Martin Compston

Martin Compston
Born	8 May 1984 (1984-05-08) (age 27) Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Martin Compston (born 8 May 1984) is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He is perhaps most notable for his role as Liam in Sweet Sixteen, and for his role as Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen.

Biography

Compston was born and brought up in Greenock, Inverclyde, and attended St. Columba's High School in neighbouring Gourock. A youth footballer, after leaving school he signed for local professional team Greenock Morton.

Compston made two appearances for Morton at the end of the 2001–2002 season, in which the 'Ton were relegated from the Scottish Football League First Division. In both matches he appeared as a substitute, and both times Morton lost 4–0, to Alloa Athletic and Queen of the South.

Having never acted before, he successfully auditioned for the lead role in Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, which was being filmed locally. The film's success at the Cannes Film Festival gave him instant celebrity status in Scotland. His subsequent film career was comparatively low key as he wanted to "serve his apprenticeship" with a regular role in the BBC TV drama serial Monarch of the Glen. He has starred in three recent films:

• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Jury Prize and Best Ensemble Cast at the Sundance Festival) with Robert Downey, Jr.;
• Red Road (Jury Prize at Cannes) shot in Scotland with Kate Dickie and Tony Curran for which he has been nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Scottish Baftas;
• True North with Peter Mullan and Gary Lewis for which he has been nominated for Best Actor, British Independent Film Awards.

He also will star in upcoming titles Soulboy as Joe McCain and horror film the The 4th Reich as Pte. Newman.

More recently Martin made a cameo appearance in small budget webseries 'Night is Day'. He also reportedly auditioned for the role of Scotty in the new Star Trek film, but the role ultimately went to Simon Pegg.

His next major role will be in the 2010 film Soulboy.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Sweet Sixteen	Liam
2003	Monarch of the Glen	Ewan Brodie	twenty episodes between 2003 and 2005
	The Royal	Jeffrey Carpenter	one episode, "Snakes and Ladders"
2004	Næsland	Jed
	Casualty (TV series)	Matty Howell	one episode, "Lock Down"
2005	Tickets	Jamesy
	Wild Country	Lee
2006	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Mike O'Shea
	Red Road	Stevie
2007	True North	Seán
	Night is Day	Head Gangster	one episode, "Sacrifices"
2008	Doomsday	Joshua
	Red Mist	Sean	also known as "Freakdog"
2009	The Damned United	John O'Hare
	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	Danny
2010	Pimp	Zeb
	Soulboy	Joe McCain
	Four	Lover
2011	7lives	Rory

External links

• Martin Compston at the Internet Movie Database
• [1] Martin Compston website

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Name	Compston, Martin
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Date of birth	8 May 1984
Place of birth	Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
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