Mark Meer

Last updated
Mark Meer
Mark Meer (cropped).jpg
Meer at the 50-Hour London Improvathon in 2011.
Born (1971-07-22) July 22, 1971 (age 52)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s) Actor, writer, improvisor
Spouse Belinda Cornish

Mark Meer is a Canadian actor, writer and improvisor, based in Edmonton, Alberta. He is known for his role in the Mass Effect trilogy, in which he stars as the voice of the player character, Commander Shepard. His voice is featured in a number of other games from BioWare Corp., notably the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series. Meer stars as the voice of the player character William Mackenzie in The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio. He also works in animation, providing the voice for several characters in a series of cartoon shorts produced by Rantdog Animation Studios, and the voice of Horse in the Captain Canuck web series starring Kris Holden-Ried and Tatiana Maslany.

Contents

Career

Meer starred as the male voice of the main player character, Commander Shepard, in the Mass Effect trilogy. His voice is featured in a number of other games from BioWare Corp., notably the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series. [1] Meer starred as the voice of the player character William Mackenzie in The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio, which also features his Mass Effect counterpart, Jennifer Hale. [2]

Meer is a core company member of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning live improvised soap opera Die-Nasty , and was the first performer to complete the annual 53-hour long Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon without sleep. [3] He is a longtime member of Rapid Fire Theatre, a founder of the sketch comedy/improv troupe Gordon's Big Bald Head, and performs regularly at Edmonton's Varscona Theatre. He is a performer and writer on CBC Radio's sketch comedy program The Irrelevant Show and APTN's Caution: May Contain Nuts , and is a co-creator, writer and star of Super Channel's Tiny Plastic Men . [4]

In 2005, Meer was nominated for an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for co-writing the surreal sketch comedy show, Lobster Telephone (in which he also played Salvador Dalí), with the ladies of Panties Productions. In 2006, he was honored with the Sterling Award for Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role for playing multiple roles in Helen's Necklace, produced by Shadow Theatre. In 2011, he was nominated for five Canadian Comedy Awards, including Best Male Improvisor, for which he was also nominated in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. [5] [6] In December 2012, Mark Meer was voted Edmontonian of the Year in an online poll held by Gig City, an Edmonton arts and entertainment website. [7] [8] Tiny Plastic Men , which Meer co-created and writes for Canada's Super Channel, has been nominated at the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Comedy Series in 2014, 2015, and 2016, and Meer himself was nominated for the CSA for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role in 2015 for his work on the show. [9] In 2016, Meer won the AMPIA Award for Best Performance by an Actor for the Tiny Plastic Men episode "Crisis on Infinite Octobers". [10] [11]

Meer appeared at Dragon*Con 2012 cosplaying as Commander Shepard, his most famous character. Though his attendance was not publicly advertised, some fans immediately recognized him. [12]

In 2021, Meer became a player in The Black Dice Society, a Ravenloft themed Dungeons & Dragons actual play show on the official Wizards of the Coast channels. [13] [14]

Personal life

Meer is married to Belinda Cornish, an actress who has done work in BioWare games as well, most notably voicing Rana Thanoptis in the Mass Effect series, and Goldanna and The Baroness in the Dragon Age series. Cornish also co-stars with Meer in Tiny Plastic Men , and been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her work on the show. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003TurnbuckleThe Electrocutioner
2010 FUBAR 2 Car Salesman

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010-2018 Caution: May Contain Nuts Moonrod Mastertrick, Leonard the Vulcan, various48 episodes
2012–2015 Tiny Plastic Men October, various32 episodes
2015A Frosty AffairBradTelevision film
2017Legendary Myths: Raven AdventuresRaven (voice)5 episodes

Video games

All roles listed are voice roles and for the English versions where applicable.

TitleYearRole(s)Notes
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 2000Bhaal Cleric
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal 2001Cyric, additional roles
Neverwinter Nights 2002Orc Shaman, Balor Demon, additional roles
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003Carth (demo only)
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark Durnan, additional roles
Jade Empire 2005Zhong the Ox-Carrier, The Watcher, Lotus Assassin, additional roles
Mass Effect 2007-2009 Commander Shepard (male), additional roles
Dragon Age: Origins 2009Athras, Gatekeeper, Werewolf, Unscrupulous Merchant, Pearl Dwarf Companion, additional roles
Mass Effect 2 2010-2011Commander Shepard (male), Niftu Cal, Vorcha, Prazza, additional roles
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening 2010The Withered, The Lost, The First, The Herald, additional roles
Dragon Age II 2011Jethann, Hybris, additional roles
Mass Effect 3 2012-2013Commander Shepard (male), Blasto, Vorcha, additional roles
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 2012Rassad yn Bashir, Baeloth, Elan Garaq, Ghlouralk, Adoy, Goblin, additional roles
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 2013Rassad yn Bashir, Baeloth, additional roles
Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014Cabot, Lyrium Merchant, Red Templar, additional voices
The Long Dark 2015William Mackenzie
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear 2016Rassad yn Bashir, Baeloth, Volghiln, Adoy, Einar, Bertram, additional roles
Slayaway CampSkullface
The Long Dark: Wintermute2017William Mackenzie
Arcade Spirits2019Deco Nami
Jupiter Hell The Protagonist
Hyper-galactic Psychic Table Tennis 30002020Paddles
Raid LandWarrior/Bersker/Hunter/General Voice Effects
Mass Effect Legendary Edition 2021Commander Shepard (male), Blasto, Niftu Cal, Vorcha, Prazza, additional roles
Gotham Knights 2022 Starro
Mythforce 2023Deadalus

