Rick Miller

Rick Miller (born March 12, 1970) is a Canadian director, actor, comedian, musician and playwright, currently living in Toronto. He has two architecture degrees from McGill University in Montreal, and has performed in 5 languages on 5 continents. Although primarily known as a solo theatre creator and performer, Miller is also known for hosting the television series Just for Laughs and for performing a version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" during which he impersonates "twenty five of the most annoying voices in the music industry". His BOOM Trilogy of solo shows (BOOM, BOOM X, and BOOM YZ) examine 75 years of music, culture and politics, and have been performed over 600 times across North America, Europe and Asia. Career Miller has created and performed in many plays, BOOM, BOOM X, BOOM YZ, Bigger than Jesus, MacHomer, HARDSELL 2.0 - VENDU, and Robert Lepage's Lipsynch. In an example of art imitating life imitating art, The Simpsons featured a segment in the episode "Four Great Women and a Manicure", in which Homer and Marge played versions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively. This was an idea originally conceived by Miller for his one-man-show MacHomer. Matt Groening approved of the show and allowed Miller to use his characters. Miller is also the co-creative director of the Kidoons Network, the Canadian multimedia company that has developed the family touring stage shows Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (premiered in 2015), Jungle Book (premiered in 2018), and Frankenstein (premiered in 2022). Kidoons also produces web series for families, featuring animated characters that connect to the Kidoons stage shows.