R.H. Thomson

actor

R.H. has appeared in film and theatre across Canada, as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne With An E, and recently as Vladimir in Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett. An advocate for the arts, R.H. has also worked on many history/arts projects. He built The World Remembers-Le Monde Se Souvient, an international WWI commemoration exhibit now installed at war museums in Canada, the US and France -  theworldremembers.ca.

His book By The Ghost Light: Wars, Memory and Families is a personal, emotional and intensely engaging exploration of how the stories we tell affect the wars we fight. Published in November 2023, it was on the best seller list for Canadian non-fiction. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and was awarded the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.