Martin Clunes

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Biography

K.'s comedy scene in the 1990s on the groundbreaking situation comedy "Men Behaving Badly" (ITV/BBC, 1992-99) and went on to equal his success as the title character of the network's light drama "Doc Martin" (2004- ). A third-generation thespian, the London-born Clunes cut his teeth in the theater and on some short-lived sitcoms in the 1980s before beginning a running collaboration with comic mainstay Harry Enfield. In 1992, he and Enfield …
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Job Title

Actor, Director

Born

Alexander Martin Clunes on November 28, 1961 in Wimbledon, South London, England, GB

Career Milestones

1982

Made British TV debut in the "BBC Play of the Month" presentation of "The White Guard"

1983

Appeared on four-part episode "Snakedance" of long-running adventure series "Doctor Who" (BBC)

1990

Made feature film debut in "The Russia House," starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer

1993

Cast as the Bannführer in the Nazi Germany period drama "Swing Kids"

1998

Portrayed English actor and theater owner Richard Burbage in Oscar-winning film "Shakespeare in Love"

2003

Co-starred on the romantic comedy series "William and Mary" (ITV)

2004

Starred as the socially challenged title character on ITV series "Doc Martin"

Awards

1999

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Shakespeare in Love