Gary Martin
Birthday: Born in 1958-06-18 in Ealing, London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Martin's father was a singer, and his mother was an actor and extra. In 1975, he had acted in a few adverts by the end of school, but needed to get a proper job. He got a cabaret act together and started performing on a cruise ship at 17. In 1976, he made his debut in the West End theatre with Jesus Christ Superstar at 18 after a period of training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He later moved on to other theatre roles in the West End, such as Rocky Horror in The Rocky Horror Show in 1979, the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors in 1983, which he described as a "deep, black, Harlem voice"; Time in 1986, Munkustrap in Cats from 1987 to 1990, Miss Saigon in 1989, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1990, and Vince Fontaine in Grease in 1993. In 1980, he narrated a trailer for Saturn 3. Martin had been doing jingles and adverts, but started doing voice acting, including providing the voice of Sugar Puffs' mascot Honey Monster from the 1980s onwards. In the 1990s, he shifted to focus more on voice acting. Martin has provided voices for The Adventures of Mole, The Adventures of Toad, The Neverending Story III, FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue, Corpse Bride, Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie and Minions. He won a Talkie Award for his portrayal of Judge Dredd for BBC Radio 1. He has also recorded voiceovers for American and British commercials and film trailers.
TV Credits
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
Character: Jakamoto
Animation about three happy nomadic animals. Join Yoko the bird, Jakamoko the armadillo and Toto the monkey as they sing, laugh and dance their way through the wilderness....
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
Character: Additional Voices (voice)
The animated daily trials and tribulations of clueless yet clever loner Mr Bean (aided by his best friend Teddy of course!) as he stumbles from one mishap to the next, always finding complex solutions to the simplest of problems....
Blacktalon
Character: Be'lakor (voice)
This action-packed series follows Neave Blacktalon and her elite unit as they hammer out the God-King's will across the realms. The Maggotkin of Nurgle are the first to feel the bite of her axes, but they won’t be the last....
The Magician's House
Character: Cinnabar the Fox (voice)
Cousins William, Mary, and Alice stay at their uncle's old house, Golden House, and discover a hidden room where they meet Stephen Tyler, a 16th-century magician who has travelled through time. They must help him protect the valley from his wicked apprentice, Matthew Morden, who seeks to disrupt the magical and ecological balance....
G-Force Intergalactic
Character: George Washington (voice)
Professor James Gee leads G-Force Intergalactic, a rapid response task force formed by the President of the United Planets to combat major crime and large-scale disasters. Operating from Star City, a hidden base beneath the surface of an asteroid orbiting the Myson planetary system, the G-Force team are joined by two aliens from a distant galaxy and supported by a group of robots controlled by a huge central computer, George Washington....
American Playhouse
Character: First GI
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States....
The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
Character: Narrator
Dawdle is lost in the city and is looking for somewhere to live and she bumps into Rola Polar Bear and Archie the Cat. The others are homeless too, so they decide to find a place to share together....
Movie Credits
Slaughter High
Character: Joe
Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge....
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Character: Hypax (voice)
A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there....
Cute Little Buggers
Character: Randy Rocksoff
When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland, the villagers at the summer ball get suspicious when young women start going missing. The villagers soon band together around our hero Melchoir to fend off the alien bunny invaders and bring back peace to the sleepy English countryside....
Crying Wolf
Character: Private Detective
There are a lot of strange and weird goings on in the little village of Deddington. For centuries a pack of werewolves has resided in the sleepy town, but when local girl Charlotte meets a particularly gruesome death, the town is descended upon by reporters, crazy detectives and lunatic hunters desperate to get their story, solve the crime and kill the beasts. But these wolves are smart… very smart....
The Amityville Playhouse
Character: Elliot Saunders
Following the tragic death of her parents Fawn Harriman discovers she has inherited a theatre in the town of Amityville. She, along with 3 friends, decides to spend the weekend there looking the place over. Meanwhile one of her High School teachers begins an investigation into the village's past and makes a connection with something that goes back beyond recorded history....
Shock Treatment
Character: 'Bit' Guitarist
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?...
Living Doll
Character: Jess
Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him. Howard has a secret - he is in love with Christine. There's only one problem, Christine is DEAD! A grave was no place for Christine, the only place for her was at Howard's side. At last she was his, his to dress, his to feed and to care for....
