Rick Mercer

Acting

Rick Mercer

Born October 17, 1969 (age 56)

Rick Mercer (born October 17th, 1969) is a Canadian actor, writer and producer.

Known For

The Young and Prodigious T.S. SpivetThe Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet · 2013
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
★ 6.92013
MovieAdventureDrama
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Bon Cop Bad CopBon Cop Bad Cop · 2006
Bon Cop Bad Cop
★ 6.42006
MovieActionComedy
When the body of the executive of hockey Benoit Brisset is found on the billboard of the border of Quebec and Ontario, the jurisdiction of the crime is shared between the two police forces and detectives David Bouchard from Montreal and Martin Ward from Toronto are assigned to work together. With totally different styles, attitudes and languages.
Rick Mercer: Stand Up for CanadaRick Mercer: Stand Up for Canada · 2025
Rick Mercer: Stand Up for Canada
★ 2.02025
MovieComedy
Rick Mercer Stand Up for Canada is a one-hour CBC comedy special where Mercer is joined by Sophie Buddle, Mayce Galoni, and Julie Kim for a sharp and heartfelt celebration of Canada.
Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11 · 2026
Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11
★ 5.02026
MovieHistory
"There's only one thing to do here - we're going to ask people to open their doors." It was the day in which Gander and surrounding communities welcomed the world to its doorstep.
The Vacant LotThe Vacant Lot · 1989
The Vacant Lot
★ 7.01989
MovieDramaMusic
An aspiring Canadian all-girl punk band reluctantly hires a down and out older male classic rock n roll guitarist.
Secret NationSecret Nation · 1992
Secret Nation
★ 6.01992
MovieDramaHistory
A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.
Understanding BlissUnderstanding Bliss · 1990
Understanding Bliss
★ 8.01990
MovieDrama
Elizabeth Sutton, a lecturer from Toronto and Peter Breen, a professor of cultural studies from St. John's, Newfoundland, come together in his town for a secret liaison. All is bliss. But within twenty-four hours, the affair has collapsed. A clash of languages, cultures, and values force them to come to terms with each other's sense of morality.
This Hour Has 22 MinutesThis Hour Has 22 Minutes · 1993
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
★ 6.71993
SeriesNewsComedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.

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Heritage MinutesHeritage Minutes · 1991
Heritage Minutes
★ 7.31991
SeriesDocumentary
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.

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