Acting Theatre Martin's acting roles in the British theatre include the world premiere of
Bent (1979) at the
Royal Court Theatre in London with
Ian McKellen, a season at the
Bristol Old Vic, a season at London's
Old Vic, His American theatre credits include the title role of
Peer Gynt at the
Guthrie Theater in
Minneapolis, and the title role in
Hamlet at the
Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, as well as the American premier of
Harold Pinter's
Other Places, at The
Manhattan Theater Club in New York City.
Television Martin starred opposite
Faye Dunaway and
Richard Burton in the 1984 CBS miniseries
Ellis Island. He also made appearances in a number of television series of the 1980s–1990s, including
Murder, She Wrote;
Sliders;
Babylon 5; and
Mad About You.
Film Martin appeared in a small role in the movie
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), with
Chevy Chase and
Daryl Hannah, and in a small role in
A Walk in the Clouds (1995), alongside
Keanu Reeves and
Debra Messing.
Writing According to Martin, while in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote and sold two Hollywood screenplays, but the films did not end up getting produced. In the book's online retail product description, he stated "I wrote this book as a satire of an ugly image foisted on me by the British tabloids during the summer of 1999, and was never intended to be taken seriously. I take it as an oddly flattering compliment people assumed the character was really me." Martin is a professional astrologer as well. In early 2019 he published the book
Watch It Come Down, detailing a death-and-rebirth cycle of the United States. ==Personal life==