Gregory Paul Martin | |
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| Born | 21 January 1957 [1] |
| Nationality | British |
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| Alma mater | RADA |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actor |
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]
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]
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]
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 .
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.
While in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s, Martin 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]
Martin married Cherie Rose Martin in 2012; [24] they divorced in 2023. [25] He has a son, Connor, born in 1992 from a previous marriage, [26] who lives in the U.S. [6]
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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... by 1961 George was the proud and doting father of daughter Alexis and son Gregory, born on January 21, 1957, ...
... three-year-old Gregory can be seen on home movies as he frolics with Tumpy in the backyard at Hatfield ....
Cast. Robert O'Mahoney, James Cairncross, William Hoyland, Clive Wood, Greg Martyn, Daniel Day Lewis, Jonathan Kent, ...
Venue: Produced at the Young Vic, London, 1976. ... Simon Chandler (Edgar), Greg Martin (Edmund), Andrew Robertson (Fool), Michael Rodden (King of France)
'The Guthrie [Theater] was so enthusiastic about our cooperation with them on the calendar that now we're working on a number of projects for our system. ...' Below, the young Peer Gynt played by Greg Martin in Part 1.
The Alliance Theatre Company will present Hamlet on the Mainstage through May 3, 1986. ... In the role of Hamlet is Gregory Martyn.