Zachary Bennett

Zachary Bennett is a Canadian actor and musician.

Early life

He was born in London, Ontario. He is the second youngest of four children, and his siblings are fellow actors Garreth Bennett, Mairon Bennett, and Sophie Bennett.

Career

Acting career

He is best known for playing Felix King in Road to Avonlea, for which he received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 7th Gemini Awards in 1993.

He was also a Daytime Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming in 1990 for his role in the television film Looking for Miracles, and a Genie Award nominee for Best Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for the film Desire.

Musical career

Bennett formed the indie rock band Yonder in 2004, which was renamed Tin Star Orphans in 2008. The band's debut album, Skywalk to Crescent Town, was released in 2008, before being reissued under the title Yonder in 2009 after they changed their name and signed to the Sparks Music label.

They released two further albums, The Days of Blinding Fear in 2010 and Tin Star Orphans in 2014.