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Martin Compston

Titles: 36movies31TV shows

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

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Line of Duty
88/100

What stands out

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

Martin Compston Catalog average

Crime
6.2average 3.7
Contemporary Realism
7.3average 5.4
Psychological
7.0average 5.6
Tension
7.2average 6.0
Class & Capitalism
4.5average 3.3
Mystery
5.2average 4.1
Social Commentary
6.0average 4.9
Melancholy
5.6average 4.7

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.6, average 3.3
Wonder
1.8, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.1, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4

Main genres

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Drama 26
Crime 12
Mystery 8
Thriller 7
Comedy 6
Action 2
Horror 2
Documentary 2

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Character Study 7
Gritty Realism 5
Psychological Thriller 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Social Realism 4
Social Commentary 3
Slow-Burn Suspense 2
Domestic Thriller 2
Contemporary Crime Drama 2
Scottish Setting 2
Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59

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2020s

10 titles · average score 60

Fear

TV show · as Martyn Berwick

The Revenge Club

TV show · as Callum Baird

Red Eye

TV show · as RSO Clay Brody

The Real Line of Duty

TV show · as Narrator

The Rig

TV show · as Fulmer Hamilton

Our House

TV show · as Bram Lawson

Mayflies

TV show · as Jimmy Collins

Martin Compston's Scottish Fling

TV show · as Presenter

Vigil

TV show · as Craig Burke

The Nest

TV show · as Dan

2010s

31 titles · average score 53

The Aftermath

as Burnham

Traces

TV show · as Daniel MacAfee

The Hunter's Prayer

as Metzger

In Plain Sight

TV show · as Peter Manuel

The Wee Man

as Paul Ferris

The Great Train Robbery

TV show · as Roy James

Line of Duty

TV show · as DS Steve Arnott

Sister

as Mike

Strippers vs. Werewolves

as Scott

Piggy

as Joe

Ghosted

as Paul

SoulBoy

as Joe McCain

All 31 titles from the 2010s

2000s

16 titles · average score 62

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

as Danny

The Damned United

as John O'Hare

Doomsday

as Joshua

True North

as Sean

Red Road

as Stevie

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

as Mike O'Shea

Wild Country

as Lee

Tickets

as Jamesy

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)

as Jed

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV show · as Alfred Pollock

Sweet Sixteen

as Liam

Monarch of the Glen

TV show · as Ewan Brodie

All 16 titles from the 2000s

1990s

1 title · average score 76

Silent Witness

TV show · as DS Jason Ross

1980s

1 title · average score 62

Casualty

TV show · as Matty Howell