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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 then appeared in three 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 was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Scottish BAFTAs; and True North with Peter Mullan and Gary Lewis, for which he was nominated as Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards.

Compston made a cameo appearance in small budget web series "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 role was in the 2010 film Soulboy. He also appeared in the horror film The 4th Reich as Pte. Newman.

Compston appeared in The View's music video for "Grace".

In June-July 2012, Compston starred in the BBC police drama Line of Duty. This has been confirmed for a second series.

His next major role will be in the 2012 film Piggy, starring alongside Paul Anderson, directed by Kieron Hawkes.

He started tweeting in the lead up to the showing of Line of Duty. In August 2012 he revealed in a Tweet that he was single.

Filmography

External links

• Martin Compston at IMDb
• Martin Compston website

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