Marc Giuseppe Donato (born January 25, 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Derek Haig on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Career One of the earliest films in which Donato appears is as eight-year-old Mike Hillary in the low budget television film, Specimen. He was also up for the role of Cole in The Sixth Sense.
Later roles include Derek Haig on Degrassi: The Next Generation and those in Doc, Locked in Silence, The Blue Butterfly, Avatar: The Last Airbender and other cartoon voices, recently as Ethan in The Future Is Wild. He also had small roles as Mason in The Sweet Hereafter, Adam in Pay It Forward, Davey in White Oleander, and as a child in Adam Sandler's character's 1st grade class in Billy Madison, and starred in the thriller film The Final.Official Horrorfest Poster for The Final His latest accomplishment was landing the role of Tarek in the live action feature film Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012), based on the best selling graphic novel of the same name. In 2013, he starred in Sick Boy starring with his real-life ex-girlfriend Skye McCole Bartusiak. He also had a role in the music video for Simple Plan's hit song "I'd Do Anything" playing a boy who enters Simple Plan's concert with two dates.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Pom Poko Sasuke Voice - English The Killing Machine Connor's child 1995 Billy Madison Nodding 1st Grader 1997 The Sweet Hereafter Mason Ansel 1998 Bone Daddy Mark A Boy's Own Story Zackary Short film 1999 A Map of the World Robbie Mackessy 2000 Camera Child Short film2000Pay it Forward Adam 2002 White Oleander Davey Thomas 2004 The Blue Butterfly Pete Carlton 2010 The Final Dane 2012 Bad Kids Go to Hell Tarek Ahmed Code Red Marc Short film Sick Boy Chris 2013 M15F1T5 DJ Marco Polo Voice Original title - The Tribe of Misfits 2014 Bad Buddha Jase Short film 2015 Charlie Muse Short film 2018 Mind of Its Own Trevor 2024 The Hall Pass Terrence Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 JFK: Reckless Youth 3-year-old Jack Mini-series 1994 Ultimate Betrayal Young John TV movie Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story Ryan TV movie 1994-1995 Due South Little Kid / Small Boy / Little Boy 3 episodes 1995 Side Effects Martin Bindernagle Season 1, episode 13: "Lucky Numbers" 1995-1997 Flash Forward 5-year-old Tucker James 8 episodes1996 Double Jeopardy Aaron TV movieCredited as Mark Donato The Specimen 8-year-old Mike Hilary TV movie The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story Beau TV movie 1997-2000 The Animal Shelf Timothy VoiceMain role 1998 The Sweetest Thing Chip Martin TV movie Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples Paul Segment: "Marie Taquet" Noddy Dewey Lester VoiceSeason 1, episode 25: "Mixed Up Masks" 1999 Locked in Silence Stephen TV movie Dear America: Standing in the Light Thomas Logan Tales from the Cryptkeeper David VoiceSeason 3, episode 6: "Trouble in Store" Thrill Seekers Kevin TV movie 1999-2001 Redwall Young Martin / Young Mathias Voice24 episodes 2000 Redwall: The Movie Young Mathias Voice Franklin Crab VoiceSeason 4, episode 12: "Franklin at the Seashore / Franklin and Snail's Dream" Sailor Moon Royal Subject / Danny / Mansanori Tsuzki Voice - English 4 episodes 2001 Twice in a Lifetime 12-year-old Mikey Dangerous Child Leo Cambridge TV movie Rescue Heroes Tyler VoiceSeason 2, episode 5: "High Anxiety / Canyon Catastrophe" Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Ling-Ling Voice Episode 18: "Panda-monium / Festival of Lanterns" Mutant X Joshua Valentine Season 1, episode 9: "Crime of the New Century" 2002 Real Kids, Real Adventures Joseph Orien Season 3, episode 1: "Burning at Crooked Lake" 2003 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids Wiggle Voice 2004 Doc Andrew Spinner Season 4, episode 10: "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" Clubhouse Rich Season 1, episode 1: "Pilot" 2005-2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation Derek Haig 35 episodes 2006-2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender Longshot / Additional voices Voice 2 episodes 2006-2008 Degrassi: Minis Derek Haig 10 episodes 2007-2008 The Future is Wild Ethan Voice18 episodes 2012 Ghostquake Colt TV movieAlso known as Haunted High 2015 Ladies Like Us Marc Season 2, episode 1: "Angels in the Outfield"
Music videos Year Title Artist Role Notes 2002 I'd Do Anything Simple Plan featuring Mark Hoppus Concerting Going Boy with Two Dates 2018 "I'm Upset" Drake Himself As part of an ensemble cast of actors/actresses from Degrassi: The Next Generation
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