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Acting

Martin Compston

Career

Active from 2002 to 2025, busiest in 2012 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Line of Duty
Line of Duty
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Martin Compston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Wonder
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Nostalgia
    2.4, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 8
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Social Realism 4
  • Gritty Realism 4
  • Domestic Thriller 2
  • Marital Betrayal 2
  • Contemporary Crime Drama 2
  • Slow-Burn Suspense 2
  • True Crime Drama 2
  • Darkly Humorous 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 59
Fear
Fear (2025)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Martyn Berwick

The Revenge Club
The Revenge Club (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Callum Baird

Red Eye
Red Eye (2024)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as RSO Clay Brody

The Real Line of Duty
The Real Line of Duty (2024)

TV show · as Narrator

The Rig
The Rig (2023)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Fulmer Hamilton

Our House
Our House (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Bram Lawson

Mayflies
Mayflies (2022)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Jimmy Collins

Martin Compston's Scottish Fling
Martin Compston's Scottish Fling (2022)

TV show · as Presenter

The Nest
The Nest (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Dan

2010s

31 titles · average score 54
The Aftermath
The Aftermath (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

as Burnham

Traces
Traces (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Daniel MacAfee

The Hunter's Prayer
The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
GoodWatch score 40

as Metzger

In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight (2016)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Peter Manuel

The Wee Man
The Wee Man (2013)
GoodWatch score 36

as Paul Ferris

The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Roy James

Line of Duty
Line of Duty (2012)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as DS Steve Arnott

Sister
Sister (2012)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mike

Strippers vs. Werewolves
Strippers vs. Werewolves (2012)
GoodWatch score 26

as Scott

Piggy
Piggy (2012)
GoodWatch score 32

as Joe

Four
Four (2011)
GoodWatch score 31

as Lover

SoulBoy
SoulBoy (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Joe McCain

2000s

16 titles · average score 62
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

as Danny

The Damned United
The Damned United (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

as John O'Hare

Doomsday
Doomsday (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

as Joshua

True North
True North (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sean

Red Road
Red Road (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

as Stevie

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mike O'Shea

Wild Country
Wild Country (2005)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lee

Tickets
Tickets (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jamesy

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) (2004)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jed

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Alfred Pollock

Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
GoodWatch score 84

as Liam

Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Ewan Brodie

1990s

1 title · average score 75
Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as DS Jason Ross

1980s

1 title · average score 62
Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Matty Howell