Rick Roberts

Richard Charles Roberts born November 13 1965 is a Canadian film TV and stage actor His most substantial role to date is as Donald DArby in the series Traders for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award He moved briefly to Los Angeles in 1998 appearing in the CBS series LA Doctors alongside Ken Olin and Sheryl Lee He returned to Canada to star in An American in Canada which ran for two seasons In 2012 he was tapped to play Jack Layton in the CBC biopic Jack alongside SookYin Lee as Olivia Chow His portrayal of Jack garnered him a Canadian Screen Award and an ACTRA Award for Best Actor Other work includes guest starring roles on Saving Hope CTVNBC Copper BBC America Cracked CBC Republic of Doyle CBC Murdoch Mysteries CBC Crah Burn Showcase Haven SyFy ZOS Whizbang Films and was featured regularly in the hit CBC series This is Wonderland As a writer his work Mimi which he cowrote with Allan Cole and Melody Johnson premiered at The Tarragon Theatre and was nominated for a Dora Award His play Kite premiered to critical acclaim earning numerous Dora Award nominations for writing and production Other writing credits include Nod Theatre Gargantua and FishWife Tarragon Theatre