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TELEVISION top of pg |
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Testament Minister Annas |
Roarlight/Angel Studios |
Paul Syrstad |
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Cradle to Grave Mr. Launchberry |
ITV STUDIOS for BBC TV |
Sandy Johnson |
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The Tudors ( IV) Sergeant-At-Arms |
HBO/SW Productions |
Ciaran Donnelly |
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Criminal Justice Richard Marshall |
BBC |
Mark Jobst |
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The Queen Michael Adeane |
BLAST! For C4 |
Edmund Coulthard |
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Office Monkey Angry Dad |
ITV2 |
Princess Television Productions |
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Call Up The Stars Bob Barking/Pearly King |
VE Day TV Special |
BBC/Noel Gay TV |
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Me and My Girl Pearly King review |
Television Special |
BBC Daytime TV |
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THEATRE top of pg |
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Snow White
Herman, The Huntsman/Brainy |
Greenwich Theatre
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James Haddrell |
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TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera
Neil Kinnock, David Blunkett, George "Dubya" Bush |
London, Edinburgh Festival, UK Tour |
Peter Rowe |
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Robin Hood
Friar Tuck |
Greenwich Theatre
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Matt Ashton |
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The Crucible
Ensemble - u/s Corey, Hathorne,
Herrick, Francis Nurse, Hopkins |
National Theatre
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Lyndsey Turner |
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TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera
Neil Kinnock, George W. Bush,
David Blunkett, Ensemble |
Park Theatre, London
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Peter Rowe |
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Macbeth King Duncan, Old Man, Doctor |
Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch and Tour
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Douglas Rintoul |
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Sleeping Beauty Tsar Ivan the Slightly Irritable |
Greenwich Theatre |
Andrew Pollard |
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Original Cast) Station Master, Ensemble regularly played Amos Diggory and Professor Dumbledore |
Palace Theatre, London |
John Tiffany |
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Red Riding Hood Herr Brush |
Greenwich Theatre |
Andrew Pollard |
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The Queen and I Dr. Sir James Reid |
Workshop |
Kate Golledge |
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Jack and the Beanstalk Mayor Boris |
Greenwich Theatre |
Andrew Pollard |
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Bert Baxter |
Workshop |
Luke Sheppard |
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The Secret Garden - Concert Ben Weatherstaff |
UK National Tour |
Matthew Gould |
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Shane Meadows’ 24/7 (Twentyfour Seven) Alan Darcy (Lead) |
Embassy Theatre, London |
Nathan Curry |
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Passport To Pimlico! –The Musical Arthur Pemberton (Lead)
Passport To Pimlico! - Songs Pimlico Lido Care and Fancy Free |
South Westminster Festival, London |
Kate Golledge |
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It's A Wonderful Life - The Musical Henry Potter review |
UK Tour |
Sallie Warrington |
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SpongeBob SquarePants - The Musical Mr. Eugene Krabs review |
UK National Tour |
Alison Pollard |
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Footloose - The Musical Reverend Shaw Moore |
UK and Ireland Tour |
Karen Bruce |
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Footloose - The Musical Principal Harry Clark |
UK and Ireland Tour |
Karen Bruce |
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Heathrow Terminal 5 Launch Actor/Singer |
Heathrow Terminal 5 Heathrow Overture |
Simon Garrett MD: Steve Sidwell |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Herman The Henchman |
Towngate Theatre, Basildon |
Simon Fielding |
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Sweethearts Wilcox, the gardener |
Finborough Theatre |
Kate Golledge |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Herman the Henchman |
Millfield Theatre, London |
Simon Fielding |
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Footloose - The Musical Reverend Shaw Moore |
Novello Theatre, London |
Karen Bruce |
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Footloose - The Musical Principal Harry Clark/ Understudy Reverend Moore |
Novello Theatre, London
National UK Tour
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Karen Bruce |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice Barlow/Cop - Understudy Sackett/Kennedy |
Playhouse Theatre West-end, London |
Lucy Bailey |
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The Most Humane Way to Kill a Lobster Barnaby Castle pictures |
503 Theatre (Latchmere Theatre) World Premiere Production |
Clare Lizzimore |
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Annie – The Musical President Roosevelt/Bert Healy. Understudied and Played Daddy Warbucks |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Richard Cheshire |
