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Marc Rico Ludwig is an accomplished actor with over a decade of experience. He earned his BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta in 2017 and has since performed in numerous live theatre productions across Canada. Notable performances include the Alberta Opera's Jack and The Beanstalk, Grindstone Theatre's Urinetown, starring in world premiere of Colleen Murphy's I Hope My Heart Burns First (formerly Bright Burning), Mansfield Entertainment's Evil Dead the Musical, Capitol Theatre Port Hope's productions of The Hobbit and The Importance Of Being Ernest. He has participated in various festivals including The Edmonton Fringe, Nextfest, New Works and Ignite, just to name a few.

Since moving to Ontario and venturing into film in 2022, Marc has taken Toronto by storm, starring in award-winning short films such as Forced Friendships (2022), A Lot Goin' On At 34 Maple Drive (2023), The Bored Room (2023), SCOOPS (2023), 10 000 Days (2023), Guy-Sight (2024), Living With Ads (2024), The Wicked: Reborn (2024), Maybe I Am The Villain (2024), NOW PLAYING (2024), Daily Dose (2024), The Client (2025) and Threadbare (2025), to television roles in Somebody Knows Something (Prime), Dark Side Of The 90s (ViceTV) and The Food That Build America (History Channel). His versatility shines through his craft, from comedy to horror as principle characters in various feature films like The Lurker (2023), Switched At Death (2023), MurderFest (2023), Jackknife (2024) and A Farewell To Youth (2025). Worth mentioning too, is his numerous commercials (Kraft Heinz, Subaru, EasyFinancial, FanDuel).

Amidst all of that, Marc has also performed in audio-dramas, as Detective Silver in Darkstead (2022), the Narrator in Tales of The Wasted West (2022), Mount Oblivion (2021), Sketchcast (2022), Hunting Grounds (2025) and is a recurring performer of Twisted Tales Of Murder And Madness (2022-2025).

Furthermore, Marc is a comedy veteran and was a regular performer in Grindstone Theatre's The 11 'O Clock Number (a weekly long-form musical improv show) and wrote and directed for Blackout Sketch Comedy in Edmonton. As of 2024, he is developing comedy sketch series Yeah No For Sure with the talented Jean-Diar Kalantar, hosting/competing in Peterborough's competitive improv show Ball-Pit, and starring alongside Mark Rostrup in Rico & Rostrup (a two-man improv show). Together they founded Rapid's End Improv, a Peterborough Improv Company, in 2025.

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