Mason Paul Joseph Cardwell was born August 18, 1990 in Peterborough, Ontario. Son of Michelle (Masterson), an Early Childhood Educator and Bob Cardwell, a Pool Installer. He grew up in the small town of Keene, Ontario, just outside of Peterborough and attended North Shore Public School.
In grade 3 he found his passion for acting and in his first experience; a lead role in the school play. From the ages of 10 to 13 he went to a drama summer camp at Market Hall finding his natural talents of improvisation.
He first picked up a digital camera at the age of 11 and continued through out his adolescent years, projects consisted of music videos, short skits and a parody Jackass video. At 14 he began an interest in writing and directing and made his first feature film, a slasher film titled Red Nights.
Most often these projects were supported by his brother and friends. He continued to pursue with acting by taking it for all four years at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School where he also met his now wife Samantha.
At 18 he studied Directing & Film Production at the Toronto Media & Film College, making five short student films, one of which he dressed up in full costume as an overweight security guard to pitch to his professors.
He graduated with an overall 90% average. His journey after film school led him to start background performing in independent films and television series. Struggling to book a talent agent to represent him, he did not waste time and spent some time behind the camera as a production assistant on a few corporate video sets.
Pursuing his new found passion he attended training through the Directors Guild of Canada. As most of North America took a hit from the recession, employment was hard to come by. Thus, struggling to find more on set work.
Alongside with Samantha the two made the difficult decision to move back home. Settling back to his roots he found work through his family swimming pool company. At 22 he wrote and directed his first comedy feature film Guys Night, premiering at Showplace Performance Centre with an audience over 100 people.
At the age of 24 Mason signed with a talent agent in Toronto and began to book auditions for various roles. At 28 he wrote his first short comedy Oh Christmas, the short featured himself and his oldest son Bronson as lead characters.
He continues to work in the Film & Television industry as an Actor/Writer/Producer and lives with his wife and their three sons in the Peterborough area.
