Rick Green (comedian)

Richard Green (born November 4, 1953) is a Canadian comedy writer, producer, director and performer. He is most well known as co-creator of The Red Green Show, creator of ADD & Loving It?!, creator of History Bites, founder of Rick Wants to Know, and co-founder of comedy troupe The Frantics. Green also hosted Prisoners of Gravity on TVOntario.

Profiles

Green has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo. His first job was as a demonstrator at the Ontario Science Centre, where he worked as a presenter from 1975 until 1979.<ref name="Read">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1979, Green helped found the Toronto-based comedy troupe The Frantics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2009 Green wrote and directed a documentary called ADD & Loving it?!. The film, featuring fellow comedian Patrick McKenna, won a New York Festivals Silver World Medal for Best Medical Documentary and earned Green the CAMH Foundation Celebrity Transforming Lives Award for 2009.<ref name="Goddard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Green has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, and on June 30, 2017, the Governor General of Canada announced Green's appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada for "his contributions to Canadian television as a comedian, actor and writer, and for his efforts to raise awareness and understanding of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2024, Rick served as the principal voice actor, and a contributing writer, on the animated film Roaches by short filmmaker David Creighton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of April 2024 the film is on the film festival circuit.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• List of University of Waterloo people
• The Red Green Show

External links

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