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On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Dr Conrad Fuller pictures |
Bridewell Theatre |
Carol Metcalfe |
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Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde review |
East Anglia Tour |
Graham Devlin |
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Me and My Girl Parchester, The Family Solicitor review |
UK National Tour |
Mike Ockrent |
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Friends of Dorothy Soloist/Ensemble |
The Dome, Brighton |
Lisa Kent |
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Me and My Girl Bob Barking/Pearly King review |
UK National Tour |
Mike Ockrent |
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Sunday In The Theatre With Sondheim Soloist/Ensemble |
The Hippodrome,Birmingham |
Ensemble |
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Me and My Girl Pearly King/Parchester (U/S) review |
UK National Tour |
Mike Ockrent |
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The Ballad of Mary Bryant Tench/Boswell/Composer/MD |
South West Tour |
Sheila Snelgrove |
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Cradle and All Hansel/Storyteller/Composer |
Essex Tour |
Ian Yeoman |
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Remember When...? The Old Man review |
Essex Tour |
Rob West |
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Bag Dancing Neville |
North West Tour |
Karen Simpson |
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Indoor Fireworks Father |
East Midlands Tour |
Rick Hall |
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The Three R's Matthew/Reverend/Composer |
South West Tour |
Sheila Snelgrove |
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Who's A Clever Girl? Cap'n Jake/Composer |
East Midlands Tour |
Peter Holdway |
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COMMERCIALS top of pg |
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VERY Christmas Featured Choir |
Moxie Pictures |
Frank Todaro |
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"Birth" Store Manager |
MFI - Internet Viral M&C Saatchi |
Happy |
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PUMA WRC RALLY FORD FOCUS TV Ad Dad Watch the advert! |
Syndicated/Global Television Hungry Man Productions |
Robert Jitzmark |
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Rennies Soft Chew Sergeant Ottershaw |
Carlton Television ITV Christmas Ident |
Paul D'Auria |
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Bad Candy Music Shop Manager |
Swivel Films Music Video |
Dani Jacobs |
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The Depaul Trust Smart Car Driver |
RSA Films |
Jake Scott |
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Living TV The Boss |
Sky Digital Television Flextech Television |
Rebecca Hicks |
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PIMMS - Happy Together Martin
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Syndicated Television |
Ringan Ledwidge |
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Cinema Halifaxo Leonard of Leonard's Limousines |
Syndicated Television |
Chris Palmer |
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FILM
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A House Is Not Always A Home Doctor
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Short Film Columbia Film School New York |
Murdo Miles Barker-Mill |
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Scum Jeff
Watch "Scum"
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Short Film |
Louis Findlay |
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Best Geezer Bert |
Feature Film |
James Smith |
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Broke! Graham |
Film Short |
Jay Piong |
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One Last Laugh Granddad |
Film Short |
Gavin O'Herlihy |
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Room 7 Mike Richards |
Feature Film |
Nihat Seven |
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Ten Tiny Plays The Older Man
Watch "Back of The Net"
Watch "Behind Closed Doors"
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Film Shorts |
Jules Tipton
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Love Tales Douglas |
Feature Film |
Nihat Seven |
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Born Yesterday Sergeant |
Film Short |
Kate Golledge |
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AUDIO top of pg |
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Ten Tiny Audio Plays The Male Voice |
QTH Community Project
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Jules Tipton |
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100 Days in Lockdown Male Newsreader |
Documentary Feature
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Kate Crawford-Owen |
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Finish Dishwasher Tablets Singing Man 1 |
TV Commercial
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Song for Marion Additional Dialogue Replacement |
Film Various Male Characters |
Paul Andrew Williams |
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MARTIN JOHNSTON top of pg |
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Height: 5'11" Hair: Grey Eyes: Blue Voice: Lyrical Tenor (to Bb) Equity: Full Spotlight link: Spotlight |
Contact Martin Johnston by: e-mail
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BIOGRAPHY top of pg |
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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.
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