Birmingham Theatre School
BBC Pebble Mill
London actors workshop spotlight


Martin was born in Birmingham, both of his parents are from Southern Ireland. On leaving school Martin joined a full time youth theatre group touring schools and small venues with different shows.

In to his 20's he concentrated on sport and bringing up a young family by doing a variety of jobs. At 30 he re-joined the acting world...

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Short film XK7218
Martins short film XK7218 was shot during the Summer 2005, it was directed and co-produced by Kevin Powis for Lastindendent.com. Martin was playing opposite actress Kate Deeley.The film was selected for BBC big screen festival in Birmingham and shown throughout the UK at film festivals.
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TV / Film Work Includes.

Short Film The Real Mario Grey Begger/Millionaire 2006
Channel 4 The I.T Crowd Doodles 2006
Short Film. XK7218 Prisoner XK7218 2005
Ch.4 David Starkeys Monarchy Richard III 2006
BBC1 The Virgin Queen Earl of Pembroke 2005
Feature Film The New World The London Gentleman 2005
Feature Film - Lady Godiva The Local Drunk 2006
Granada - Dead Clever Hippy Rob 2007
Oxford Murders Professor Wilkes 2008
Feature Film - One Minutes Various characters 2007
Feature Film - The Boy With The Thorn TV Reporter 2004
Discovery Channel . The Sailors Story 1750 The Vicious Sea Dog 2004
Discovery Channel . Christopher Columbus Thomas- Crew Hand 2004
Feature Film. Sandman Lead: Wesley / Sandman 2004
BBC1 Crimewatch UK Nightclub Attacker 2004
BBC1 Crimewatch UK Drug Addict 2003
BBC2 Art of Kew Garden Stevens - Assistant 2003
Granada Mine all Mine Mr Haircut ( 2 Episodes) 2003
BBC3 This Is Dom Joly Frank World Champion 2003
CH 4 Film Who Killed Thomas Beckett Richard -The Kings Knight 2002
Radical Media Pepsi - Wild West advert Spain Real Madrid Player 2002
Granada The Forsyte Saga Art Club Member 2001
Feature Film Bloody Sunday Irish protester 2001
Feature Film. Once upon a time in the Midlands Party Guest 2001

Filmed Combat:

King Arthur, Crimewatch uk, Thomas Becket , The Sandman
Christopher Columbus , Vanity Fair ( Stand in), Bloody Sunday.


Sport - Competitive Athlete

Swimming, running and cycling races
Represented Great Britain at Triathlon in World Champs 96, 98 and 2000.
Track, cross country runner and time trial racing cyclist

Martial Arts Training -10 years. Qualified life guard / First Aid.

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" Martin would like to thank everyone for their kind comments"
    "Expresso is very inventive, amusing and entertaining!"
Richard D Zanuck. (Jaws, Sweeney Todd, Cocoon,etc,etc)
 Also the former vice president at 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.
     
 " Martins screen performance as the beggar was excellent !
 he gave the role all I asked for and more, a great sign in an actor."  
 Film director - Gavin Irvine "The Real Mario Grey"
Film supported by The UK Film Council and BBC Wales.
        "Martin has a very strong screen presence"
Geoff Thompson - Author and BAFTA award winning film writer

 

 “Martin played a particularly difficult character – a nightclub goer who loses his temper and leaves a man paralysed for life – very convincingly. This part was made doubly hard by the fact that he had to make the character’s anger escalation credible in a very short space of time within the film. He succeeded in bringing a genuine sense of menace to the role and worked with complete professionalism within the team.”
Sarah Sarkhel – Director, BBC Crimewatch

 

“Martin found the character effortlessly, an easy going actor who works hard on set.”
Mark Jeavons- Film Director

“Although Martin is slightly dyslexic this is not a weakness but his strength. He may take longer with the script but his characters once built are without exception totally believable and real. His strengths lie in improvising the scenes and characterisation. He is a joy to work with.”
Ria Richardson- Director, Speech and Drama Teacher
LLAM Teaching and Acting- ALAM Recital and Public Speaking- COM (Hons) Reading -Dip BSSD

“Martin Nigel Davey is a very natural actor.”
Scott Rawsthorne- Film Director MTV London


“Martin was totally professional and enthusiastic throughout the shoot. Buoyant even in difficult filming circumstances. His on screen chemistry with his co-star was a joy to watch.”
Mark C Cookson – Film Director, The Sandman
 

“Martin played the part of Christ in the stage production and he portrayed all the emotions and passion that this extremely difficult role demands. He played the part as well as I have ever seen it done.”
K G Brooke- Director, The Cross, the Tomb and the Stone

Martins involvement in "One Minutes" required him to portray a series of  9 completely different characters in a series of situations; From a dumb crook holding up a drive thru,  a stressed out artist, a mexican drug gangster, a dying earthquake victim, a 16th century tutor..etc.
Whether he was coming to film a role that he had put in hours of preparation for, or if he was doing a role I gave him on the day without warning, he was able to effortlessly adjust and create convincing characters whether comedy or Strong Drama... Easy going actor, I look forward to being able to work with him again.
Philip Pugh. Film Director "One Minutes" (60 films in 60minutes)
       
"Short film XK7218.........great acting and well directed"
   Kevin Ula Christie. Film Producer  L.A
 
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