Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams is an award winning singer-songwriter and actor from the town of Lyttelton, New Zealand. Son of visual artist Jenny Rendall and librarian & musician David Williams, he grew up singing in the Christchurch cathedral choir, before his punk rock dad turned him onto country music in his teens. Before beginning his early acting career in 2015, Williams has starred and directed in a number of his own music videos across his acclaimed discography. In 2015, Williams contributed live recordings to Australian ABC original TV Mini-Series The Beautiful Lie (2015), as well as his first acting credit. The series centers around his music, comprising the entire original soundtrack. 2016 saw Williams star in his debut feature film role with the New Zealand drama film The Rehearsal (2016), directed by Alison Maclean and based on Eleanor Catton's novel of the same name. The film screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2018,