Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts is a Canadian actor who trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, graduating in 1991. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, he came to notice as Donald D'Arby in the series Traders, a role that earned him a Gemini Award nomination. He went on to the CBS series L.A. Doctors, came back to Canada to lead the series An American in Canada, was a regular on This is Wonderland, and played Matthew in This Life. On screen he played Brooks Oliver in Eloise at Christmastime (2003) and appeared in Zoom (2016), and he portrayed John Rae, the explorer, in Passage, a 2008 docudrama. In 2012 he took the part of Jack Layton in the CBC biopic Jack, which earned him an ACTRA Award for best actor and a Canadian Screen Award. He has also headlined at the Tarragon Theatre and for Soulpepper, and his plays Mimi and Kite drew Dora Award nominations.