Frank Ashmore

An American actor born in El Paso, Frank Ashmore is known for playing Martin in V, the 1983 NBC miniseries, and the 1984 follow-up V: The Final Battle. He reprised that part in the pilot of V: The Series and also played Martin's brother Philip. His film work includes the 1980 comedy Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel, plus Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979), Monster in the Closet (1986) and the 2012 independent thriller Extracted. On television he made guest appearances on Happy Days, The Bob Newhart Show, Battlestar Galactica, Touched by an Angel, The West Wing and Hawaii Five-O; in 2010 he took a recurring part in the fourth season of The Guild. He voiced characters in the video games Mafia II, Dead Space 3 and The Darkness II. In 2005 he received a featured performance award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.