Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-01-21 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Martin Shaw

Biography

Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, including the 2006 series Martin Shaw: Aviators.

Known For

6.0%

6 Days

Jul 9, 2017

8.1%

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Jan 8, 1989

7.1%

Macbeth

Dec 20, 1971

6.7%

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Dec 20, 1973

7.1%

Strike

Aug 27, 2017

5.3%

Coronation Street

Dec 9, 1960

7.9%

Inspector George Gently

Apr 8, 2008

8.1%

Cranford

Nov 18, 2007

6.9%

Operation: Daybreak

Nov 1, 1975

7.4%

The Professionals

Dec 30, 1977

6.9%

The New Avengers

Oct 22, 1976

6.5%

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Nov 3, 1983

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Acting

2021

The Long Call as Dennis Stephenson

2017		Strike as Tony Landry
2017		6 Days as John Dellow
2017		Our Lives as Self - Narrator

2014

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' as Self

2011

Operation Jericho as Presenter

2010		Dam Busters Declassified as Himself
2010		Clouds Are Not Spheres as Self - Host

2008		Apparitions as Father Jacob
2008		Inspector George Gently as George Gently

2007		Cranford as Peter Jenkyns
2007		Lemur Island

2006		The One Show as Self
2006		Davina

2005

The Murder Room as Adam Dalgliesh

2004		The Murder Room as Adam Dalgliesh
2004		Who Do You Think You Are? as Self

2003

Death in Holy Orders as Adam Dalgliesh

2001

Judge John Deed as Judge John Deed

1999		Always and Everyone as Robert Kingsford
1999		The Scarlet Pimpernel as Citizen Chauvelin

1996

Rhodes as Cecil John Rhodes

1995

The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde as voice of Oscar Wilde

1994

Truth or Dairy as Self

1992

Black and Blue as Chief Supt. Mike Barclay

1991

For the Greater Good as Peter Balliol, MP

1990		The Chief as Chief Constable Alan Cade
1990		Who Bombed Birmingham? as Ian McBride
1990		The Chief as Chief Constable Alan Cade
1990		Ladder of Swords as Don DeMarco

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Sir Charles Cartwright

1988

Intrigue as Roskov

1985

The Last Place on Earth as Captain R. F. Scott

1984		Facelift as Zax
1984		An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)

1983		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville
1983		Dalgliesh as Adam Dalgliesh

1982		East Lynne as Archibald Carlyle
1982		Wogan as Self
1982		The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self

1981

Six Fifty-Five Special as Self

1980

Cream in My Coffee as Jack Butcher

1978

An Audience with... as Self

1977

The Professionals as Doyle

1976		Beasts: Buddyboy as Dave
1976		The New Avengers
1976		Beasts as Dave
1976		The Duchess of Duke Street

1975		Love's Labour's Lost as King Ferdinand
1975		Operation: Daybreak as Karel Curda

1974

Electra as Orestes

1973		The Golden Voyage of Sinbad as Rachid
1973		Achilles Heel as Dave Irwin

1972		Villains as Monty Parkin
1972		Polanski Meets Macbeth as Self

1971		Macbeth as Banquo
1971		Barlow

1970

Play for Today as Brian

1969		Strange Report as Savi
1969		Doctor in the House

1967

Son of the City as George Leese

1965

Public Eye

1960

Coronation Street as Robert Croft

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Horatio