# Evan Mercer

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{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1951)}}
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| birth_place  = [Shearstown](/source/Shearstown), [Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Canada](/source/Canada)
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'''Evan Mercer''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) 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](/source/Riverhead_(film))'', for which he garnered a [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) nomination for [Best Supporting Actor](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor) at the [5th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/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](/source/CBC_News), January 17, 2017.</ref>

Originally from the community of [Shearstown](/source/Shearstown) in [Bay Roberts](/source/Bay_Roberts), [Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/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](/source/Republic_of_Doyle)''.<ref name=compass/> He graduated from the [National Theatre School of Canada](/source/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===
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! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 2013
| ''Geek Assassin''
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| 2014
| ''[Danny](/source/Danny_(2014_film))''
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| 2016
| ''[Riverhead](/source/Riverhead_(film))''
| Robert Winsor
| Nominated – [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) for [Best Supporting Actor](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor)
|-
| 2019
| ''[Black Conflux](/source/Black_Conflux)''
| Murray
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| 2019
| ''[Body and Bones](/source/Body_and_Bones)''
| Nick
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|}

===Television===
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 2012
| ''[Republic of Doyle](/source/Republic_of_Doyle)''
| Baxter
| 1 episode: "Live Wire"
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| 2018
| ''[Frontier](/source/Frontier_(2016_TV_series))''
| Mercer
| 3 episodes: "The Low Road", "House of Lord" and "The Sins of the Father"
|-
| 2018-2019
| ''[Little Dog](/source/Little_Dog_(TV_series))''
| Spam
| 9 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[Son of a Critch](/source/Son_of_a_Critch)''
| Felon #1
| 1 episode: "Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Dead"
|}

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

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Category:Canadian male stage actors
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Category:Male actors from Newfoundland and Labrador
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Category:People from Bay Roberts
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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