Web shows and series

TitleYearRole(s)Notes
Bucketheads: A Star Wars Story2018TK-683Voice role. A fan-made Star Wars short. [16] [17]
L.A. By Night 2018–2019Chaz PriceGuest role; 4 episodes. A Vampire: The Masquerade actual play show presented by Geek & Sundry and World of Darkness. [18] [19] [20]
Game the Game2019HimselfGuest role; 2 episodes. A tabletop game play-through series presented by Geek & Sundry. [21] [22]
Stitch of Fate2020–presentMax (of the Nosferatu clan)Main role. A Vampire: The Masquerade actual play podcast presented by Pod by Night. [23] [24]
The Black Dice Society2021Brother Uriah Macawber, cleric of Ezra/ Azalin Rex (lich)Main role. A Ravenloft themed Dungeons & Dragons actual play show presented by Wizards of the Coast. [25] [13] [14]
Bucketheads: Season OneObran GunnMain role; 3 episodes. A fan-made Star Wars mini-series. [26] [27]
Champions Of The Realm2022BaelothMain role; 7 episodes. Upcoming limited series presented by Dungeons & Dragons, RealmSmith, and Lost Odyssey Events. [28] [29]
Bookshops of Arkham2023Keeper of Arcane LoreMain role; 5 episodes. A Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast presented by Chaosium.
Gordon: A Batman Fan film2023The JokerMain role; A fan-made Batman short by Creative Force Films.
Graveyards of Arkham2024Keeper of Arcane LoreMain role; 6 episodes. A Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast presented by Chaosium.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ravenloft</span> Dungeons & Dragons fictional campaign setting

Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension or demiplane, called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called "domains", brought together by a mysterious force known only as the Dark Powers. Each domain is tailored to and mystically ruled by a being called a Darklord who is forever trapped and surrounded by magical mists surrounding the domain. Strahd von Zarovich, a vampire in the original AD&DRavenloft I6 module released in 1983, became the first Darklord, both ruler and prisoner of his own personal domain of Barovia. The story of how Count von Zarovich became Darklord of Barovia was detailed in the 1993 novel I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire. As originally established in the Ravenloft: Realm of Terror boxed set known as "the Black Box" released in 1990, the Ravenloft campaign setting was located in the Ethereal Plane. As a physical manifestation of that plane, lands, monsters and even people were created out of the mysterious mists, and the realm acted as a prison where one could enter or be transported, but means of escape were few. Other Ravenloft Domains and Darklords were eventually added in various AD&D 2nd edition products establishing a core continent attached around Barovia which could be traveled to by others if their respective lords allowed entering or leaving their borders; while some Domains remained isolated in the mists and were referred to as Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BioWare</span> Canadian video game developer

BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip, alongside Trent Oster, Brent Oster, and Marcel Zeschuk. Since 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic Arts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashley Johnson (actress)</span> American actress (born 1983)

Ashley Suzanne Johnson is an American actress. She became known as a child actress for her role as Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains (1990–1992). As an adult, she is known for television roles as Amber Ahmed on The Killing (2011–2012) and Patterson on Blindspot (2015–2020). She has appeared in films such as What Women Want (2000), The Help (2011), and Much Ado About Nothing (2012), and is a cast member on the Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role (2015–present). She became the president of the show's charity branch, the Critical Role Foundation, upon its launch in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennifer Hale</span> American voice actress

Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-born American voice actress. She is best known for her work in video game franchises such as Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, BioShock Infinite, Metroid Prime, Overwatch, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In 2013, she was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most prolific video game voice actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith Baker (game designer)</span> American writer and game designer

Keith Baker is a game designer and fantasy novel author. In addition to working with Wizards of the Coast on the creation of Eberron, he has also contributed material for Goodman Games, Paizo Publishing and Green Ronin Publishing. In 2014, Baker and Jennifer Ellis co-founded the indie tabletop game company Twogether Studios.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felicia Day</span> American actress

