Rob Ramsay

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Robert James Ramsay (born September 2, 1986 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian actor .

Life

Ramsay grew up in Toronto and Saint John , New Brunswick . In his youth he played in numerous plays; He was also active as a player in various football teams. He got his first small film role as a football player in the Canadian-British comedy It's a Boy Girl Thing through a casting director who was looking for young football players for a film . On the set, Ramsay was approached by the director of the film, who then cast him in his first “real film role”.

Ramsay studied after high school at Acadia University . At the same time he played in the American Disney television series Aaron Stone , where he played the tall, beefy Percy Budnick, who is into the young pretty Emma, ​​one of the main characters of the series. He also had roles on the Canadian mockumentary web series Pure Pwnage and on The Jon Dore Show , which ran on Comedy Network .

In 2010 Ramsay graduated from Acadia University as top of the class. He then began studying acting at the New School of Drama in New York City . He gave this up, however, after he was cast for the role of Donnie Schrab, the lovable center (offence lineman), in the football comedy series Blue Mountain State . There he was part of the recurring series cast.

In 2011, Ramsay starred in the short film Patch Town , a satirical black comedy. The film ran with success a. a. at the Toronto International Film Festival , where it premiered, at the Cannes International Film Festival and at the Palm Springs International Film Festival . In 2013, a feature film was made based on the same story and was released in 2014.

In the French-Canadian series XIII - The Conspiracy (2012), Ramsay played the role of Barnabis, a genius computer freak who loves comics. In the American science fiction series The Thundermans , he had a recurring supporting role as Jay Jay.

In 2014, Ramsay and the cast of Blue Mountain State raised a total of $ 1.9 million for the production of the feature film Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland on the US Internet platform Kickstarter.com .

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Rob Ramsay Vita. Retrieved December 14, 2015
  2. ^ Rob Ramsay '09 . Official website of Acadia University . Retrieved December 14, 2015
  3. ^ Rob Ramsay Valedictorian Speech (2010). Retrieved December 14, 2015
  4. a b Patch Town ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official website of the film. Retrieved December 14, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / patchtown-themovie.com
  5. PATCH TOWN: Things Get Very Weird In This Exclusive Alternate Trailer ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 14, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / twitchfilm.com
  6. ^ Blue Mountain State: The Movie . Retrieved from Kickstarter.com on December 14, 2015