Tendal Mann

Tendal, born into a family of acting and storytelling (mother is SAG-AFTRA actor/filmmaker Sheri Mann Stewart; dad is international storyteller Barry Stewart Mann, brother is actor/poet/activist/politician Royce Mann) began his professional career at age 7 on stage in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. He was the only youth (and with an original monologue), in an ensemble of top actors and musicians in a multi-theater benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims, helmed by now-prolific/award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson. Through that, he was "discovered" and became the youngest Tiny Tim to date at the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theater, where during 7 years of the annual production and roles at various other pro theaters in ATL, he earned all of his weeks to become a member of Actors Equity (and realized it didn't make sense at that age in ATL), playing to over 100,000 and making numerous media appearances during his 7 years of the annual production (moving into older roles after 3 years). He was Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird in a critically acclaimed performance (see review below). At age 9, he made his film debut and walked red carpets and spoke on panels in Toronto, LA, and NY with David Oyelowo and Alessandro Nivola in director Jerry Zaks feature, Who Do You Love (2008) (World Premiere at Toronto IFF and winner of Audience Favorite Awards at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, 2010 and others) playing son Marshall Chess. By age 13, he was directing, writing AND starring in the film Zombie Crush: A Teenage Zomedy (2013) with favorite collaborators, (link=co0390558). As a teen actor, Tendal starred in the multi-international-award-winning Italian film Bullied to Death (2016), starred in SouthSouthWest (2014), directed by Madison Hamburg, and toured Alaska in a powerful show with Yupik artists exploring the painful history with schools of "Assimilation". He was directed by Peter Farrelly as a principal in a national March Madness sponsor commercial and enjoyed time in The Bahamas in a production for Cartoon Network. Tendal made his film directorial debut at age 13 with Zombie Crush: A Teenage Zomedy (2013), recognized with a Best Comedy nom at the International Family Film Festival, LA -- he also stars in a film he co-wrote, Gamerz (2012), which won the Infinity Audience Award and was an official selection at the Macon Film Festival. He spent a year at Hampshire College as their chosen Humanitas Award scholar after a gap year of driving multiple times cross country for various adventures. He and his younger brother, Royce, traveled extensively in summer '18 to more than 10 countries in Europe and Eastern Europe. He is now taking a break from school and is back into acting, music, and other artistic and fulfilling endeavors including screenwriting and activism. Tendal plays the antagonist in Terri J. Vaughn's Terri J. Vaughn hilarious feature #DigitalLivesMatter (2016) and plays a supporting role in the current web series Walter Frisk Lets Go (2017). Tendal is a lifelong vegetarian and has grown up in a co-housing community with his family and rescue pup Onyx. He donates portions of all his earnings to charity. He enjoys Stand-Up, Improv, digital music composition, and was a drummer in the band Radio Royale. He loves nature hikes, snow boarding, world travel, cooking, Philosophy, Psychology and hanging out with friends. Tendal keeps an active passport and is always interested in entertaining new roles in quality projects and collaborations globally on either side of the camera.

Review at age 9 from the ATL Journal Constitution for the role of Dill in a critically acclaimed production of "To Kill a Mockingbird": "The big discovery coming out of Theatrical Outfit's new production...the performance that ought to have these vaunted Atlanta thespians watching their backs comes from a scene-stealing 9-year-old tyke named Tendal Mann. Wearing a bow-tie and knickers, speaking with an authentic Southern lisp that would do his Capote-based character proud, this bean-sprout of a boy virtually skips away with director Rosemary Newcott's staging...Smart, ironic and very, very cute, he's the real Dill...When this Charles Baker "Dill" Harris arrives in Maycom, the socially savvy kid hands out his own cards. For casting directors everywhere, Tendal might consider doing the same."