Mark Rendall Movies
Canadian-born
Mark Rendall committed to an acting career at the age of 11, and soon watched his dreams materialize when he auditioned for the producers at a tryout for the Cameron Mackintosh London touring company's stage production of
Lionel Bart's Oliver! Despite a complete lack of formal experience and training in the areas of drama and vocal performance,
Rendall scored a role as one of Fagin's child thieves and an assignment as understudy to the lead. From there,
Rendall secured an agent and signed for a role as Bastian Balthazar Bux in the Canadian television fantasy series
Tales from the Neverending Story (adapted from
Michael Ende's beloved children's novel and its spin-off movie franchise) -- and made a seemingly effortless segue into features including the productions
Touching Wild Horses (2002),
Scream Team (2002), and, memorably, the lead role of an obnoxious, spoiled-rotten child actor in
Don McKellar's show-business satire
Childstar (2004). By 2007,
Rendall began to place a greater emphasis on A-list feature roles, and in fact scored his breakthrough that year, with parts in three big-screen productions: the vampire horror opus
30 Days of Night, the high-school satire
Charlie Bartlett, and the period adventure drama-cum-romance
Silk. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide