Biography for
Martin Clunes More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

28 November 1961, Wimbledon, South London, England, UK

Birth Name

Alexander Martin Clunes

Height

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Spouse

Philippa Braithwaite	(1997 - present) 1 child
Lucy Aston	(1990 - 1997) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Prominent lips and ears that stick out

Trivia

Son of actor Alec Clunes

One daughter, Emily (1999)

Lives opposite the Globe Theatre in London.

Is one of the young men in Gilbert and George's 1983 photo-sculpture 'The World'.

Attended kindergarten with Peter Morgan.

Cousin once-removed of Jeremy Brett.

Attended Royal Russell School.

Is a keen camper-van driver.

Personal Quotes

I think people need entertaining and they like being entertained. That's all I do. I don't do anything important, I just work in entertainment.

"Jug ears and child-bearing lips" - his description of himself, said in a documentary about the making of "Doc Martin" (2004) which was shown in 2006.

I don't do very well being away, and America starts to annoy me after a while. I just like the UK better - I couldn't go over there, it would drive me mad!

[on the popularity of 'Doc Martin'] It always seems like such a surprise when another country sort of chimes in wholeheartedly, in a kind of epicurean way. Especially in the way it has been picked up in Canada and the US in almost cultish fashion. You're not going to be a cult in England when you're on mainstream TV.

It's really such a liberating role. It's nice to be rough with the elderly, violent with children, and generally rude to everyone. But audiences seem to like it, wondering what kind of outrageous thing he will say or do next.

I must point out that no babies were hurt in the making of the program this season. At heart I'm really a bunny- hugger .

Honestly, as I get older, I find it really hard to remember words like 'polymyalgia'. Some of these medical terms I can't even get out of my mouth. Some have to be written on the walls behind the characters with the diseases.