Martyn Stanbridge
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Martyn Stanbridge (2013).jpg
|name = Martyn Stanbridge
|birthname = Martyn Stanbridge
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|4|df=y}}
|birth_place = United Kingdom
|occupation = Actor
|yearsactive = 1980 – present
}}
Martyn Stanbridge (born 4 May 1957) is an English actor.
Stanbridge studied at Trent College, then Drama Centre London. His work includes television and theatre, with appearances in the UK and internationally. He has performed at many of the regional theatres in the UK, the West End and Royal National Theatre. He has performed in a wide range of roles in a wide range of plays. Playwrights include William Shakespeare, Thomas Otway, Neil Simon, Dion Boucicault, Alan Ayckbourn, Ray Cooney, Anton Chekhov, Noël Coward and Agatha Christie.
His first lead role in a television film was in Good and Bad at Games by screenwriter and novelist William Boyd.{{cite web | url=http://www.williamboyd.co.uk/good-and-bad-at-games | title=Good and Bad at Games | access-date=2014-06-07 | archive-date=2014-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220344/http://www.williamboyd.co.uk/good-and-bad-at-games | url-status=live }}
Selected credits
=Television=
- EastEnders (TV series) Clifford (2007)
- Doctors (TV series) Luke Hepworth in Stealing Booty (2002)
- McLibel! (TV documentary film) John Hawkes (1997)
- Doctor Finlay (TV series) Graham Robertson in Still Waters, (as 'Martin Stanbridge') (1996) {{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cpyd78/dr-finlay--series-4---7-still-waters |title=TV, film and entertainment news |publisher=Radio Times |date= |accessdate=2022-02-13 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125100/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cpyd78/dr-finlay--series-4---7-still-waters |url-status=live }}
- The Bill (TV series) Dr. Hackman (1995)
- The Good Guys (TV series) Clive Aston (1992)
- Partners, Lovers & Spies (NBC USA Pilot) Ross Carlyle (1988) {{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHsjAwAAQBAJ&q=Partners%2C+Lovers+%26+Spies+%28NBC+USA+Pilot%29+Ross+Carlyle&pg=PA258 |edition=electronic |year=2013 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |isbn= 9780786474455|page=PT258}}
- Hedgehog Wedding (TV Drama) Dominic (1987)
- Murrow (TV Film) Lancaster Pilot (1986)
- The Day After the Fair (TV Film) Charles (1986)
- A Pocket Full of Rye (TV Film) Vivian Dubois (1985) {{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/qnmr/miss-marple--series-1---4-a-pocketful-of-rye |title=TV, film and entertainment news |publisher=Radio Times |date= |accessdate=2022-02-13 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135256/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/qnmr/miss-marple--series-1---4-a-pocketful-of-rye |url-status=live }}
=Theatre=
- Witness for the Prosecution, Vienna's English Theatre, Director Philip Dart. (2014) {{cite web |url=http://www.viennareview.net/on-the-town/on-stage/agatha-christies-courtroom-thriller-style-and-a-twist |title=Agatha Christie’s Courtroom Thriller: Style and a Twist|publisher=Viennareview.net |date= |accessdate=2022-02-13 |archive-date=2016-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809072248/http://www.viennareview.net/on-the-town/on-stage/agatha-christies-courtroom-thriller-style-and-a-twist |url-status=usurped}}
- The Odd Couple, Mill at Sonning, Director Anthony Valentine. (2009)
- Dangerous Obsession, UK Tour, Director Alan Cohen. (2006) {{cite web | url=http://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/dangerobs-rev | title=Theatre review: Dangerous Obsession at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, and touring | access-date=2014-06-07 | archive-date=2014-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150930/http://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/dangerobs-rev | url-status=live }}
- Rebecca, UK Tour, Director Patrick Mason. (2005) {{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/03/theatre_review_rebecca_nch_theatre_royal_feature.shtml | title=BBC - Norfolk - Entertainment - Rebecca | access-date=2014-06-07 | archive-date=2017-02-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228052917/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/03/theatre_review_rebecca_nch_theatre_royal_feature.shtml | url-status=live }}
- The Graduate, UK Tour, Director Tamara Harvey. (2003)
- Brief Encounter, Theatre Royal Windsor, Director Roger Redfarn. (2000)
- Don't Dress for Dinner, Royal & Derngate, Director Chris Dunham. (1999)
- The Verge, Orange Tree Theatre, Director Auriol Smith. (1996)
- The Shaughraun, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Director Garry Hynes. (1990)
- The Vortex, Glasgow Citizens Theatre and Garrick Theatre, Director Philip Prowse. (1988)
- Three Sisters, Greenwich Theatre, Director Elijah Moshinsky. (1986)
- Salonika, Liverpool Playhouse, Director Les Waters. (1985)
- Venice Preserv'd, Royal National Theatre, Director Peter Gill. (1984)
- Berenice, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Director Christopher Fettes. (1982)
- Chips with Everything, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Director Peter Farago. (1980)
- Mephisto, Oxford Playhouse, Director Gordon McDougall. (1980)
References
External links
- {{IMDb name | id=0821974| name=Martyn Stanbridge}}
- [http://www.martynstanbridge.com Martyn Stanbridge website]
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male soap opera actors
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