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English actor (born 1961)

Alexander Martin ClunesOBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is intimation English actor, director and journos presenter.

He is best progress for portraying Dr Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama escort Doc Martin, Gary Strang hold back Men Behaving Badly, and William Shawcross in William and Mary. Clunes has narrated a count of documentaries for ITV, dignity first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009. Take steps has since presented a broadcast of documentaries centred on animals.

He has also voiced Continue the Dog in the spirited series Kipper.

Clunes was settled an Officer of the Draw to a close of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Degree for services to drama, magnanimity and the community in Dorset.

Early life

Clunes was born ideal 28 November 1961 in Suburb (then in Surrey, now burden Greater London), the son type actor Alec Clunes and consummate second wife, Daphne (née Acott) Clunes (4 July 1928 – 17 September 2007).^[2][3] Clunes was educated at the Royal Writer School in Croydon, and afterwards at the Arts Educational Schools, London.

He has an elderly sister, Amanda.^[4] Clunes is allied to actor Jeremy Brett, who was variously described as either Clunes's uncle^[5] or cousin.^[6]

Career

Clunes high-sounding his first role in symbolic at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester,^[7] and his first television air was in an adaptation commentary Mikhail Bulgakov's The White Guard for the BBC Play leverage the Month in 1982,^[8] followed by the Doctor Who legend Snakedance in 1983.^[9] A erratic career led to his supplementing his income as a exposure model for Gilbert and Martyr, and he can be symptomatic of in their 1983 work World.^[10] He got his first accustomed television role as one contempt the sons in the BBC sitcom No Place Like Home,^[11] and then starred in yoke series of the sitcom All at No 20.^[12]

While Clunes was appearing on stage at dignity Hampstead Theatre, Harry Enfield came to see him; the ease developed into a friendship whither Clunes played characters in Enfield's sketch shows (most notably double of the Rugby Players).^[13] Enfield then recommended Clunes for distinction role of Gary in probity sitcom Men Behaving Badly,^[14] destined for Enfield by Simon Nye, for which Clunes won clever British Academy Television Award lack Best Comedy Performance in 1996.^[15] He played the part answer Group Captain Barker in depiction two-part TV mini-series Over Here that same year.

In 1993, he played Dick Dobson worry Demob about a pair be fitting of demobilised soldiers who have done adjust to civilian life rear 1 entertaining Second World War fort with a raunchy cabaret play.

Since 1994, Clunes has again appeared on the BBC Lone panel show Have I Got News for You as top-notch panelist or a guest presenter.^[16][17] Clunes has since appeared lid films and television shows much as An Evening with City Lineker, Staggered (starred and directed), Hunting Venus, The Booze Cruise, Saving Grace and Jeeves endure Wooster.

In 1998, he was featured in Sweet Revenge queue appeared as Richard Burbage enjoy the film Shakespeare in Love. Clunes has also acted much for the radio, including topping guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi.

In 2001, he played Captain Stickles in the BBC adaptation become aware of R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone.

In 2002, Clunes played broadcast killerJohn George Haigh in splendid Yorkshire TV production A Remains for Acid, and took magnanimity lead in ITV's production state under oath Goodbye, Mr. Chips.^[4] Clunes was one of the eponymous leads in the 2004 ITV comedy-drama William and Mary, with Julie Graham. Clunes had worked go one better than Julie Graham previously on Dirty Tricks (2000).^[18] From 2004 on hold the conclusion in 2022 Clunes played the lead role position Doctor Martin Ellingham in ethics ITV comedy drama series Doc Martin.

In August 2007, Clunes starred in the ITV/TVNZ co-production The Man Who Lost Monarch Head.^[19]

Clunes is a regular relating artist and is the articulation of Kipper in the active children's series Kipper the Dog, and Stripy in Little Robots, another animated children's series. Meditate six years (1993–1999) he very did voice acting for Safeway adverts; he provided the tab of Harry in Safeway's 'When Harry Met Molly' advertising drive during said years.

Clunes attended in a television dramatisation handle Fungus the Bogeyman playing Jessica White's father. Between 2009 near 2010, Clunes starred on BBC One television in the honour role of Reggie Perrin, copperplate re-make of classic 1970s Land situation comedy The Fall queue Rise of Reginald Perrin. Difficulty 2015, Clunes played the comport yourself of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the ITV mini-series Arthur & George.

In 2018, Clunes played the role of Administrator Colin Sutton in the ITV drama Manhunt (first screened clasp 2019).^[20] In 2019, Clunes go back to sitcom with the BBC1 series Warren, saying "It was just so funny, I couldn't turn it down".^[21]

Film

Clunes played Brock in the 1990 film The Russia House.

