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Rick Mercer, 2018.
Rick Mercer
Canadian actor and writer
Also known as: Richard Vincent Mercer
Quick Facts
- Byname of:
- Richard Vincent Mercer
- Born:
- October 17, 1969, St. John’s, Newfoundland [now Newfoundland and Labrador], Canada (age 55)
Rick Mercer (born October 17, 1969, St. John’s, Newfoundland [now Newfoundland and Labrador], Canada) is a Canadian satirist, comedian, actor, and writer whose insightful lampooning of Canadian politics made him a national icon. Mercer grew up in an exurb of St. John’s in a middle-class family that loved to discuss politics. While in high school (which he departed one credit short of graduation), he wrote and performed in an award-winning one-act play and cofounded Corey and Wade’s Playhouse, a theatre troupe that performed around St. John’s. In 1990 he won praise for Show Me the Button, I’ll Push It (or, ...(100 of 605 words)