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TELEVISION
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  Testament
Minister Annas
Roarlight/Angel Studios Paul Syrstad
  Cradle to Grave
Mr. Launchberry
ITV STUDIOS for BBC TV Sandy Johnson
  The Tudors ( IV)
Sergeant-At-Arms
HBO/SW Productions Ciaran Donnelly
  Criminal Justice
Richard Marshall
BBC Mark Jobst
  The Queen
Michael Adeane
BLAST! For C4 Edmund Coulthard
  Office Monkey
Angry Dad
ITV2 Princess Television Productions
  Call Up The Stars
Bob Barking/Pearly King
VE Day TV Special BBC/Noel Gay TV
  Me and My Girl
Pearly King review
Television Special BBC Daytime TV
     
THEATRE
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  Snow White
Herman, The Huntsman/Brainy
Greenwich Theatre
James Haddrell
  TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera
Neil Kinnock, David Blunkett,
George "Dubya" Bush
London, Edinburgh Festival,
UK Tour
Peter Rowe
  Robin Hood
Friar Tuck
Greenwich Theatre
Matt Ashton
  The Crucible
Ensemble - u/s Corey, Hathorne,
Herrick, Francis Nurse, Hopkins
National Theatre
Lyndsey Turner
  TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera
Neil Kinnock, George W. Bush,
David Blunkett, Ensemble
Park Theatre, London
Peter Rowe
  Macbeth
King Duncan, Old Man, Doctor
Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
and Tour
Douglas Rintoul
  Sleeping Beauty
Tsar Ivan the Slightly Irritable
Greenwich Theatre Andrew Pollard
  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
(Original Cast) Station Master, Ensemble
regularly played Amos Diggory and
Professor Dumbledore
Palace Theatre, London John Tiffany
  Red Riding Hood
Herr Brush
Greenwich Theatre Andrew Pollard
  The Queen and I
Dr. Sir James Reid
Workshop Kate Golledge
  Jack and the Beanstalk
Mayor Boris
Greenwich Theatre Andrew Pollard
  The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Bert Baxter
Workshop Luke Sheppard
  The Secret Garden - Concert
Ben Weatherstaff
UK National Tour Matthew Gould
  Shane Meadows’ 24/7 (Twentyfour Seven)
Alan Darcy (Lead)
Embassy Theatre, London Nathan Curry
  Passport To Pimlico! –The Musical 
Arthur Pemberton (Lead)

Passport To Pimlico! - Songs
Pimlico Lido
Care and Fancy Free
 
South Westminster Festival, London Kate Golledge
  It's A Wonderful Life - The Musical
Henry Potter
review
UK Tour Sallie Warrington
  SpongeBob SquarePants - The Musical
Mr. Eugene Krabs 
 review
UK National Tour Alison Pollard
  Footloose - The Musical
Reverend Shaw Moore
UK and Ireland Tour Karen Bruce
 
  Footloose - The Musical
Principal Harry Clark
UK and Ireland Tour Karen Bruce
 
  Heathrow Terminal 5 Launch
Actor/Singer
Heathrow Terminal 5
Heathrow Overture
Simon Garrett
MD: Steve Sidwell
  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Herman The Henchman
Towngate Theatre, Basildon Simon Fielding
  Sweethearts
Wilcox, the gardener
Finborough Theatre Kate Golledge
  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Herman the Henchman
Millfield Theatre, London Simon Fielding
  Footloose - The Musical
Reverend Shaw Moore
Novello Theatre, London Karen Bruce
  Footloose - The Musical
Principal Harry Clark/
Understudy Reverend Moore
Novello Theatre, London 
National UK Tour
 
