Mark Meer

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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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. 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. In 2016, Meer won the AMPIA Award for Best Performance by an Actor for the Tiny Plastic Men episode "Crisis on Infinite Octobers".

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.

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.

Filmography

Film

Television

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

Web shows and series Title Year Role(s) NotesStar Trek Continues2017Sub-Commander TalGuest role; 2 episodes. A fan-made Star Trek web series.Bucketheads: A Star Wars Story2018TK-683Voice role. A fan-made Star Wars short. L.A. By Night2018–2019Chaz PriceGuest role; 4 episodes. A Vampire: The Masquerade actual play show presented by Geek & Sundry and World of Darkness. Game the Game2019HimselfGuest role; 2 episodes. A tabletop game play-through series presented by Geek & Sundry. Stitch of Fate2020–present Max (of the Nosferatu clan) Main role. A Vampire: The Masquerade actual play podcast presented by Pod by Night. The Black Dice Society 2021Brother Uriah Macawber, cleric of Ezra/ Azalin Rex (lich)Main role. A Ravenloft themed Dungeons & Dragons actual play show presented by Wizards of the Coast. Bucketheads: Season One Obran Gunn Main role; 3 episodes. A fan-made Star Wars mini-series. Champions Of The Realm2022 Baeloth Main role; 7 episodes. Limited series presented by Dungeons & Dragons, RealmSmith, and Lost Odyssey Events. 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.