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.

Most recently, 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 filming the feature film Mixed Up for Black and Blue films , and Hollyoaks Late Night.


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 demos, video showreels and websites for other actors.