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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Marshall Teague (actor)

Marshall R. Teague (born 1953, Newport, Tennessee) is an American character actor, Navy veteran, and former deputy sheriff known for Jimmy Reno in Road House (1989), Ta'Lon on Babylon 5, and roles in The Rock and Armageddon.

Marta Dusseldorp

Marta Dusseldorp (born 1973, Hobart) is an Australian actress and producer known for A Place to Call Home, Janet King, Jack Irish, and Bay of Fires; AACTA and Helpmann winner, founder of Archipelago Productions.

Marta Kristen

Marta Kristen (born 1945, Oslo; birth name Birgit Annalisa Rusanen) is a Norwegian-born American actress, distinct from the NWSL soccer player Marta. Best known as Judy Robinson in Lost in Space (1965-1968), adopted from a Norwegian orphanage and raised in Michigan; also Savage Sam, Beach Blanket Bingo.

Marta Milans

Marta Milans, Spanish-American actress born 1982 in Madrid, plays Rosa Vasquez in the Shazam! films, Kika Calafat in Netflix's White Lines, and Caroline in Peacock's M.I.A. (2026).

Martha Byrne

Martha Byrne (Mary Martha Byrne, born 1969, Ridgewood, NJ) is an American actress, singer, writer, and producer; Emmy-winning Lily Walsh Snyder and Rose D'Angelo on As the World Turns, later Anacostia producer.

Martha Howe-Douglas

Martha Howe-Douglas (born 1980, Birmingham) is an English actress, writer, and producer, RADA-trained, known for Horrible Histories, Yonderland, and co-creating and starring as Lady Fanny Button in the BBC sitcom Ghosts (2019–2023).

Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer (1924-2014), American film and television actress, Oscar-nominated as Best Supporting Actress for Some Came Running (1958); also Sabrina, Houseboat, The Carpetbaggers; second wife of producer Hal B. Wallis.

Martha MacIsaac

Martha MacIsaac (born 1984, Charlottetown, PEI) is a Canadian actress known for Becca in Superbad (2007), Becca Gilchrist in 1600 Penn, Emily of New Moon, The Last House on the Left, and The Thaw.

Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton (born 1970, New York City; born Martha Campbell Carradine) is an American actress of film, TV, and stage: The Goonies, Raising Hope, Steppenwolf member, 2012 Emmy winner, abortion-rights activist.

Martha Raye

Martha Raye (Margaret Theresa Yvonne Reed, 1916-1994), American comic actress and singer nicknamed "The Big Mouth" and "Colonel Maggie"; Paramount comedies, Monsieur Verdoux, The Martha Raye Show, and USO troop service across three wars.

Martha Scott

Martha Scott (1914-2003), American actress and producer, originated Emily Webb in Our Town on Broadway (1938) and in the 1940 film, earning a Best Actress Oscar nomination; also known for Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments.

Marthe Keller

Marthe Keller (born 1945, Basel) is a Swiss actress and opera director, known for Marathon Man (1976), Black Sunday, Fedora, her partnership with Al Pacino, the 2006 Swiss Film Prize, and directing Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera.

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam (1919–1996), American character actor; Oscar winner for A Thousand Clowns (1965) and Tony winner for You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running; known for 12 Angry Men, Psycho, and All the President's Men.

Martin Bayfield

Martin Bayfield (born 1966) is an English former rugby union lock, 6 ft 10 in, with 31 England caps, two Grand Slams, and the 1993 Lions tour; later Hagrid's body double in Harry Potter and a rugby TV presenter.

Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes (born 1961, Wimbledon) is an English actor famous as Gary in Men Behaving Badly and Dr Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin (2004–2022), produced by Buffalo Pictures with his wife Philippa Braithwaite; also Conan Doyle in Arthur & George and Huw Edwards on Channel 5.

Martin Compston

Martin Compston (born 1984) is a Scottish actor and former youth footballer, discovered for Ken Loach’s Sweet Sixteen and best known as Steve Arnott in Line of Duty.

Martin Cummins

Martin Cummins (born 1969) is a Canadian actor, director, and writer; Henry Gowen on When Calls the Heart, Tom Keller on Riverdale, Ames White on Dark Angel, Nick Boyle on Poltergeist: The Legacy; Genie winner for Love Come Down. Not the location manager or the pharmaceutical executive of the same name.

Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith, 1957, Reseda, California) is an American actor, writer, and director, the Hal Hartley leading man of Trust, Simple Men, and Amateur, NSFC Best Supporting Actor winner for The Portrait of a Lady, and later a Weeds, Big Little Lies, Tenet, and The Apprentice performer.

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman (born 1971, Aldershot, England) is an English actor, Tim Canterbury in The Office (UK), Dr John Watson in Sherlock (BAFTA and Emmy), Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy, Lester Nygaard in Fargo, and Everett K. Ross in Marvel films.

Martin Gabel

Martin Gabel (1911 or 1912-1986), American character actor, Mercury Theatre original, husband of Arlene Francis, 1961 Tony winner for Big Fish, Little Fish, director of The Lost Moment, and most frequent What's My Line? guest.

Martin Hewitt (actor)

Martin Hewitt (born 1958, San Jose, California) is an American actor who debuted as David Axelrod in Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981), then appeared in Yellowbeard, Two Moon Junction, and 1990s erotic thrillers before becoming a California home inspector.

Martin Jarvis (actor)

Martin Jarvis (born 1941, Cheltenham) is the British RADA-trained actor and director, not the professor or namesake businesspeople; known for The Forsyte Saga, Jeeves on Broadway, Just William audiobooks, and Batman's Alfred.

Martin Klebba

Martin Klebba (born 1969, Troy, Michigan) is an American actor and stunt performer with acromicric dysplasia, 4'1", known as Marty in four Pirates of the Caribbean films, co-founder of CoDA, and voice of Grumpy in Disney's 2025 Snow White.

Martin Kove

Martin Kove (born 1946) is an American actor best known for playing karate villain John Kreese in The Karate Kid (1984), its sequels, and the series Cobra Kai.

Martin Landau

Martin Landau (1928-2017), American character actor; Rollin Hand in Mission: Impossible, Commander Koenig in Space: 1999; won the 1995 Best Supporting Actor Oscar as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood after nominations for Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence (born 1965, Frankfurt, Germany) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, original host of HBO's Def Comedy Jam, creator-star of Fox's Martin (1992-97), and Marcus Burnett in the Bad Boys films including Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).

Martin Marquez

Martin Marquez is a British actor known for television roles including Gino Primirola in Hotel Babylon and D.S. Danny Pearce in The Bill, plus West End stage work.

Martin McCann (actor)

Martin McCann (born 1983, Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor, IFTA winner for Swansong (2011), star of The Pacific, The Survivalist, Calibre, and BBC's Blue Lights as Stevie Neill.

Martin Milner

Martin Milner (Martin Sam Milner, 1931-2015), American actor, star of TV's Route 66 (Tod Stiles, 1960-64) and Adam-12 (Officer Pete Malloy, 1968-75); distinct from the Hallé Orchestra violinist Martin Milner (1928-2000).

Martin Mull

Martin Mull (1943–2024), American painter, comedian, musician, and actor; star of Fernwood 2 Night, Roseanne, and Clue, RISD-trained painter exhibited at the Whitney, subject of the 2026 Netflix documentary Who Is Martin Mull?.