Gregory Paul Martin
British writer and actor
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Gregory Paul Martin (born 21 January 1957)[1] is a British writer and actor. He is the eldest son of Beatles producer Sir George Martin and the half-brother of the music producer Giles Martin.[3]
21 January 1957[1]
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- Greg Martyn
- Gregory Martyn
- Gregory Martin
Gregory Paul Martin | |
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| Born | Gregory Paul Martin 21 January 1957[1] |
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| Alma mater | RADA |
| Occupations | Writer, actor |
| Father | George Martin |
| Relatives | Giles Martin (half-brother) |
Early life and education
Martin was born in 1957 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.[2] He is the son and second child of Sir George Martin and his first wife, Sheena (née Chisholm).[4] George Martin left his wife and two children in 1962, when Gregory was five, in order to remarry.[5][3][6]
Martin grew up in Hatfield[7][8] and attended St Albans School in Hertfordshire, graduating in 1975.[9]
He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1977.[10]
Career
Acting
Theatre
Martin's acting roles in the British theatre include the world premiere of Bent (1979) at the Royal Court Theatre in London with Ian McKellen,[11][12] a season at the Bristol Old Vic,[13][14] a season at London's Old Vic,[15][8] and a season at London's Young Vic.[16]
His American theatre credits include the title role of Peer Gynt at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis,[17] and the title role in Hamlet at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta,[18][19] as well as the American premier of Harold Pinter's Other Places, at The Manhattan Theater Club in New York City.[20][21]
Television
Martin starred opposite Faye Dunaway and Richard Burton in the 1984 CBS miniseries Ellis Island. He also made appearances in a number of television series of the 1980s–1990s, including Murder, She Wrote; Sliders; Babylon 5; and Mad About You.
Film
Martin appeared in a small role in the movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), with Chevy Chase and Daryl Hannah, and in a small role in A Walk in the Clouds (1995), alongside Keanu Reeves and Debra Messing.
Writing
According to Martin, while in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote and sold two Hollywood screenplays, but the films did not end up getting produced.[8]
Following a failed whirlwind engagement to socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson in 1999 that made headlines, Martin penned a tongue-in-cheek send-up of his romantic life titled Dirty Rotten Scoundrel.[6][8] In the book's online retail product description, he stated "I wrote this book as a satire of an ugly image foisted on me by the British tabloids during the summer of 1999, and was never intended to be taken seriously. I take it as an oddly flattering compliment people assumed the character was really me."[22]
Martin is a professional astrologer as well.[23] In early 2019 he published the book Watch It Come Down, detailing a death-and-rebirth cycle of the United States.[23]
Personal life
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Richard | |
| 1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | Armistead Knox | |
| 2008 | Able Danger | Luther | |
| 2018 | Nothing Is Truer Than Truth | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2020 | Lilly's Light: The Movie | Professor Crabbe |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | The Gentle Touch | Police Constable | Series 3, episode: "The Hit" |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Marco Santorelli | Miniseries |
| 1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Danny Briggs | Episode 2.5: "Sing a Song of Murder" |
| 1988 | The Real Ghostbusters | Ghostmaster | Animated series; episode 4.6: "Short Stuff" |
| 1989 | Ring Raiders | Yuri Kirkov | Animated series; 5 episodes |
| 1989–1990 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | TV Reporter Brad |
"Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story" "Malcolm Takes a Shot" |
| 1990–1992 | Empty Nest | Ian | Episodes 3.6 "Mad About the Boy", 4.22 "Good Neighbor Harry" |
| 1993 | Mad About You | Andrew | Episode 1.16: "Love Among the Tiles" |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Colonel Ari Ben Zayn | Episode 1.16: "Eyes" |
| SeaQuest DSV | Marcus Rawlings | Episode 2.11: "Dead End" | |
| 1995 | Ellen | Roger | Episode 2.13: "Ellen's Improvement" |
| 1996 | Sliders | Gareth Carr | Episode 3.8: "Dragonslide" |
| 2010 | Lilly's Light | Professor Crabbe | TV film |
Bibliography
- Martin, Greg (2000). Dirty Rotten Scoundrel. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85782-324-0.
- Martin, Gregory Paul (2019). Watch It Come Down: Human Consciousness, Astrology, and the Death and Rebirth of America. ISBN 978-1795043168.