- Born
- Birth nameRobert James Ramsay
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Rob Ramsay is a film, television and stage actor from Toronto, Canada. In his youth he performed in countless plays and musicals as well as playing for several football teams in Toronto. These two passions never mixed until a casting director came to practice scouting football players to be in a movie called 'It's a Boy Girl Thing'. On set Rob was approached by the director, who cast him in his first role.
Rob later studied dramatic arts at Acadia University while simultaneously working on shows such as Disney's 'Aaron Stone', 'Pure Pwnage' and 'The Jon Dore Show' for The Comedy Network. Upon graduating Rob was cast as 'Donnie', the lovable lineman in the football comedy 'Blue Mountain State'.
In 2011 Rob was cast as the lead in 'Patchtown' a satirical, dark comedic short about "oppression, consumerism and a culture of discarded love". The film garnered high praise at the Toronto International film Festival, The Festival de Cannes and several others. Production wrapped on a feature film version of the same story in 2013.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- He is an avid traveller. To date he has been to almost 50 countries.
- Both of his parents were teachers.
- He was the 2010 Valedictorian of Acadia University.
- Some of his favorite actors are Daniel Day Lewis, John Candy, Marlon Brando, Benedict Cumberbatch, James Cagney, Idris Elba and Paul Newman.
- His favourite movies include 'Cool Hand Luke', '12 Angry Men', 'On the Waterfront', 'Air Force One' and 'Sister Act 2'.
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