Kathryn Felicia Day is an American actress, writer, and web series creator. She is the creator and star of the web series The Guild (2007–2013), a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and starred in the Dragon Age web series Dragon Age: Redemption (2011). She is a founder of the online media company Geek & Sundry, best known for hosting the show Critical Role between 2015 and 2019. Day was a member of the board of directors of the International Academy of Web Television from December 2009 until August 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ray Muzyka</span> Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician

Raymond Alexander Muzyka is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician. Originally trained as a medical doctor and practicing as an emergency department and family physician after graduation, he is the co-founder of video game developer BioWare, and was CEO, senior vice president, and general manager of the BioWare label of Electronic Arts. In October 2012 he announced that he was embarking on a 'third career' mentoring and angel investing in technology, new media, medical and social entrepreneurs, and impact investing at ThresholdImpact.

James Daniel Lowder is an American author, anthologist, and editor, working regularly within the fantasy, dark fantasy, and horror genres, and on tabletop role-playing games and critical works exploring popular culture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Commander Shepard</span> Player character in the original Mass Effect trilogy of video games

Commander Shepard is the player character in the Mass Effect video game series by BioWare.

Evil Hat Productions is a company that produces role-playing games and other tabletop games. They are best known for the free indie RPG system Fate, Blades in the Dark, and Thirsty Sword Lesbians, all of which have won multiple awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deborah Ann Woll</span> American actress

Deborah Ann Woll is an American actress. She played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series True Blood (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She subsequently starred as Karen Page in the Marvel series Daredevil (2015–2018), The Defenders (2017), and The Punisher (2017–2019). Her film roles include Mother's Day (2010), Seven Days in Utopia (2011), Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011), Catch .44 (2011), Ruby Sparks (2012), Meet Me in Montenegro (2014), The Automatic Hate (2015), and the commercially-successful Escape Room (2019) and its 2021 sequel. In 2022, she provided the voice and motion capture of Faye in the video game God of War: Ragnarok.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TableTop</span> Web series about games

TableTop is a web series about games, directed by Jennifer Arnold. It was created by Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day and was hosted by Wheaton. TableTop was published on Felicia Day's YouTube channel, Geek & Sundry. In each episode, following a brief explanation of one or more tabletop games, Wheaton plays the games with one or more guests—usually web or TV personalities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geek & Sundry</span> Commercial YouTube Channel

Geek & Sundry is a commercial YouTube and Twitch channel and multimedia production company. It was launched on April 2, 2012, by actress Felicia Day with Kim Evey and Sheri Bryant as part of YouTube's 100 million dollar original channel initiative. In June 2012, Forbes suggested that "if successful, it could help blaze a trail for the future of network television." In 2014, Geek & Sundry was acquired by Legendary Entertainment. The company is primarily known for their launch of the D&D show Critical Role, which aired on their channels from 2015–19.

Christopher Perkins is a Canadian American game designer and editor who is known for his work on Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, currently as the senior story designer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tanya DePass</span> American journalist, activist and streamer

Tanya DePass, also known by her username Cypheroftyr, is an American journalist, activist and streamer. She is the founder of the non-profit organization I Need Diverse Games, which she established in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Critical Role Productions</span> Multimedia production company

Critical Role Productions, LLC is a multimedia production company incorporated in 2015 by the members of the creator-owned streaming show Critical Role. The first two shows from the company, Critical Role and Talks Machina, originally premiered on Geek & Sundry. The company moved to their own studio space in 2018, and began putting out new shows on their own Twitch and YouTube channels. A split from Legendary Digital Networks was completed in early 2019, at which point Critical Role Productions took over production responsibility and since then has continued to launch new shows independently.

<i>Van Richtens Guide to Ravenloft</i> D&D 5e campaign setting

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft is a sourcebook that details the Domains of Dread from the Ravenloft campaign setting for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

Erika Ishii is an American voice actor and host. She is best known as the voice of video game characters such as Valkyrie in Apex Legends, as well as her appearances in actual play web series including L.A. by Night and Dimension 20.

<i>L.A. by Night</i> American web series

L.A. by Night is an American actual play web series where the cast plays as vampires using the fifth edition Vampire: The Masquerade ruleset. It is set canonically in the World of Darkness series after the events of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and focuses on Kindred society in Los Angeles. It premiered in September 2018; the show's current storyline concluded with its fifth season in 2021. A sequel series, titled NY by Night, started in July 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banana Chan</span> Game designer and writer

Banana Chan is a Chinese Canadian game designer and writer.

