Mark Rendall (born October 21, 1988) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best
known for starring in the title role of the 2004 film, Childstar, as
well as Mick in Season 1 of the Canadian television drama series
ReGenesis. He played Bastian Bux in the TV series, Tales from the
Neverending Story, and the title character in The Interrogation of
Michael Crowe. He has also done voice work for the television series
Jane and the Dragon and Time Warp Trio, and starred in the popular kid
TV series Arthur (Season 6-8). Recently, Rendall has appeared in
several Hollywood films.Rendall was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son
of Cathy and Henry Rendall. He has two older brothers, David (an
actor) and Matthew. His father is Jewish and his mother is Christian
and he celebrates both Jewish and Christian holidays. Rendall attended
the Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy in Toronto, where he
became good friends with fellow Canadian actress Ellen Page.Rendall
started acting at the age of ten, when he asked his parents if he
could try his hand at acting. Fortunately, around the same time, the
Cameron Maclntosh London touring production of the musical "Oliver"
was holding auditions for children. Having had no formal training in
either acting or singing, he surprised everyone when he was cast in
the role of Spider, and as understudy to the lead role, Oliver.He
later starred in several films, including The Impossible Elephant,
Tales from the Neverending Story (for which he received a 2002 Gemini
nomination), the multi-award-winning Touching Wild Horses (2002)
opposite Jane Seymour (for which he received a 2003 Young Artists
Award nomination), Disney's The Scream Team with Eric Idle, the Court
TV Peabody Award-winning true story, The Interrogation of Michael
Crowe (for which he received a 2004 ACTRA Award nomination for
Outstanding Performance - Male), Don McKellar's dark comedy Childstar
(2004), opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz and Dave Foley; the
title role in Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2004) with Ed
Begley, Jr. and Graham Greene, NBC's mini-series Revelations (2005)
opposite Bill Pullman and Natascha MacElhone, and Francois Girard's
Silk.
known for starring in the title role of the 2004 film, Childstar, as
well as Mick in Season 1 of the Canadian television drama series
ReGenesis. He played Bastian Bux in the TV series, Tales from the
Neverending Story, and the title character in The Interrogation of
Michael Crowe. He has also done voice work for the television series
Jane and the Dragon and Time Warp Trio, and starred in the popular kid
TV series Arthur (Season 6-8). Recently, Rendall has appeared in
several Hollywood films.Rendall was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son
of Cathy and Henry Rendall. He has two older brothers, David (an
actor) and Matthew. His father is Jewish and his mother is Christian
and he celebrates both Jewish and Christian holidays. Rendall attended
the Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy in Toronto, where he
became good friends with fellow Canadian actress Ellen Page.Rendall
started acting at the age of ten, when he asked his parents if he
could try his hand at acting. Fortunately, around the same time, the
Cameron Maclntosh London touring production of the musical "Oliver"
was holding auditions for children. Having had no formal training in
either acting or singing, he surprised everyone when he was cast in
the role of Spider, and as understudy to the lead role, Oliver.He
later starred in several films, including The Impossible Elephant,
Tales from the Neverending Story (for which he received a 2002 Gemini
nomination), the multi-award-winning Touching Wild Horses (2002)
opposite Jane Seymour (for which he received a 2003 Young Artists
Award nomination), Disney's The Scream Team with Eric Idle, the Court
TV Peabody Award-winning true story, The Interrogation of Michael
Crowe (for which he received a 2004 ACTRA Award nomination for
Outstanding Performance - Male), Don McKellar's dark comedy Childstar
(2004), opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz and Dave Foley; the
title role in Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2004) with Ed
Begley, Jr. and Graham Greene, NBC's mini-series Revelations (2005)
opposite Bill Pullman and Natascha MacElhone, and Francois Girard's
Silk.
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