Martin Compston

Martin Compston's biography

Martin Compston is 38 years old actor born at Greenock. Martin was born on Tuesday 8th of May 1984. He is often nicknamed as Martino. According to year of birth 1984 Martin belongs to Millennials. Birthday on 8th of May means he is Taurus. Taurus is most stable sign of Zodiac, that is the reason it is also included in the earthy sign of the Zodiac Belt. One born with this Moon Sign (Not a Rising Sign) is very stable and balanced through their mind.

He is white scottish. He is citizen of United Kingdom. Martin´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know Martin also as association football player, film actor. He is recently known as television actor.

Martin Compston's schools

We found 1 school Martin attended. Name of the school: St Columba's High School, Gourock.

Detailed informations about his schools

• The son of Liz and Jim Compston, Martin attended St. Columba's High School, Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland. He left at the end of his fifth year there to be signed by Greenock Morton Football Club, despite reportedly earning As and Bs in his exam results.

Martin Compston's career

His main focus is to be actor. Martin is famous thanks to 'Sweet Sixteen' film.

Awards and competitions

Martin Compston's Nominations

• Martin was nominated for European Film Award for Best Actor for work Sweet Sixteen in 2002
• He was nominated for Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor for work Sweet Sixteen in 2002

What Martin Compston has done for a first time

• Sweet Sixteen (2002) was his first film and was critically acclaimed at the 2002 Cannes Festival in France.

Martin Compston's quotes

• I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster and I love them to bits. They're two years old. - Interview with the BBC, 17 October 2004.
• I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film.
• Acting has been really to good me. You end up in some wild places, and I love adventure.
• There was a lot of pressure on me when I was 18, 19 to move to America. I went out for a couple of weeks and hated it. I thought I could go out of my mind. You could really see how people could go off the rails.
• When I was young, running with a gang was a cool thing to do; that's how you get popular; that's how you get the girls.
• I'm a lucky boy. Never wanted for anything; new tracksuit, new pair of football boots. I had a happy childhood.
• A lot of the films I do go down brilliantly critically and win awards, but not a lot of people see them.
• When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing.
• The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.
• I'm in the very fortunate position as a young actor to not have to take the first job that comes along. I'm not motivated by money at this stage in my life, I'm motivated by work.
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Martin Compston's height, body shape

Lets describe how Martin Compston looks. We will focus on his height, body shape and hair color. He is tall as 5' 8" (173 cm). Body build is slim. His hair is shade of brown - light.