Martin Compston
Biography
Martin Compston, born in Greenock in 1984, is a Scottish actor who played professional football as a defender before turning to acting. He had no acting experience when he auditioned for the lead in Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen (2002), which was filming locally, and he won the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer. He then took a regular role in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen. His films include A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), which won prizes at Sundance, and Red Road (2006), which won a Jury Prize at Cannes. In The Wee Man (2013) he played the Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris. He is known for playing Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in Line of Duty, the BBC police drama, a role he began in 2012 and returned to in later series. He has also appeared in television dramas such as In Plain Sight, The Nest, Our House and The Rig.
42years old
Turns 43 on May 8in 207 days
- Born Greenock
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 17 years2002 to 2019
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Behind the award
Compston won Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards for Sweet Sixteen, a category in which his co-star William Ruane was also nominated.
A change of course
Before acting, Compston was a promising footballer who played as a defender, spending time as an Aberdeen youth player and then signing for Greenock Morton.
Martin Compston movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Gary Lewis's page
Kate Ashfield's page
Craig Conway's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Stephen McColeThe Legend of Barney Thomson (2015) and The Wee Man (2013)
- Martin McCardieRed Road (2006) and Sweet Sixteen (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Martin Compston's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$72.7 million
8 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$47M64.3% of the total
- 2$9.2M12.7% of the total
- 3$9.1M12.5% of the total
- 4$4.0M5.4% of the total
- 5$1.2M1.6% of the total
- 6$1.1M1.6% of the total
- 7$868K1.2% of the total
- 8$516K0.7% of the total
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