Richard "Rick" Green, CMOOnt BSc (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.
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.[1]
In 1979, Green helped found the Toronto-based comedy troupe The Frantics.[2]
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.[3]
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)."[4]
In 2024, Rick served as the principal voice actor, and a contributing writer, on the film "Roaches" by short filmmaker David Creighton. As of April 2024 the film is on the film festival circuit.
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