Marc Marut

Marc Marut (born April 11, 1979) is a Canadian actor best known for playing the mentally deranged Johnny McFarley in the 1994 horror film The Paperboy when he was 14 years old. He has acted and appeared in various television series and films including the TV adaptation of Welcome to Dead House, Road to Avonlea, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Tekwar, Harrison Bergeron, and Street Legal.

Personal life

Marut was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and started his acting career in 1985 as Gavroche in the first Canadian production of Les Misérables in Toronto, Ontario. As a child actor, Marut gained mainstream attention outside of Canada for his lead role in The Paperboy, a film which was critically panned but has also since received a cult following. He is also known for playing Ray, a boy killed by mutated workers at a chemical factory in a small town, in Welcome to Dead House. He has appeared in a number of films, television series, theatrical productions and television commercials, mostly Canadian-based.

Filmography Year Title Role 1990 War of Worlds Patrick 1990 My secret Identity Young Benjamin 1991 Hammerman Additional Voices 1992 Beyond Reality Uncredited1993 Street Legal Luke Mcleod 1995 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Jason 1996 Ready Or Not Henry 1997 Welcome to Dead House Ray 1992 I'll Never Get to Heaven George 1994 TekWar Danny Cardigan 1994 Car 54, Where are you? Kid in Chorus 1994 TekWar: TekLords Danny Cardigan 1994 TekWar: TekJustice Danny Cardigan 1994 The Paperboy Johnny McFarley 1995 Harrison Bergeron Todd 1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice Park Rapist 1998 Happy Christmas, Miss King Elbert Werts 1999 Cruel Justice Quinn 2004 72 Hours: True Crime Paul W.