The Ugly Duckling
Character: Jack Frost / The Winds (voice)
The Ugly Duckling teams up with friend Scruffy, and the lovable misfits embark on a journey that helps them realize that their differences are what make them special....
Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Giant / Dark Riders
In this spell-binding story brave Jack climbs the Beanstalk to the magical world of Beanland. He and his new friends Dilly (the small but fearless Bean girl) and Ambrose (the nervous donkey) are drawn into all sorts of exciting adventures as they attempt to rid the Beanland of the wicked Giant. This exciting and beautifully animated re-telling of the classic tale is filled with fun, humour and wonderful music to delight children of all ages time and time again....
The Adventures of Mole
Character: Otter / Various
Mole decides it's time for an adventure! It isn't long before he discovers all the fun and thrills of the riverbank in the company of his new found friend, Rat....
The NeverEnding Story III
Character: Mr. Rockchewer / Junior Rockchewer (voice)
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia....
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Character: Dimly
The Snow Queen holds Ellie responsible for ruining her plans to freeze the world and sets out to seek revenge. She kidnaps Dimly the flying reindeer and once again Ellie and her friend Peeps the Sparrow are forced to travel, this time to the South Pole, where the Snow Queen and her Trolls have taken up residence....
The Adventures of Toad
Character: Voice
Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countryside in his new motor car getting into all sorts of trouble. Meanwhile, his wonderful home, Toad Hall, has been taken over by the wicked weasels and ferrets. It's now up to Toad and his riverbank friends to embark on the biggest adventure of all - the Great Battle of Toad Hall!...
Teddy Rhyme Time: Adventures in Nursery Rhyme Land
Character: Max (voice)
An enchanting story of two teddies who magically come to life when their human "Huggy Friends" go to sleep, Once 'awake', Max and Mimms make their way to the children's toy box which, when opened, reveals a magical staircase to a world full of Nursery Rhymes and adorable teddy bear characters....
Robin Hood: Quest for the King
Character: (voice)
In this all-animal version of the familiar story of Robin Hood, retold in stunning CGI animation, Robin Hood is up to his usual heroic antics when he learns that King Richard is finally returning home. However, Prince John arranges for his brother to be captured en route! The race is on -- Robin Hood must reach Richard before the Sheriff of Nottingham does -- or King and Kingdom will be forever lost....
Masters of the Universe
Character: Beast Man (voice)
After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia, where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor. To save his family and his world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela and Duncan/Man-At-Arms, and embrace his true destiny as He-Man — the most powerful man in the universe....
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
Character: Captain Black / The Mysterons (voice)
In 1999, Anderson supervised the production of a computer-animated test film, Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons, to explore the possibility of updating some of his 1960s puppet series for a 21st-century audience....
Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter?
Character: (voice)
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Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Character: Captain (voice)
Angelina can't believe her ears when Miss Lilly announces that she'll be taking her ballet class to headline the Dacovian Festival of Dance! And what's more, they will be sailing to Dacovia on the grandest ship in the whole of Mouseland — The Royal Stilton! On board, Angelina and Alice meet Yuri, the ship's radio operator and nephew of Miss Lilly. When Angelina hears that Yuri wants to marry the captain's daughter, and that the captain is refusing to allow it, Angelina becomes determined to chan...
In Love with Alma Cogan
Character: Larry
The film revolves around, Norman, a world-weary manager of a pier theatre in a seaside resort. Norman has worked in the theatre for all of his life, but will not accept that the local council, which own the theatre are planning to install more commercial management in an attempt to boost audience numbers. As the story unfolds he realises it may be time to move on and put behind him the ghost of 50s & 60s singer Alma Cogan, who performed at the theatre many years ago. Sandra, his devoted long-suf...
Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs
Character: Morbus (voice)
Dudley is a teenage frog who lives a peaceful life by the edge of his pond with his friends, meanwhile his parents are worried about his future. But when aliens land on Earth, Dudley's world is thrown into chaos. What if he has what it takes to become a hero and save the whole of humanity?...
Space Precinct: The Fire Within
Character: Slomo (voice)
A priest spontaneously combusts during a ceremony at the Pyrist Temple; Brogan investigates, finding that the death was likely a homicide and all evidence points to a fellow priest being the culprit....
Space Precinct: Deathwatch
Character: Slomo (voice)
The arrival a mysterious meteor fragment on Altor, heralds the start of strange events at Roetem Towers on Krazucki Street where residents are being terrorized into relocation....