Martin trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
His first engagements involved appearances in South Pacific and Sinbad The Great Adventure at the Queen's Theatre,
Hornchurch, Mick in Straight Up at The White Bear in
Kennington, followed by Derek Jarman's film Edward the Second.
He performed in the original workshop production of Sunset
Boulevard at the Sydmonton Festival, created the role of Tig
in Rain Dogs at the Prince of Wales, a musical based on
the songs of Tom Waits, and appeared in the British premiere of Nine at the Royal Festival Hall.
Martin played Buddy Holly in
Buddy for two years, both on
the U.K. Tour and at the Victoria Palace
Theatre, followed by a
spin-off tour of Holland and Belgium. This involved making many T.V appearances which included
The Royal Variety Performance,
Children in Need,
The Late Late Show, and
Pebble
Mill. He played Mike Connor in the national tour of
High
Society, featuring on the cast recording, appeared as the
Prince in
Snow White at both Westcliffe and Basingstoke,
and spent time in Channel 5s
Family Affairs as Lee
Warren. Martin then played a season at rep Rep, playing Henry Gow in
Fumed Oak, Toby Cartwright in
Ways and Means,
Bert Bentley in
Red Peppers, Charles Bingley in
Pride
and Prejudice, and Axel Hammond in
The Nerd, followed
by the National Tour of
Four Steps to Heaven, and Jack
Carter in
Idiot Wind at The Old Red Lion.
In 1999, Martin joined the touring production of
Les
Miserables, playing Grantaire, the
Factory Foreman and
understudying the role of Javert, a role he repeated at the
Palace Theatre. He left Les Miserables to create the role of
Gabriel Tapi de Celeyran in
Lautrec, a new musical by
Charles Aznavour.
Martin then returned to rep Rep as Ali Hakim in
Oklahoma, followed by Poseidon/Menelaus in
Women of
Troy at The Orange Tree in Richmond, Lent in the 'play in the dark'
Julia
Pastrana at the Battersea Arts Centre and on tour, and
Buckingham and Surrey in Shakespeare's
Henry VIII at the
Bridewell Theatre, London.
In 2003 Martin travelled to Vienna's English Theatre to play
George in
Intent To Murder, returning to perform the
roles of Sykes in
Oliver and Julian in
Communicating Doors at rep. These were followed by the
part of Larry Hay in BBC's
Judge John Deed.
In 2005, Martin spent much of the year in Keswick in the Lake
District for their Theatre By The Lake's summer season.
There he
played Dick Barton/Snowy in
Dick Barton - Special Agent, Manningham in
Gaslight, and Valmont in
Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
2006 saw Martin appear in
AfterLife for ITV, film the
movie
Death Defying Acts with Guy Pearce and Catherine
Zeta Jones, and play Nanjac in
An Ideal Husband at Theatr
Clwyd.
In 2007,
Martin played Inspector Thomas in
The Unexpected Guest for Bill Kenright, filmed for the BBC in
The Last
Enemy and
Doctors, and in 2008 has starred alongside Martin Shaw, Jenny Seagrove, Susan George, Belinda Lang, and Roy Marsden
in Murder On Air at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and just finished work on the feature film
Mixed Up for Black and Blue films ,
Hollyoaks Later for Channel 4, and
Emmerdale for YTV.
When not performing on stage, Martin manages his recording
studio, '
SonicPond', arranging and producing
albums for
his label
MaKiNG Records, devising theatre Sound Design, and producing
voiceover
reels, video showreels and websites for other actors.
