Rick Miller (born March 12, 1970) is a Canadian director, actor, comedian, musician, playwright, and podcast host. Although primarily known as a solo theatre creator and performer, Miller is also known for hosting the television series Just for Laughs[1] and for performing a version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" during which he impersonates "twenty five of the most annoying voices in the music industry".[2][3] 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.
Miller has created and performed in his own plays including BOOM,[4]BOOM X,[5]BOOM YZ,[6]Bigger Than Jesus,[7]MacHomer,[8][9]HARDSELL 2.0 - VENDU,[10] as well as several plays with Robert Lepage, including Lipsynch.[11] His large-scale play called MONEY is scheduled to premiere in 2026.
Miller is the co-creative director of Kidoons, the Canadian multimedia company that developed the family touring stage shows Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (premiered in 2015),[12]Jungle Book (premiered in 2018),[13]FRANKENSTEIN: A Living Comic Book (premiered in 2022),[citation needed] and HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales (premiered in 2025).[14] Kidoons also produces web series for families featuring animated characters that connect to the Kidoons stage shows.[15]
Miller is the frontman for the Toronto party bandTRAINWRECK,[16] also featuring his partner, Stephanie Baptist.[17][18] In 2019, he released a compilation CD of 20 tracks from all of his solo shows called Rick Miller SONGS (from BOOM X and Other Shows).[citation needed]
↑Bouchard, Jacqueline (2012-06-06). "On est tous des vendus". HuffPost Québec (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
