Mark Soltermann is a Canadian Actor who was born in Oakville Ontario. His father Rene immigrated to Canada from Switzerland and his mother Bernadette was from Prince Edward Island. At age 12, Mark decided he wanted to be an actor and he told a group of friends while at a theatre that summer that his name would someday scroll down in the film credits.Mark attended De La Salle College in Toronto from grades 7 to 13. While Mark took theatre arts each year, he found every year's major production was a musical! Mark had no interest in musicals - his interest was action, comedy and drama - so that childhood dream got left behind at graduation - until 2020.Mark married his high school sweetheart, and they raised five children while embarking on a successful financial career. They were thrilled to become young grandparents. One of their daughters got her children involved in BG work in Toronto. It reminded him of his forgotten dream. One day his grandsons Xavier & Hayden told him they were doing BG about ten minutes away and challenged grandpa to join them. He and his wife accepted their challenge, and they enjoyed the experience working on Christmas at Grand Valley. Mark picked it up again the next summer working BG projects in several popular shows including episodes of Carter, Crossword Mysteries, When Hope Calls, Mrs. America and Angel Falls.With encouragement from various AD's on set, Mark decided to try out as a principal actor. He joined Actors Access and Casting Workbook and started submitting projects as self-represented. His first booking was a music video in Sept 2020 marking his start in the industry. By his first anniversary in Sept 2021, he had booked four roles including a union feature film which gained him entry into the union as ACTRA Apprentice and by Aug 31st, 2022, he was Full ACTRA with 8 completed projects. Though he knows it severely limits his options, he prefers to work self-represented for full control over projects he submits for.After years of focus on his financial career and the realities of providing for a large family...Mark finally hit one of his objectives set at age 12...to be an actor. He has been in his favorite movie types, action/comedy/drama - fighting Zombies, being in a Murder Mystery, playing a corrupt Politician and even a Vampire. To his friends with him at the old Vogue Theatre in Port Credit decades ago...his name has scrolled down in a list of credits. He knows nobody watches the credits - but for him, it was a childhood dream fulfilled. Show less «