Evan Mercer

{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1951)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Shearstown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | website = | known_for = | education = National Theatre School of Canada | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2012–present }}

'''Evan Mercer''' is a Canadian actor.<ref name=compass>[http://www.cbncompass.ca/living/2017/1/17/shearstown-actor-evan-mercer-nominated-for-canadian-screen-award.html "Shearstown actor Evan Mercer nominated for Canadian Screen Award"]. ''The Compass'', January 17, 2017.</ref> He is most noted for his performance in the 2016 film ''Riverhead'', for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-1.3938015 "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, January 17, 2017.</ref>

Originally from the community of Shearstown in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador,<ref name=compass/> Mercer has acted primarily on stage.<ref name=compass/> He has also been a guest actor on the television series ''Republic of Doyle''.<ref name=compass/> He graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2023.<ref>[https://ww2.ent-nts.ca/en/graduates-and-recent-cohorts/biography/2023/mercer-2/evan-2/ National Theatre School of Canada]</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |-style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2013 | ''Geek Assassin'' | | |- | 2014 | ''Danny'' | | |- | 2016 | ''Riverhead'' | Robert Winsor | Nominated – Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor |- | 2019 | ''Black Conflux'' | Murray | |- | 2019 | ''Body and Bones'' | Nick | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |-style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2012 | ''Republic of Doyle'' | Baxter | 1 episode: "Live Wire" |- | 2018 | ''Frontier'' | Mercer | 3 episodes: "The Low Road", "House of Lord" and "The Sins of the Father" |- | 2018-2019 | ''Little Dog'' | Spam | 9 episodes |- | 2022 | ''Son of a Critch'' | Felon #1 | 1 episode: "Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Dead" |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|4964373}}

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