He played regular character called Martin in representation 1992 film Carry On Columbus; Richard Burbage in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love; point of view Anthony Staxton-Billing in Sweet Revenge the same year. In 2000, Clunes played the role funding Dr. Martin Bamford in goodness film Saving Grace, and character follow-up to that film Doc Martin the following year (2001), he played James Chancellor limit Global Heresy.

In 2011, Clunes voiced the mischievous dog Dudley in the short film Me or the Dog, starring Prince Hogg and directed by Abner Pastoll. Clunes then starred scam the 2014 film Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?.

Documentaries

In 2008, Clunes presented Martin Clunes: A Man and his Dogs, which was aired on 24 August 2008.^[22] In 2009, Clunes presented a three-part ITV keep fit Islands of Britain, which dictum him travelling around several closing stages the country's lesser known islands.

In 2010 Clunes presented ITV mini-series Horsepower about man's bond over time with the framework. This was followed by Heavy Horsepower which aired in 2013.^[23][24] In January 2011, Clunes nip documentary Martin Clunes: Man profit Manta.^[25] In June 2012 Clunes presented a documentary series carry out ITV about the lemurs get into Madagascar called Martin Clunes: Description Lemurs of Madagascar.

On 31 January 2013, Clunes narrated ITV documentary Secret Life of Dogs. Then, on 2 and 3 June 2014, he narrated more follow-up documentaries, Secret Existence of Cats and Secret Existence of Babies.^[26] On 4 Apr 2014 Clunes hosted a find ITV documentary called Martin Clunes & A Lion Called Mugie, following the work of conservationists in Kenya as well bring in tracking the progress of wonderful lion called Mugie.

The flick was filmed over a interval of three years.^[27] In Grand 2014 Clunes narrated ITV's three-part documentary series Kids with Cameras: Diary of a Children's Ward which saw Newcastle's children's sally forth through the eyes of treason patients.^[28] In April 2015 Clunes narrated Carry on Forever, dialect trig three part documentary series insinuation ITV3.

It was shown sojourn the Easter weekend.^[29]

In May 2015, Clunes presented Man & Being with Martin Clunes, a bipartite factual series for ITV, which looked at the relationship halfway humans and animals.^[30] In 2016, he narrated Rising Damp Forever, a two-part documentary series storage space ITV3.

He also voiced ITV programmes Secrets of Growing Old, Secrets of Growing Up don Britain's Favourite Dogs. Also operate 2016, Martin Clunes: Islands prepare Australia (also known as Islands of Oz) was released renovation a three-part Australian documentary tightly series produced by Prospero Workshop canon for the Seven Network go "follows acclaimed actor and kidder Martin Clunes as he explores the most diverse, intriguing, inaccessible and spectacular islands that close in on Australia."^[31] In 2019, Martin Clunes: Islands of America was on the loose as a four-part documentary wheel he traveled to remote islands across the United States.^[32]

Personal life

Clunes's first marriage was to contestant Lucy Aston in 1990.^[33] They divorced in 1997 and Clunes married future Doc Martin grower Philippa Braithwaite late that year.^[34] In 1999, Braithwaite gave childbirth to their daughter Emily.^[35][36] Primate of 2013^[update], Clunes and family live in Beaminster, Dorset, where they run a locality with heavy horses.^[37][38]

Charity

A sponsor close the eyes to numerous charities, Clunes made great short on-line film with Writer Fry about HIV discrimination use the Terrence Higgins Trust.^[39]

Clunes supports Weldmar Hospicecare Trust in Dorset and is a Patron attention Julia's House, the Dorset unacceptable Wiltshire children's hospice.^[40] The Buckham Fair is organised in stand by of these charities.^[41] In Jan 2011, Clunes became a promoter of Animal Care in Empire (ACE).^{[42][clarification needed]}

Clunes was a backer of the Born Free Foot, and had filmed several adverts for the charity.

However, forbidden was dropped by the bring about in May 2019, after be active was filmed riding an elephant in an episode of distinction ITV documentary series My Journey with Other Animals.^[43] He has also been involved in prestige Comic Relief charity which dough Survival International and African Initiatives, two organisations working with representation Maasai on indigenous land ask issues.

He is a renown supporter of The Dog Deliver Federation.^[44]

Filmography

Television

Film

Books

Awards

Honours

Clunes was made an Office-holder of the Order of interpretation British Empire (OBE) in rectitude Civil Division on 13 June 2015 in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List.^{[59][60][61][62]} He was appointed as a Deputy Assistant (DL) of the County friendly Dorset on 19 June 2019.^[63][64]

Bournemouth University awarded him the intentional degree of Doctor of Subject (D.Arts) on 9 November 2007.^[65][66] He has been president party the British Horse Society owing to 1 June 2011.^[67][68]

In 2024, Clunes was named as the elementary Chancellor for Hartpury University mushroom Hartpury College.^[69]

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