References

  1. ↑ "The Faces Behind the Voices of Mass Effect 3". Kotaku. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  2. ↑ Farokhmanesh, Megan (2013-09-17). "Mass Effect voice actor Mark Meer joins The Long Dark, gameplay detailed". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. ↑ Ward, Dave (2010-01-11). "Mark Meer Interview". RPG Site. RPG Site. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  4. ↑ Staff (2011-06-09). "Edmonton Dominates Canadian Comedy Awards". Gig City. Gig City: Edmonton's Daily Entertainment Source. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  5. ↑ Nichols, Liz (2012-06-07). "Mark Meer: The Country's Best Improv Guy?". The Edmonton Journal. CanWest. Archived from the original on 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  6. ↑ Ross, Mike (2013-06-13). "Mark Meer tops list of Canadian Comedy Awards nominations". Gig City. Gig City: Edmonton's Daily Entertainment Source. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  7. ↑ Ross, Mike (2012-12-31). "Mark Meer elected Edmontonian of the Year in landslide victory". Gig City. Gig City: Edmonton's Daily Entertainment Source. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  8. ↑ Nichols, Liz (2014-06-18). "Mark Meer: Edmonton's leaders of laughter snag nominations in annual Canadian Comedy Awards". The Edmonton Journal. CanWest. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  9. ↑ Simon, Houpt (2015-01-15). "Mommy, Maps to the Stars set for showdown at Canadian Screen Awards". The Globe and Mail. CanWest. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  10. ↑ Griwkowsky, Fish (2016-05-07). "Edmonton filmmakers celebrate Rosie wins". The Edmonton Journal. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  11. ↑ Volmers, Eric (2016-05-08). "Diablo, Hell on Wheels and Fargo win big at the Alberta Film and Television Awards". The Calgary Herald. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  12. ↑ Narcisse, Evan (2012-09-04). "That's Not A Cosplayer, That's Actually Commander Shepard!". kotaku.com. Kodak. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  13. 1 2 Hoffer, Christian (April 1, 2021). "Dungeons & Dragons Launches The Black Dice Society, a Creepy Ravenloft Streaming Show". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  14. 1 2 Baird, Scott (2021-04-01). "D&D: The Black Dice Society Arrive In Ravenloft On April 1". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  15. ↑ Furdyk, Brent (2016-01-09). "Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada. Global. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  16. ↑ Whitbrook, James (2018-08-28). "Bucketheads Is a Fan Film That Wants to Give Stormtroopers Their Own Star Wars Story". io9. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  17. ↑ "BUCKETHEADS is a Fantastic STAR WARS Fan Film". GeekTyrant. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  18. ↑ "For World of Darkness, the future of tabletop RPGs is increasingly digital". VentureBeat. 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  19. ↑ "Instruments of Darkness | Vampire: The Masquerade - L.A. By Night | Chapter 2". YouTube. Geek & Sundry. November 26, 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  20. ↑ "Embrace the Dark | Vampire: The Masquerade - L.A. By Night | Season 2, Episode 9". YouTube. Geek & Sundry. May 22, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  21. ↑ "WATCH: Cthulhu Wars | Game the Game". Geek and Sundry. 2019-06-27. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  22. ↑ "WATCH: The Game of Wolf | Game the Game". Geek and Sundry. 2019-06-11. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  23. ↑ Meer, Mark [@Mark_Meer] (July 28, 2020). "Just finished recording session #1 for @PodByNight starring @MathasGames @GamingFTL @little_red_dot @TheBubbernaut & me! Coming Aug 14 to all major platforms incl. iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify & GooglePlay... #VampireTheMasquerade #Vampire #Vamily #RPG #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ↑ Pod by Night [@PodByNight] (July 16, 2020). "Welcome @Mark_Meer to our cast of kindred! You may know him best as the voice of Commander Shepard from Mass Effect or from his time on @LAbyNight. We're thrilled to have his talents & love of horror in our new #vamily. Dare you guess his clan?! #vtm" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  25. ↑ "Gentlefolk, I give you... THE BLACK DICE SOCIETY! @TheBlackDiceSoc is an official @Wizards_DnD stream set in the horror setting of #Ravenloft, launching Thu April 1 at 4PM PT on [YouTube dndwizards]... Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this promo art by @Adam_Schumpert! #DnD". Twitter. Mark Meer. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  26. ↑ "Star Wars fan film 'Bucketheads,' shot in South Surrey, makes its debut". Surrey Now-Leader. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  27. ↑ Meer, Mark [@Mark_Meer] (May 4, 2020). "Looking forward to Bucketheads: Season One!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (2021-12-30). "Dungeons & Dragons To Debut Champions Of The Realm In January". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  29. ↑ "D&D Tournament Series Champions of the Realm Features Daredevil Star". ScreenRant. 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.