Actor
Kenton Hall
Kenton Hall is a Canadian writer, actor, director and musician. Born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Hall initially came to prominence as the frontman of the UK Band ist, releasing three critically-acclaimed albums (Freudian Corduroy, King Martha and Toothpick Bridge), as well as a number of standalone singles and EPs between 2000-2010, garnering a nomination as one of MOJO Magazine's "Songwriters of Substance" in the process. Prior to the band's break-up in 2010, however, he had already initiated a return to his initial career as an actor and film-maker which had begun with a brief appearance in 1994's Little Women, before being interrupted by his musical pursuits. Since his return he has built up an impressive list of credits as an actor including roles in the likes of Les Miserables, The Amityville Asylum, Muppets Most Wanted, The Edge of the Lawn and acclaimed shorts such as Twinkle, Twinkle, John Lennon's Turd and Bus Stop, Wet Day (which he also wrote and directed). In 2014, he will appear as the lead in both Clare Speller's Father to Fall (which he also wrote and co-produced) and Rob Ineson and Carl Haynes' Cold Turkey, amongst others. As of late 2014, he is in production with two feature films: A Dozen Summers and Between New York and Wednesday, the first a film for and about children the latter an unconventional romantic comedy.
