Mark Rendall (born October 21, 1988) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor whose roles include the lead in the 2004 film, ''

Childstar ''Childstar'' is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed and co-written by Don McKellar, and starring McKellar, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Michael Murphy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Alan Thicke. It premiered at the Toronto Interna ...

'' and Mick in season 1 of the Canadian television drama series ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' and ''

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'', and starred in the popular

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TV series '' Arthur'' (seasons 7–8; season 6 redub). Recently, Rendall has appeared in several

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films.

Early life

Rendall was born in

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, 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

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and he celebrates both Jewish and Christian holidays.

Career

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

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(for which he received a 2003 Young Artists Award nomination), Disney's ''

The Scream Team ''The Scream Team'' is a 2002 American television film directed by Stuart Gillard from a story by Robert Short and Dan Berendsen, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Robert Bockstael, Eric Idle, Tommy Davids ...

'' with

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, the ''

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'' Peabody Award-winning true story, ''

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'' (for which he received a 2004 ACTRA Award nomination for Outstanding Performance - Male),

Don McKellar Don McKellar (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. He is known for directing and writing th ...

's dark comedy ''

'' (2004), opposite

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and Dave Foley; the title role in '' Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story'' (2004) with Ed Begley, Jr. and

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, NBC's mini-series ''Revelations'' (2005) opposite Bill Pullman and Natascha MacElhone, and Francois Girard's ''

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''. In 2013, he played the lead role in the Canadian film '' Algonquin'', shown at Montreal Film Festival. Rendall played supporting roles in the films ''

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'', opposite Josh Hartnett and

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, and ''

Charlie Bartlett ''Charlie Bartlett'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in ...

'', with

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and Kat Dennings. In 2009, he starred in the films, ''

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'', directed by

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and ''

The Exploding Girl ''The Exploding Girl'' is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Bradley Rust Gray, starring Zoe Kazan and Mark Rendall. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 and was released theatrically in the United S ...

'', directed by Bradley Rust Gray.

Voice acting

After

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ended voicing Arthur, Rendall took his place for seasons 7 and 8. He also dubbed over Bradley's voice for reruns of season 6 due to Bradley's voice being too deep and lacking the vocal range of

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, who was the character's previous voice actor. In 2003, he voiced Noodle in the children's show '' The Save-Ums!''. In 2005, he voiced the 14-year-old Jester character of the New Zealand CGI animated show ''

''. He has also provided voices for other animated shows, for example ''

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'', ''

'', and '' Wayside''.

Music

In August, 2021, Rendall joined forces with

Elliot Page Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award nomination, two BAFTA Awards and Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and a Satellite Award. Page publi ...

to release three home recorded, low-fidelity tracks and giving them away on Bandcamp.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rendall, Mark 1988 births Canadian male child actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian male television actors Jewish Canadian male actors Living people Male actors from Toronto 21st-century Canadian male actors