Karen Bruce
  The Postman Always Rings Twice  
Barlow/Cop - Understudy Sackett/Kennedy
Playhouse Theatre
West-end, London
Lucy Bailey
  The Most Humane Way to Kill a Lobster 
Barnaby Castle pictures
503 Theatre (Latchmere Theatre)
World Premiere Production
Clare Lizzimore
  Annie – The Musical
President Roosevelt/Bert Healy. Understudied and Played Daddy Warbucks
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Richard Cheshire
  On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Dr Conrad Fuller 
pictures
Bridewell Theatre Carol Metcalfe
  Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde 
review
East Anglia Tour Graham Devlin
  Me and My Girl
Parchester, The Family Solicitor 
review
UK National Tour Mike Ockrent
  Friends of Dorothy
Soloist/Ensemble
The Dome, Brighton Lisa Kent
  Me and My Girl
Bob Barking/Pearly King 
review
UK National Tour Mike Ockrent
  Sunday In The Theatre With Sondheim
Soloist/Ensemble
The Hippodrome,Birmingham Ensemble
  Me and My Girl
Pearly King/Parchester (U/S) 
review
UK National Tour Mike Ockrent
  The Ballad of Mary Bryant
Tench/Boswell/Composer/MD
South West Tour Sheila Snelgrove
  Cradle and All
Hansel/Storyteller/Composer
Essex Tour Ian Yeoman
  Remember When...?
The Old Man 
review
Essex Tour Rob West
  Bag Dancing
Neville
North West Tour Karen Simpson
  Indoor Fireworks
Father
East Midlands Tour Rick Hall
  The Three R's
Matthew/Reverend/Composer
South West Tour Sheila Snelgrove
  Who's A Clever Girl?
Cap'n Jake/Composer
East Midlands Tour Peter Holdway
     
COMMERCIALS
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  VERY Christmas
Featured Choir
Moxie Pictures Frank Todaro
  "Birth"
Store Manager
MFI - Internet Viral
M&C Saatchi
Happy
  PUMA WRC RALLY FORD FOCUS TV Ad
Dad    
Watch the advert!
Syndicated/Global Television
Hungry Man Productions
Robert Jitzmark
  Rennies Soft Chew
Sergeant Ottershaw
Carlton Television
ITV Christmas Ident
Paul D'Auria
  Bad Candy
Music Shop Manager
Swivel Films
Music Video
Dani Jacobs
  The Depaul Trust
Smart Car Driver
RSA Films Jake Scott
  Living TV
The Boss
Sky Digital Television
Flextech Television
Rebecca Hicks
  PIMMS - Happy Together
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Syndicated Television Ringan Ledwidge
  Cinema Halifaxo
Leonard of Leonard's Limousines
Syndicated Television Chris Palmer
       
FILM
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  A House Is Not Always A Home
Doctor
Short Film
Columbia Film School
New York
Murdo Miles Barker-Mill
  Scum
Jeff
Watch "Scum"

Short Film Louis Findlay
  Best Geezer
Bert
Feature Film James Smith
  Broke!
Graham
Film Short Jay Piong
  One Last Laugh
Granddad
Film Short Gavin O'Herlihy
  Room 7
Mike Richards
Feature Film Nihat Seven
  Ten Tiny Plays
The Older Man
Watch "Back of The Net"
Watch "Behind Closed Doors"

Film Shorts Jules Tipton
  Love Tales
Douglas
Feature Film Nihat Seven
  Born Yesterday
Sergeant
Film Short Kate Golledge
       
AUDIO
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  Ten Tiny Audio Plays
The Male Voice
QTH Community Project
Jules Tipton
  100 Days in Lockdown
Male Newsreader
Documentary Feature
Kate Crawford-Owen
  Finish Dishwasher Tablets
Singing Man 1
TV Commercial
 
  Song for Marion
Additional Dialogue Replacement
Film
Various Male Characters
Paul Andrew Williams
       
MARTIN JOHNSTON
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  Height: 5'11"
Hair: Grey
Eyes: Blue
Voice: Lyrical Tenor (to Bb)
Equity: Full
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Contact Martin Johnston by: e-mail
 
     
BIOGRAPHY
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  MARTIN JOHNSTON

Martin most recently completed filming the episodic series Testament (Season 1) where he plays Minister Annas.

He has given musical voice to Neil Kinnock, David Blunkett and George W. Bush in the London, Edinburgh Festival and UK National Tour production of TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera by Harry Hill and Steve Brown, roles he originated at The Park Theatre, London in 2022.

