Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes
OBE DL
Clunes in April 2019
Born
Alexander Martin Clunes

(1961-11-28) 28 November 1961 (age 62)
Wimbledon, Surrey, England
EducationRoyal Russell School
Arts Educational Schools
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • television presenter
Years active1982–present
Spouses
Lucy Aston
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(m. 1990; div. 1997)​
Philippa Braithwaite
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(m. 1997)​
Children1
FatherAlec Clunes
Martin Clunes' voice
from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 18 September 2011.[1]

Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Dr Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series Doc Martin, Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly, and William Shawcross in William and Mary. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the animated series Kipper.

Clunes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama, charity and the community in Dorset.

  1. ^ "Martin Clunes". Desert Island Discs. 18 September 2011. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.