Chris Martin | |
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Born | 28 October 1980 Glasgow, Scotland |
Alma mater | University of the West of Scotland [1] |
Occupation | Actor / Writer |
Years active | 2014–present |
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Chris Martin is a Scottish actor and writer. He is best known for the role of Paul Brennan in River City [2] and as Michael in Open Mike in which he was nominated for the Best Actor accolade at the 2016 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards. [3] [4] He also appeared as Callaghan in the short film Autumn Never Dies .
Chris’ writing credits include Open Mike and Regrets with his third short film in pre-production as well as collaborating on several other forthcoming projects including a documentary based around Muay Thai.
Year | Film | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
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2014 | K'Nibble | Newscaster | Andrew Dobbie | Short Film |
Bye | Dr. James Main | Andrew Dobbie Tobias Erdmann | Short Film | |
2015 | Open Mike | Michael | Tobias Erdmann | Short Film |
Flux | Marko / Highlander | Antony Scott | Feature Film | |
2016 | River City | Paul Brennan | Jim Shields | TV series |
2017 | Devourer | Jack | Ricky Hughes | Short Film |
2018 | Regrets | N/A | AJ Sykes | Producer / Writer |
2020 | Autumn Never Dies | Agent Johnson | Chris Quick | Short Film |
Year | Nominated Work | Award | Category | Result |
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2016 | Open Mike | British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards | Best Actor | Nominated |
2016 | Open Mike | Portsmouth International Film Festival [5] | Best Actor | Won |
2022 | Autumn Never Dies | Scotland International Festival of Cinema [6] | Best Ensemble Cast in a Featurette (Shared with All Cast) | Nominated |
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