Rick Mercer

Canada’s Funniest Satirist, Host of The Rick Mercer Report

Rick Mercer chronicles, satirizes, and ultimately celebrates all that is great and irreverent about this country. Known as "Canada’s Unofficial Opposition," Mercer is our most popular comic, a political satirist who knows exactly what matters to regular Canadians and what makes them laugh.

His top-rated, award-winning CBC show, The Rick Mercer Report – which routinely tramples even its American competitors in the ratings – features his trademark rants, hilarious (and informative) fake newscasts, commercial parodies, and comic encounters with famous Canadians, talking about Canada. More than any other comedian (or journalist for that matter), he talks to Canadian newsmakers with a refreshing candor, and is uniquely able to spin topical hilarity from the people and the things deeply embedded in the national consciousness.

Born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Mercer is a Gemini-winning television host, actor and writer who has starred on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada, and Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans, which was watched by millions, and attracted attention across North America; it remains the highest-rated comedy special in Canadian history. He is also the author of two books, Streeters and The Rick Mercer Report: The Book, which were both number one national bestsellers.

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