3 episodes | |
| rowspan=4|2008
| Passage | John Rae | |
| Phantom Punch
| Father Alios | |
| Pontypool
| Ken Loney | voice |
| Murdoch Mysteries
| Dr. Gilbert Birkins | 1 episode |
| rowspan=2|2009
| | 8 episodes |
| Pure Evil
| Frank | TV |
| 2009–2010
| Jay Pound | 6 episodes |
| rowspan=4|2010
| data-sort-value="Reception, The" | The Reception | Kent | |
| When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
| Frank Shaw | TV |
| data-sort-value="Night Before the Night Before Christmas, The" | The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
| Wayne Fox | TV |
| data-sort-value="Town Christmas Forgot, The" | The Town Christmas Forgot
| Charles Benson | |
| 2012
| Philip Klane | TV |
| 2012
| John | |
| rowspan=2| 2013
| Jack | |
| Relax, I'm from the Future
| Percy | Short film |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Killer Crush | Dr. Lucas Emery | TV film |
| Between
| | TV Episode 1 |
| 2016
| David | |
| 2018
| Ghost BFF | Mr. Emerson | 4 episodes |
| 2018
| General | 4 episodes |
| 2019
| Coroner | Gerald Henry Jones | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Such a Small Thing | Dove's Dad | |
| 2020
| Ted Howard | Series regular |
| rowspan=4| 2021
| Keith Campbell | Episode: "Scavenger Hunt" |
| North of Albany (Au nord d'Albany)
| Paul | |
| Far Cry 6
| Sean McKay | Video Game |
| All My Puny Sorrows
| Elder | |
| 2024
| data-sort-value="Light Before the Sun, The" | The Light Before the Sun | Freddie | Short film |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | rowspan="2"|Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series | Traders | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | |
| rowspan="2"|2003 | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series | rowspan="2"|An American in Canada | {{nom}} | ||
| ACTRA Toronto Awards | Outstanding Performance - Male | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|last1=Tillson|first1=Tamsen|title=ACTRA awards back|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/actra-awards-back-1117880136/|website=Variety|accessdate=14 January 2017|date=7 February 2003}} | ||
| 2004 | rowspan="7"|Dora Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Hotel Loopy | {{nom}} | rowspan="7"style="text-align:center;" | |
| rowspan="2"|2005 | Outstanding Performance by a Male | Outstanding Performance by a Male | {{nom}} | ||
| Outstanding New Play or Musical | Kite | {{nom}} | |||
| 2007 | Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | John and Beatrice | {{nom}} | ||
| 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical | Fire | {{nom}} | ||
| 2009 | Outstanding New Play or Musical (shared with Brendan Gall, Mike McPhaden & Julie Tepperman) | The Gladstone Variations | {{nom}} | ||
| 2010 | Outstanding New Musical or Opera (shared with Allen Cole, Melody Johnson) | Mimi | {{nom}} | ||
| rowspan="3"|2014 | rowspan="2"|Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series | Cracked | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | rowspan="2"|Jack | {{won}} | |||
| ACTRA Toronto Awards | Outstanding Performance - Male | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0731519|Rick Roberts}}
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