Martin Compston

Born on May 8th, 1984, in Inverclyde, Scotland, Martin Compston is a former footballer and Scottish on-screen character. He is the son of Jim and Liz Compston and has a sibling, Barry Compston. He went to St. Columba's High School in Gourock. In the wake of leaving school as an adolescent footballer, he marked for neighborhood professional group Greenock Morton. Compston showed up in the 2001–02 Scottish First Division season, in which the group was consigned from the Scottish Football League First Division.

He was chose as a substitute in both the games. In both circumstances, Morton lost 4–0 to Queen of the South and Alloa Athletic. He effectively tried out for film Sweet Sixteen by Ken Loach for the lead character, having never acted, which was being shot locally. The movie's success at the Cannes Film Festival gave him instant superstar status in Scotland. Martin consequent film profession was comparatively subtle as he needed to "serve his apprenticeship" with a regular part of the BBC TV dramatization serial Monarch of the Glen.

He then showed up in three motion pictures such as True North as Seán with Gary Lewis and Peter Mullan, for which, at the British Independent Film Awards he was selected as Best Actor, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Mike O'Shea with Robert Downey, for which at the Sundance Festival, he got Best Ensemble Cast and Jury Prize and Red Road as Stevie with Tony Curran and Kate Dickie, for which at Cannes, he got Jury Prize and at the Scottish BAFTA got selected as Best Supporting Actor.

In 2010, Martin was featured in movie Soulboy by Shimmy Marcus as Joe McCain next to Craig Parkinson Craig Parkinson is a British actor. He has worked >> Read More... . He was also starred in The 4th Reich, a horror motion picture as Pte. Newman and showed up as a cameo on Night Is Day, in a reasonable budget web show. He starred in How Long and Grace in the music video of The View The View is an American news talk-show that airs o >> Read More... band as he is friends with them. He featured in the Line of Duty, an award-winning police dramatization on BBC as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott with Craig Parkinson yet again.

Martin additionally starred in the violent thriller Piggy by R.S. Soderstrom in 2012. He acted the lead part as Paul Ferris in The Wee Man by Ray Burdis, a movie delineating the life of famous Gangster of Glasgow. It was discharged in the UK in January of 2013. Martin appeared in The Ice Cream Girls, a mini-series on ITV in April of 2013.

He also starred in The Great Train Robbery as Roy James. In 2014 and 2016, he repeated his lead part in the second and third season of Line of Duty, a Two police show on BBC. He acted as Peter Manuel, a serial killer in the In Plain Sight, a Scottish 3-section TV dramatization show, in which he was sought after to his conviction and extreme execution by William Muncie, a detective in 2016.He was once again featured in the fourth series as Det. Sgt. Steve Arnott in Line of Duty on BBC one flagship channel, which got broadcast on March and April of 2017.