Mark Hall was born in Brandon, Manitoba in 1982. He first got into acting at the age of eight after seeing a performance of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. He decided that performing on stage was something that he would enjoy doing, and so he became part of Treasure Chest Theatre, the same company that had performed “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.

In March 1991, he appeared as Old McDonald in a short performance called “Old McDonald and Friends”. After performing in this show, however, Mark would not perform in another theatrical performance until 1997, at the age of 14. It was at this point that he would begin a long string of theatrical performances. In the spring of 1997, Mark snagged the lead role (a werewolf) in a 1950s rock and roll musical called “You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Werewolf”. Later that same year, Mark became part of another theatre group, this one called Fantasy Theatre for Children. With FTC, Mark performed as King Dune in “The Little Mermaid”. The following three springs would each see another musical performance from Mark in "Fiddler On the Roof", "Grease" and "The Sound Of Music", respectively. These three musicals were performed while Mark was in high school, during which time he also took part in drama and theatre practicum courses.

After graduating, his drama courses may have been over, but only the opposite was true for his acting ambitions. Now 18, and hoping to someday work in film as well as theatre, Mark participated in a movie camp during which he appeared in a short video called “Skanky McWhat?” After the movie camp, Mark took a year’s hiatus from acting, returning to musicals in September 2001, performing as Joseph’s brother Zebulun in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat”.

Mark’s dream of taking part in a film became reality just as 2001 was coming to a close, when he had the opportunity to be an extra in the Brian Dennehy film “A Season On The Brink”. In the spring of 2002, Mark auditioned for “Children Of Eden” at Charleswood United Church, the same church that had performed “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat” the previous year.

“Children Of Eden” was performed in September of 2002, and two months later, Mark was an extra for a second film, “Cowboys and Indians: The Killing Of J.J. Harper”. His third job as an extra for a film was in early September 2003 in the Matthew Modine film “The Winning Season”. During that same month, “Once On This Island” (Mark’s seventh musical) was performed at the church, with Mark obtaining no less than three different cameo roles, as well as an understudy role as Tonton Julian. By this time, in addition to already having a long history of acting, Mark had also been taking voice lessons, in order to further improve his on-stage singing performances.

The spring of 2004 saw Mark's return to Charleswood United Church, when he auditioned for their next musical, "The Wiz". Mark acquired the title role. Within weeks of the completion of "The Wiz", Mark got in contact with Fantasy Theatre for Children for the first time in five years. He was cast in four roles in FTC's production of "The Velveteen Rabbit", playing Uncle Fred, the third Tin Soldier, the Fire Truck and Muggsy.

After another brief hiatus from performing, Mark returned yet again to Charleswood United Church in May of 2005, and was cast in their production of "Seussical the Musical" in the role of Judge Yertle the Turtle. Following the completion of "Seussical the Musical", Mark, who by now was 23 years of age, chose to temporarily forgo searching for more auditions, and instead, further his acting education. In October 2005, Mark began taking classes at Winnipeg's Onalee Ames Film Studio.

On April 30, 2006 (exactly 9 years to the day that he performed in "You Ain't Nothin' But A Werewolf"), Mark worked as a film extra for the fourth time, this time for the Bill Paxton/Chris Klein film, "The Good Life". Three months later, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival saw Mark showcasing his singing talent in a show called "Audition".

In September of 2006, Mark did not appear in Charleswood United Church's annual musical for the first time in five years. He did, however, receive an opportunity for more extra work on a set, and this time around made his debut as a extra in a TV series, for the second season of the TV series "Falcon Beach".

Mark took a month off from his classes at the Onalee Ames Actor's Studio in February 2007, and auditioned for several different projects that month, netting himself a role in a short film directed by a student from the University of Winnipeg. The film was entitled "Idiot's Day", and in March, this feat was repeated, when Mark was cast by another University of Winnipeg student, in a short film entitled "Sidekicks of Canada". In April 2007, Mark was also cast as a featured extra in the Leelee Sobieski film "Walk All Over Me", playing a mall security guard.

Mark continued to study his acting at the Onalee Ames Film Studio, and in late spring of 2008, he was cast as the Gentleman in a short comedy/thriller film entitled "Wait". Just a few weeks after filming his scenes for "Wait", Mark would return to theatre for the first time in three years, playing a character named Phillip in a play entitled "A Party None the Less." This performance was included in Winnipeg's annual Fringe Festival.

In January of 2009, Mark began work on two more independent films, "The Table" (as Martin) and "Ruby Red Madrigal" (as Chas). In February, Mark was contacted by the directors of "Wait" with an offer to star in their next film, "White". In the weeks that "White" was being filmed, Mark also took part in a short student film entitled "One Shot". In May, Mark also returned to extra work, as an extra in the biopic "Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story". This was soon followed by filming a cameo in the film "Hockeyland".

Today, Mark is continuing to look for more opportunities to add to his acting history and says he has no plans to quit any time soon.



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