About Bill

Bill Carr is known as an artist, an actor, humorist, writer, and speaker. For over 30 years, Bill has been helping groups from 12 to 1200 laugh at what’s trivial while helping them think deeply about what counts. Bill helps people see their world in new and exciting ways. His unique blend of humour and insight inspires laughter and consideration, offering his audience a fresh perspective on what they face everyday. At the root of all of Bill’s work is the use of humour to help people reflect on their own innate human nature and understand who they are in a greater social context.

Throughout his career, Bill has performed on theatrical stages across Canada and internationally. He has also worked extensively in the Film and Television industry in character roles and also as a social commentator on CBC’s The Journal. By playing roles as challenging as Lophakin in The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, as comedically satisfying as Eddie the Cook on The Red Green Show, or as endearing as Jack, the father of a middle-aged woman wrestling with her singlehood in Spinster, Bill has learned a lot.

Bill has written a book “Acting Up: Lessons from the Theatre of Life” where he shares his diverse and multifaceted experiences as a performer and conveys both lessons learned and mistakes made, and issues a challenge to those wishing to live more authentically and with purpose.

Bill believes that empathy and compassion must take centre stage in all our human interactions and seeks to deepen his audience’s understanding of the interrelated nature of our reality. Combining the latest developments in interpersonal neuroscience with his gleanings from a lifelong study of ancient philosophical writings and spiritual practice, Bill shares insights old and new into how our minds work individually and collectively.  Bill is fascinating to listen to as well as incredibly funny. Picture the late and great comedian Robin Williams and esteemed professor of Literature Joseph Campbell and you will begin to get the idea.

Bill travels extensively throughout North America delivering keynotes and workshops on creativity, communication, and intentional and inspired living for a number of organizations and corporations, from not for profit to Fortune 500 companies.

Bill is also an active volunteer in his community.  He is an honorary Trustee of the IWK Health Centre and has been a host of the annual IWK Telethon, a much loved community institution in the Maritime provinces, for more than 30 years. Bill also regularly serves as host & emcee for many local events in support of charitable causes and the arts such as Unicef, YMCA, Neptune Theatre, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Symphony Nova Scotia, Hospice Halifax, and Habitat for Humanity among so many others.

 To learn more about Bill’s work in television and film, please visit: http://imdb.me/billcarr.  Bill’s book Acting Up: Lessons from the Theatre of Life is available for purchase as both a paperback or audiobook on Amazon.ca. You can also follow Bill on Twitter at @WilliamJCarr, join him on Facebook or connect with him on LinkedIn.