Also in 2022, he made his National Theatre debut in Lyndsay Turner's acclaimed production of The Crucible (Olivier Theatre, NT Live and NT Connections).

Prior to this he played the lead role of Mike Richards in the feature film, Room 7, for which his performance won the prestigious Jury Prize as Best Actor in a Feature Film at The Big Syn International Film Festival.

An original cast member of the multi-award winning, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts I & II), at the Palace Theatre, London, where he played the role of; Station Master and regularly played the roles of Professor Dumbledore and Amos Diggory, as well as various Wizards and a Muggle!

His TV and film work includes BBC TV's comedy drama Cradle To Grave playing Mr. Launchberry opposite Peter Kay. Two episodes of The Tudors IV playing the Sergeant at Arms. Other TV includes; Criminal Justice 2 (BBC) and The Queen (A docudrama for Channel Four). Film; Best Geezer (Bert), Room 7 (Mike), Love Tales (Douglas). Short films include; Broke!; One Last Laugh; Scum, Ten Tiny Plays, For Daisy and Born Yesterday.

West End cast of Footloose - The Musical (Novello Theatre) playing Principal Clark and Reverend Shaw Moore. Barlow and Cop and understudying the roles of Sackett and Kennedy in The Postman Always Rings Twice with Val Kilmer, (Playhouse Theatre, West End).

Martin originated the lead roles of Doctor Sir James Reid in the new British musicals; The Queen and I; Alan Darcy in the musical adaptation of 24/7 (TwentyFour Seven), based on the Shane Meadows film; Arthur Pemberton in the critically acclaimed promenade musical of the classic Ealing Comedy Passport To Pimlico!; Bert Baxter in the industry workshop staging of the musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole.

On tour theatre includes; Macbeth (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch and Derby) Ben Weatherstaff in the U.K. Concert Tour of The Secret Garden. Eugene Krabs in the acclaimed UK production of SpongeBob SquarePants - The Musical - The Sponge Who Could Fly; Henry Potter in the musical It's A Wonderful Life. Principal Clark and Reverend Shaw Moore in the UK and Ireland touring productions of Footloose - The Musical.

President Roosevelt and Bert Healy in Annie - The Musical, where he covered and played the role of Daddy Warbucks (Aberystwyth Arts Centre). Dr Conrad Fuller in the British Musical Premiere of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Bridewell Theatre, London). The leading role of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in the critically acclaimed new musical adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde, for Major Road Theatre Company (Tour). Herbert Parchester, the Family Solicitor in Me and My Girl (Original UK National Tour). Wilcox the gardener in Sweethearts (Finborough Theatre). Barnaby Castle in The Most Humane Way to Kill a Lobster by Duncan McMillan (Theatre503 at The Latchmere). Herman The Henchman in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Towngate Theatre, Basildon and The Millfield Theatre, London).

Martin has become a seasonal regular in Greenwich Theatre's award winning pantomimes; Snow White, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk.

He was invited to perform for Her Majesty the Queen at the inaugural ceremony for the launch of Heathrow Terminal 5.

He has provided voice over character work for Tiny Audio Plays (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch), 100 Days in Lockdown, Finish Dishwasher and Audio Dialogue Replacement for the film Song For Marion.

Martin has worked extensively in drama, theatre-in-education and community theatre with companies such as Leicestershire Schools Theatre Company; Rent-a-Role Drama Service, Plymouth; Roundabout Theatre Company, Nottingham; Action Transport Theatre, Cheshire and Theatre Van, Harlow.

In his youth his first theatrical work was appearing for several seasons with the Royal Opera Company at Covent Garden in productions of Turandot, Boris Godunof, Tosca, Rigoletto and Peter Grimes, in which he had a role specifically created for him, Hobson's Apprentice, and one which he repeated at La Scala Opera House, Milan.

Martin was an Associate Director of Human Resources for a London based recruitment company, a position he held for 9 years. He has previously been employed as a social worker/drama therapist in Newcastle and London, where he worked with emotionally and behaviourally disadvantaged young people and their families. As an employment counsellor he developed training programmes for and worked with the long term unemployed in London's east end.