Graham Patrick Martin

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|14}}

| birth_place = Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.{{cite news |url=http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2012/08/graham_patrick_martin_to_bridg.html |title=Graham Patrick Martin to bridge the end of 'The Closer' and the start of 'Major Crimes' |work=NOLA.com |date=August 13, 2012 |access-date=March 24, 2018 |first=Dave |last=Walker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171406/http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2012/08/graham_patrick_martin_to_bridg.html |archive-date=March 25, 2018}}

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 2006–present

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Graham Patrick Martin (born November 14, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Eldridge on Two and a Half Men (2010–12) and former teen hustler Rusty Beck on the series finale of The Closer and in its spinoff series, Major Crimes (2012–2018).{{cite magazine |magazine=TV Guide |access-date=August 14, 2012 |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Closer-Finale-Postmortem-James-Duff-1051943.aspx |title=The Closer Finale Postmortem: Creator James Duff Talks Brenda's Final Confession |date=August 13, 2012 |last=Bryant |first=Adam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815181236/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Closer-Finale-Postmortem-James-Duff-1051943.aspx |archive-date=August 15, 2012}}{{Cite news |first=Denise |last=Petski |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/major-crimes-creator-cancellation-james-duff-mary-mcdonnell-1202181565 |title='Major Crimes' Creator Says Cancellation "Was Not At All My Idea" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101952/https://deadline.com/2017/10/major-crimes-creator-cancellation-james-duff-mary-mcdonnell-1202181565/ |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=November 1, 2017 |date=October 3, 2017}} Martin also portrayed Bill Engvall's older son in the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007–09).{{cite news |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |url=http://blog.nola.com/davewalker/2008/08/metairie_teen_ready_for_second.html |date=August 4, 2008 |title=Metairie teen ready for second season on 'The Bill Engvall Show' |last=Lorando |first=Mark |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211213541/http://blog.nola.com/davewalker/2008/08/metairie_teen_ready_for_second.html |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

He starred in the films Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (2007) and Rising Stars (2010).

Personal life

Martin attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York City. When asked, in a TNT Newsroom interview, to describe himself, he responded: "I'm a New Yorker from New Orleans who lives in Los Angeles."{{cite web |access-date=August 14, 2012 |website=TNT Newsroom |title=Major Crimes Q&A: Get to Know Graham Patrick Martin |date=April 11, 2012 |last=Hamilton |first=Christina |url=http://tntnewsroom.com/major-crimes-qa-get-to-know-graham-patrick-martin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417074304/http://tntnewsroom.com/major-crimes-qa-get-to-know-graham-patrick-martin/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2012}}

When asked what inspired him to act, Martin shared that his older sister was the first in his family to become interested in acting. Martin, his two brothers and sister attended a performing arts summer camp called French Woods, where: {{cquote|I went for the water sports and horseback riding, but I somehow ended up auditioning for my first play while I was there. I was eight years old at the time, and I was cast in my first musical The King and I. I did three musicals every summer at French Woods, until I was fifteen. The other influence was Leonardo DiCaprio. I saw Titanic in kindergarten and decided I wanted to be just like him.}}