Facts:   - caption: mark in 2011 . meer at the '' 50-hour london improvathon ''      - name: mark meer    - image size: 200px    - nationality: canadian    - image: mark meer -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg    - birth place: edmonton , alberta    - occupation: actor , writer , improvisor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mark meer .
mark meer is a canadian actor , writer and improvisor , based in edmonton , alberta .he is internationally known for his role in the `` mass effect '' trilogy , in which he stars as the voice of the male version of the player character , commander shepard .his voice is featured in a number of other games from bioware corp. , notably the `` baldur 's gate '' and `` dragon age '' series .meer stars as the voice of the player character william mackenzie in the long dark from hinterland studio , which also features his mass effect counterpart , jennifer hale .he also works in animation , providing the voice for characters in a series of cartoon shorts produced by rantdog animation studios .meer is a core company member of the canadian comedy award-winning live improvised soap opera `` die-nasty '' , and was the first performer to complete the annual 53-hour long die-nasty soap-a-thon without sleep .he is also a member of rapid fire theatre and a founder of the sketch comedy/improv troupe gordon 's big bald head .he is a performer and writer on cbc radio 's sketch comedy program `` the irrelevant show '' and aptn 's '' '' , and is a co-creator , writer and star of super channel 's `` tiny plastic men '' .meer works regularly with atomic improv and at the varscona theatre with teatro la quindicina , the company founded by canadian playwright stewart lemoine .in 2005 , meer was nominated for an elizabeth sterling haynes award for co-writing the surreal sketch comedy show , `` lobster telephone '' -lrb- in which he also played salvador dalí -rrb- , with the ladies of panties productions .in 2006 , he was honored with the sterling award for outstanding performance by an actor in a supporting role for playing multiple roles in `` helen 's necklace '' , produced by shadow theatre .in 2011 , he was nominated for five canadian comedy awards , including best male improvisor , for which he was also nominated in 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 .in december 2012 , mark meer was voted edmontonian of the year in an online...