Richard Lam is a Toronto-based Actor, Writer, Musician, and Sound Designer. Originally from Vancouver, Richard obtained his B.A. in Political Science at UBC before training in the BFA in Acting program at the University of Alberta. Richard was a company member at Soulpepper Theatre for four years, where he trained at the Soulpepper Academy in a split actor/musician stream under Director of Music Mike Ross. Richard has been nominated for seven Dora awards and has won twice. He is also a proud co-CEO of Ground Floor, an organization that offers collaborative tools and conflict management to the theatre industry. Thanks always to my amazing wife Vanessa!
Selected theatre credits include: Invasion: Christmas Carol (Knifefight Theatre); Woking Phoenix (Silk Bath Collective); The Apple Cart, Shadow Of A Doubt (Shaw Festival); Alice In Wonderland, Peter Pan (Bad Hats);Little Women, Every Little Nookie (Stratford);Measure For Measure,Much Ado About Nothing (CanStage); Company, The Frogs, Into The Woods, For Both Resting And Breeding (Talk Is Free); Once (Citadel); The Little Prince: Reimagined (Puzzle Piece/Crow’s – Dora Award Nominations for Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Performance);Lulu v. 7 (Red Light District/Buddies In Bad Times); New Canadian Curling Club (Thousand Islands/WCT); 15 productions at Soulpepper Theatre including Spoon River, Of Human Bondage, Incident At Vichy, The Dybbuk, and Marat/Sade.