Gregory Paul Martin

British writer and actor

Gregory Paul Martin

Born|  (1957-01-21) 21 January 1957 (age 66)[1]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK[2]

Nationality| British
Other names|

* Greg Martin
* Greg Martyn
* Gregory Martyn
* Gregory Martin

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]

## Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

### Acting[edit]

#### Theatre[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Martin is also a screenwriter. 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[edit]

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]

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

|
|
|

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[edit]

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

## Bibliography[edit]

* 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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Womack, Kenneth (2017). Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926–1966. Chicago Review Press. p. 60\. ISBN 9781613731925. "... by 1961 George was the proud and doting father of daughter Alexis and son Gregory, born on January 21, 1957, ..."
2. ^ a b Birth Registry, Hatfield Registration District, County of Hertfordshire, January–March 1957, Volume 4B. p. 73.
3. ^ a b Espiner, Mark (29 June 2001). "Sounds and vision". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
4. ^ Lewisohn, Mark (2013). Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years. Crown Archetype. p. 264\. ISBN 9781400083053.
5. ^ Badshah, Nadeem (21 September 2016). "George Martin's children embroiled in war of words over will". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
6. ^ a b c Durrant, Sabine (26 March 2000). "Confessions of a cad: Greg Martin". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
7. ^ Womack, Kenneth (2017). Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926–1966. Chicago Review Press. p. 60\. ISBN 9781613731925. "...three-year-old Gregory can be seen on home movies as he frolics with Tumpy in the backyard at Hatfield ...."
8. ^ a b c d Myerson, Julie (15 August 2013). "Madonna, Tara, the Love Rat and me". The Independent. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
9. ^ Information from archivist at St Albans School Archive.
10. ^ "Greg Martin". RADA. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
11. ^ "Bent at the Royal Court Theatre". Royal Court Theatre. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013.
12. ^ Hodges, Benjamin A. (2003). Forbidden Acts: Pioneering Gay & Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 523\. ISBN 9781557835871.
13. ^ Jenkins, Garry (1994). Daniel Day-Lewis: The Fire Within. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 277.
14. ^ Llorente, Isabel Guerrero (2017). "Festival Shakespeare: Celebrating the Plays on the Stage" (PDF). Digitum.UM.es. University of Murcia. p. 311\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2021. "Cast. Robert O'Mahoney, James Cairncross, William Hoyland, Clive Wood, Greg Martyn, Daniel Day Lewis, Jonathan Kent, ..."
15. ^ A Midsummer Night's Dream. London: Old Vic (theatre program). June–July 1980.
16. ^ "Search results for creator: 'Dunlop. Frank'". WorldShakesBib.org. Folger Shakespeare Library. "Venue: Produced at the Young Vic, London, 1976. ... Simon Chandler (Edgar), Greg Martin (Edmund), Andrew Robertson (Fool), Michael Rodden (King of France)"
17. ^ Beck, Kirsten (1983). Cultivating the Wasteland: Can Cable Put the Vision Back in TV?. American Council for the Arts. p. 162\. ISBN 9780915400348. "'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."
18. ^ "Mainstage Season Closes With Hamlet". The Agnes Scott Profile. Agnes Scott College. 18 April 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 31 October 2021. "The Alliance Theatre Company will present Hamlet on the Mainstage through May 3, 1986. ... In the role of Hamlet is Gregory Martyn."
19. ^ Willis, John A. (1987). John Willis' Theatre World, Volume 42. Crown Publishers. p. 140.
20. ^ "Pinter's Other Places: entertainment for the minimalist" (PDF). Summit Herald. 21 April 1984. p. 5. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
21. ^ Pinter, Harold (1984). Other Places: Four Plays. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. p. 6\. ISBN 9780822208662.
22. ^ Dirty Rotten Scoundrel. Product description: From the Author. UK. ASIN 1857823249.
23. ^ a b "Book Review: Watch It Come Down by Gregory Paul Martin". Beatles-Freak.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
24. ^ "Wedding Sonnet For Cherie 25.12.2012". The Bubbly Bon Vivant (Cherie Rose Martin). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021 - via Facebook.
25. ^ Per information on Cherie Rose's social media.
26. ^ "Tara's dangerous liaison ends in tears". Irish Independent. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Gregory Paul Martin at IMDb