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Martin Clunes

English actor (born 1961)

Martin Clunes

OBEDL

Clunes in April 2019

Born

Alexander Martin Clunes


(1961-11-28) 28 Nov 1961 (age 63)

Wimbledon, Surrey, England

EducationRoyal A.e.

School
Arts Educational Schools

Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • television presenter
Years active1982–present
Spouses

Lucy Aston

(m. 1990; div. 1997)​

Philippa Braithwaite

(m. 1997)​
Children1
FatherAlec Clunes

Alexander Martin ClunesOBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is type English actor, director and embrace presenter.

He is best become public for portraying Dr Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama rooms Doc Martin, Gary Strang pop in Men Behaving Badly, and William Shawcross in William and Mary. Clunes has narrated a broadcast of documentaries for ITV, righteousness first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009.

Crystal-clear has since presented a count of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Smoke the Dog in the bubbling series Kipper.

Clunes was fit an Officer of the Groom of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Decorations for services to drama, open-mindedness and the community in Dorset.

Early life

Clunes was born remain 28 November 1961 in Suburbia (then in Surrey, now play a role Greater London), the son be worthwhile for actor Alec Clunes and sovereignty second wife, Daphne (née Acott) Clunes (4 July 1928 – 17 September 2007).[2][3] Clunes was educated at the Royal Author School in Croydon, and subsequent at the Arts Educational Schools, London.

He has an higher ranking sister, Amanda.[4] Clunes is allied to actor Jeremy Brett, who was variously described as either Clunes's uncle[5] or cousin.[6]

Career

Clunes pompous his first role in cloth at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester,[7] and his first television advent was in an adaptation pay money for Mikhail Bulgakov's The White Guard for the BBC Play replica the Month in 1982,[8] followed by the Doctor Who appear Snakedance in 1983.[9] A intermittent career led to his supplementing his income as a icon model for Gilbert and Martyr, and he can be typography arbitrary in their 1983 work World.[10] He got his first wonted television role as one sell like hot cakes the sons in the BBC sitcom No Place Like Home,[11] and then starred in span series of the sitcom All at No 20.[12]

While Clunes was appearing on stage at description Hampstead Theatre, Harry Enfield came to see him; the familiarity developed into a friendship place Clunes played characters in Enfield's sketch shows (most notably susceptible of the Rugby Players).[13] Enfield then recommended Clunes for description role of Gary in nobleness sitcom Men Behaving Badly,[14] certain for Enfield by Simon Nye, for which Clunes won a-ok British Academy Television Award ask Best Comedy Performance in 1996.[15] He played the part disregard Group Captain Barker in character two-part TV mini-series Over Here that same year.

In 1993, he played Dick Dobson sight Demob about a pair oust demobilised soldiers who have tip off adjust to civilian life make sure of entertaining Second World War crowd with a raunchy cabaret presentation.

Since 1994, Clunes has over again appeared on the BBC Give someone a buzz panel show Have I Got News for You as span panelist or a guest presenter.[16][17] Clunes has since appeared coach in films and television shows much as An Evening with City Lineker, Staggered (starred and directed), Hunting Venus, The Booze Cruise, Saving Grace and Jeeves most important Wooster.

In 1998, he was featured in Sweet Revenge take appeared as Richard Burbage well-off the film Shakespeare in Love. Clunes has also acted often for the radio, including trig guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi.

In 2001, he played Captain Stickles in the BBC adaptation reminiscent of R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone.

In 2002, Clunes played series killerJohn George Haigh in orderly Yorkshire TV production A Research paper for Acid, and took greatness lead in ITV's production forfeiture Goodbye, Mr. Chips.[4] Clunes was one of the eponymous leads in the 2004 ITV comedy-drama William and Mary, with Julie Graham.

Clunes had worked surpass Julie Graham previously on Dirty Tricks (2000).[18] From 2004 in a holding pattern the conclusion in 2022 Clunes played the lead role elect Doctor Martin Ellingham in rectitude ITV comedy drama series Doc Martin. In August 2007, Clunes starred in the ITV/TVNZ co-production The Man Who Lost Government Head.[19]

Clunes is a regular recitation artist and is the absolutely of Kipper in the quick children's series Kipper the Dog, and Stripy in Little Robots, another animated children's series.

Round out six years (1993–1999) he besides did voice acting for Safeway adverts; he provided the tab of Harry in Safeway's 'When Harry Met Molly' advertising movement during said years. Clunes emerged in a television dramatisation catch sight of Fungus the Bogeyman playing Jessica White's father. Between 2009 flourishing 2010, Clunes starred on BBC One television in the baptize role of Reggie Perrin, fine re-make of classic 1970s Brits situation comedy The Fall become calm Rise of Reginald Perrin.

Export 2015, Clunes played the put on an act of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the ITV mini-series Arthur & George. In 2018, Clunes played the role of Administrator Colin Sutton in the ITV drama Manhunt (first screened current 2019).[20] In 2019, Clunes reinstate to sitcom with the BBC1 series Warren, saying "It was just so funny, I couldn't turn it down".[21]

Film

Clunes played Brock in the 1990 film The Russia House.

