Martin Ballantyne

Martin Ballantyne is an English actor, born in Norwich, England in 1972, where he grew up and still lives. He has always had a great interest in film and television.

After leaving Norwich City College and a succession of dead end jobs, Ballantyne attended a film making course in 1997. He wrote and directed a short black-and-white film, using friends as actors.

A keen collector of film memorabilia, in 2000 Ballantyne was approached by the BBC to take part in a documentary called 'The Price of Fame'.

At the beginning of 2005 a work colleague asked if he would be interested in appearing in a local theatre stage production. Ballantyne went on to play seven different parts in a production of Vanity Fair.

Later in 2005, Ballantyne was given a small role in the British film Cashback (2006), written and directed by Sean Ellis, which starred, among others, Sean Biggerstaff from the Harry Potter films. This appearance led to further small roles in films, including playing an 'Escort' in the British film Heroes and Villains (2006).

A significant break came with a featured Zombie Creature role, in the short horror film Gasoline Blood (2006). Written and directed by David Pope, this was followed up by playing various 'Trollesunds' in the multi million dollar movie: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (2007) written by 'Phillip Pullman' and directed by Chris Weitz. Martin went on to work on the Matt Damon film, The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) which is the third film in the 'Bourne' series of films. He was then seen next in the 'Friday Night Comedy Project' early 2007.

His next role is that of a villain in The Dark Knight. In which he plays alongside Heath Ledger as one of his Henchman.

External links

• Martin Ballantyne at the Internet Movie Database

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