RICK MILLER trained in Montreal as an architect, actor, musician, and playwright, and has performed in five languages on five continents. As artistic director of WYRD Productions, an internationally-acclaimed company devoted to multi-disciplinary theatre, he has created and performed shows such as Art? Slightly Bent, Into the Ring (co-created with Dawson Nichols), and the worldwide hit MacHomer. The two latest WYRD Productions have been co-creations with award-winning director Daniel Brooks and Necessary Angel Theatre Company: Bigger Than Jesus and HARDSELL. Rick is also a frequent collaborator with renowned director Robert Lepage, having worked on such plays as La Géométrie des Miracles, Zulu Time (co-created with Peter Gabriel), on the film Possible Worlds, and on the new play Lipsynch, now touring internationally.
MacHomer has played to over half a million Simpsons and/or Shakespeare fans, in 130 cities on 4 continents. It continues to draw rave reviews and packed houses, and was been completely revamped for its 10th Anniversary Tour.
Bigger Than Jesus (co-created with Daniel Brooks and Necessary Angel Theatre Company) is now in its fourth year of international touring, after having recently won 3 Dora Awards (The Canadian "Tony"). Rick has performed the show in 4 languages: English, French, German and Italian.
HARDSELL (also co-created with Daniel Brooks and Necessary Angel) is a new play about advertising and molecular biology. It received its world premiere in Toronto in April 2009, and an international tour is in the works.
Lipsynch (co-created with Ex Machina, Robert Lepage, and 8 other authors from around the world) is a monumental 9-hour production themed around the human voice. It premiered at the Barbican in London in 2008, and will tour through 2012.
Pregnant Lady Dancing is a new play that Rick is co-developing and directing, written and performed by his wife and creative partner, Stephanie Baptist.
Rick is one of Canada’s most respected multi-disciplinary performers, with credits ranging from classical theatre to the avant-garde, from musicals to live comedy, from voice work to film & television. He has been called “one of Canada’s most dazzling performers” (Toronto Star), and the “most virtuosic voice in the country” (Edmonton Journal). He is the host of ABC’s primetime hit series “Just for Laughs”, the Canadian-made hidden-camera show that has now been sold to over 140 countries! Also on television, Rick’s many voices can be heard in hit cartoons such as Atomic Betty (Sparky), My Big Big Friend (Bongo) and Magi-Nation (Orwin, Freep, Ashio). He lives in Toronto with his wife Stephanie Baptist and their daughters Vivian and Ellen.