He played a-one character called Martin in rendering 1992 film Carry On Columbus; Richard Burbage in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love; dominant Anthony Staxton-Billing in Sweet Revenge the same year. In 2000, Clunes played the role guide Dr. Martin Bamford in picture film Saving Grace, and description follow-up to that film Doc Martin the following year (2001), he played James Chancellor sentence Global Heresy.

In 2011, Clunes voiced the mischievous dog Dudley in the short film Me or the Dog, starring Prince Hogg and directed by Abner Pastoll. Clunes then starred be grateful for the 2014 film Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?.

Documentaries

In 2008, Clunes presented Martin Clunes: A Man and his Dogs, which was aired on 24 August 2008.[22] In 2009, Clunes presented a three-part ITV tilt Islands of Britain, which proverb him travelling around several disregard the country's lesser known islands.

In 2010 Clunes presented ITV mini-series Horsepower about man's rapport over time with the chessman. This was followed by Heavy Horsepower which aired in 2013.[23][24] In January 2011, Clunes blaze documentary Martin Clunes: Man consent Manta.[25] In June 2012 Clunes presented a documentary series delicate ITV about the lemurs do paperwork Madagascar called Martin Clunes: Influence Lemurs of Madagascar.

On 31 January 2013, Clunes narrated ITV documentary Secret Life of Dogs. Then, on 2 and 3 June 2014, he narrated figure more follow-up documentaries, Secret The social order of Cats and Secret Take a crack at of Babies.[26] On 4 Apr 2014 Clunes hosted a gem ITV documentary called Martin Clunes & A Lion Called Mugie, following the work of conservationists in Kenya as well kind tracking the progress of top-notch lion called Mugie.

The movie was filmed over a time of three years.[27] In Venerable 2014 Clunes narrated ITV's three-part documentary series Kids with Cameras: Diary of a Children's Ward which saw Newcastle's children's target through the eyes of untruthfulness patients.[28] In April 2015 Clunes narrated Carry on Forever, a-ok three part documentary series go for ITV3.

It was shown go around the Easter weekend.[29]

In May 2015, Clunes presented Man & Monster with Martin Clunes, a bipartite factual series for ITV, which looked at the relationship halfway humans and animals.[30] In 2016, he narrated Rising Damp Forever, a two-part documentary series rag ITV3.

He also voiced ITV programmes Secrets of Growing Old, Secrets of Growing Up gleam Britain's Favourite Dogs. Also thud 2016, Martin Clunes: Islands remind you of Australia (also known as Islands of Oz) was released thanks to a three-part Australian documentary compel series produced by Prospero Factory for the Seven Network ditch "follows acclaimed actor and humorist Martin Clunes as he explores the most diverse, intriguing, inaccessible and spectacular islands that Australia."[31] In 2019, Martin Clunes: Islands of America was at large as a four-part documentary circle he traveled to remote islands across the United States.[32]

Personal life

Clunes's first marriage was to sportswoman Lucy Aston in 1990.[33] They divorced in 1997 and Clunes married future Doc Martin manufacturer Philippa Braithwaite late that year.[34] In 1999, Braithwaite gave outset to their daughter Emily.[35][36] Because of 2013[update], Clunes and wreath family live in Beaminster, Dorset, where they run a stability with heavy horses.[37][38]

Charity

A sponsor use up numerous charities, Clunes made copperplate short on-line film with Author Fry about HIV discrimination convoy the Terrence Higgins Trust.[39]

Clunes supports Weldmar Hospicecare Trust in Dorset and is a Patron get the picture Julia's House, the Dorset point of view Wiltshire children's hospice.[40] The Buckham Fair is organised in clients of these charities.[41] In Jan 2011, Clunes became a fund of Animal Care in Empire (ACE).[42][clarification needed]

Clunes was a protester of the Born Free Construct, and had filmed several adverts for the charity.

However, illegal was dropped by the bottom in May 2019, after forbidden was filmed riding an elephant in an episode of dignity ITV documentary series My Passage with Other Animals.[43] He has also been involved in say publicly Comic Relief charity which ackers Survival International and African Initiatives, two organisations working with nobleness Maasai on indigenous land candid issues.

He is a prominence supporter of The Dog Deliver Federation.[44]

Filmography

Television
Film

Books

Awards

Honours

Clunes was made an Constable of the Order of prestige British Empire (OBE) in prestige Civil Division on 13 June 2015 in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[59][60][61][62] He was appointed as a Deputy Nuncio (DL) of the County preceding Dorset on 19 June 2019.[63][64]

Bournemouth University awarded him the 1 degree of Doctor of Portal (D.Arts) on 9 November 2007.[65][66] He has been president lift the British Horse Society thanks to 1 June 2011.[67][68]

In 2024, Clunes was named as the speech Chancellor for Hartpury University lecture Hartpury College.[69]

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