Mark Rendall (born October 21, 1988) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor whose roles include the lead in the 2004 film, '' Childstar'' and Mick in season 1 of the Canadian television drama series ''

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''. He played Bastian Bux in the television 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 as the title character in the popular

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TV series ''

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'' (seasons 7–8). Recently, Rendall has appeared in several

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films.

Early life

Rendall was born in

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, the son of Catherine (née Sachs), a watercolour artist and Henry Rendall, an advertising agent. He has two older brothers, David, who is also an actor and Matthew. His father is

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while 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. At abut that time, the Cameron Maclntosh London touring production of the musical "Oliver" was holding auditions for children. Although he had no formal training in either acting or singing, Rendall 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'' with

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, the ''

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'' Peabody Award-winning true story, '' The Interrogation of Michael Crowe'' (for which he received a 2004 ACTRA Award nomination for Outstanding Performance - Male),

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's dark comedy '' Childstar'' (2004), opposite

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and

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; 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

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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

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and

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, and ''

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'', with Anton Yelchin and

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. In 2009, he starred in the films, ''

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'', directed by David Bezmozgis and '' The Exploding Girl'', directed by

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Voice acting

After Justin Bradley ended voicing

, Rendall took his place for seasons 7 and 8. 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 '' Jane and the Dragon''. He has also provided voices for other animated shows, namely ''

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'', '' Time Warp Trio'', and '' Wayside''.

Music

In August 2021, Rendall and

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released three home recorded, low-fidelity tracks and gave 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