Robert James Ramsay is a Canadian actor. Ramsay is known for his roles as Donnie Schrab in Blue Mountain State, Percy Budnick in

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Personal life

'Rob' Ramsay was born in

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. He grew up in both Toronto and

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. In his youth he performed in plays and musicals as well as playing for football teams in Toronto. These two passions never mixed until a casting director came to practice scouting football players to be in a movie called ‘

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’. On set, Rob was approached by the director who cast him in his first role. Ramsay studied dramatic arts at

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while simultaneously appearing on

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’ for the

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. In 2011, Ramsay was cast as the lead in ‘Patchtown’; a satirical, dark comedic short about “oppression, consumerism and a culture of discarded love”. In 2014, Ramsay and the rest of the cast of Blue Mountain State raised $1.9 million on Kickstarter to make ‘ Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland’. Production started in November the same year.

Filmography

TV Acting

References

External links

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Rob Ramsay Facebook Fanpage
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