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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 4, 1941
Place of Birth
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Also Known As
- مارتین جارویس
Martin Jarvis
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.
Known For
6.4
Henry V (voice)
Brave the Dark
2025
5.0
Governor
Tales of the Tardis
2023
2.7
Self - Narrator
New Chilling Tales: The Anthology
2018
9.0
Self
Hallelujah!
2016
7.3
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
3.3
Sir Stanley Rous
United Passions
2014
8.5
Humphry Davy (voice)
Cosmos
2014
6.5
Paul Hollander
By Any Means
2013
5.7
British TV Interviewer
Phil Spector
2013
8.1
Henry Broom
Endeavour
2013
Credits
Brave the Dark
as Henry V (voice)
2025
6.4
Tales of the Tardis
as Governor
2023
5.0
New Chilling Tales: The Anthology
as Self - Narrator
2018
2.7
Hallelujah!
as Self
2016
9.0
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2014
7.3
United Passions
as Sir Stanley Rous
2014
3.3
Cosmos
as Humphry Davy (voice)
2014
8.5
By Any Means
as Paul Hollander
2013
6.5
Phil Spector
as British TV Interviewer
2013
5.7
Endeavour
as Henry Broom
2013
8.1
Father Brown
as Graham Snow
2013
7.6
Wreck-It Ralph
as Saitine (voice)
2012
7.4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Birger
2011
7.4
Just William
as Narrator (voice)
2010
6.7
Inside the Actor's Workshop
as Interviewer
2010
6.0
🎬
Beware of What You Wish For
as hinself
2010
0.0
Taking the Flak
2009
4.0
🎬
Neander Jin - Die Rückkehr des Neandertalers
as Peter Blodnik
2009
9.0
Underfist: Halloween Bash
as Nergal / Police Officer / Tarvis (voice)
2008
7.4
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Johannes Hentschel (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
5.0
The Ruby in the Smoke
as Voice of Capt. Lockhart (voice)
2006
6.4
ShakespeaRe-Told
as Leonard
2005
7.5
Much Ado About Nothing
as Leonard
2005
8.0
Tales of Isop
as Self
2005
0.0
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
as William / Bartok (voice)
2005
5.5
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
as William / King Teddy (voice)
2005
5.5
Numb3rs
as Taylor Ashby
2005
7.0
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Vincent Hogg
2004
7.8
Stargate Atlantis
as Davos
2004
8.0
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as JB
2003
7.4
Bootleg
as Mr. Blades
2002
7.0
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Cowfrey Pitt
2002
7.2
By Jeeves
as Jeeves
2001
4.8
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
as Nergal
2001
8.1
Lorna Doone
as Baron de Whichehalse
2001
5.7
Lorna Doone
as Baron de Whichehalse
2000
7.7
Jackie Chan Adventures
as (voice)
2000
8.2
Max Steel
as John Dread (voice)
2000
8.2
🎬
Sex 'n' Death
as Neil Biddle
1999
6.5
Space Island One
1998
0.0
Titanic
as Sir Duff Gordon
1997
7.9
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
6.6
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Moses / God (voice)
1996
6.4
🎬
Moses
as Moses / God (voice)
1996
6.0
Richie Rich
as Cadbury, Bascomb
1996
5.9
Queen's Nose
as Frank
1995
7.0
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
7.2
Space: Above and Beyond
as Cyril MacKendrick
1995
7.2
The Absence of War
as Linus Frank
1995
0.0
An Audience with Ken Dodd
as Himself
1994
7.7
The Tick
as Breadmaster (voice)
1994
7.4
Calliope
as O'Brien
1994
7.0
Scarlet and Black
as Monsieur de Renal
1993
5.9
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Colin Draper
1993
6.9
The Tempest
as Narrator
1993
1.0
A Touch of Frost
1992
7.5
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Narrator (voice)
1992
6.3
Emily's Ghost
as Papa
1992
4.0
Murder Most Horrid
as Maurice Howling
1991
6.8
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as Sharp Shooter / Lightening (voice)
1990
8.1
Huxley Pig
1989
5.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Captain Warburton
1989
8.2
Buster
as Inspector Jack Mitchell
1988
5.6
The Reluctant Dragon
as Narrator / Boy / Father (voice)
1987
6.0
Inspector Morse
as Randall Rees
1987
7.8
Make and Break
as Frank
1987
0.0
Casualty
as Bart
1986
6.1
🎬
Artists and Models
as Commentary
1986
0.0
Lovejoy
as Adam Bailey
1986
7.3
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as The Governor
1985
7.3
Screen Two
as Linus Frank
1985
6.8
Murder, She Wrote
as Giles Havelock
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Cyril Ruddy
1984
7.5
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as Armitage
1984
5.0
Hamlet
as Self - Presenter
1984
0.0
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
Countdown
1982
6.0
The Bunker
as Johannes Hentschel
1981
6.2
🎬
Breakaway
as Det. Insp. Sam Harvey
1980
0.0
Ike
as King George VI
1979
6.5
Rings on Their Fingers
1978
4.2
Enemy at the Door
as Nils Borg
1978
7.8
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
Charades
as Sir Fergus / Sir James
1977
0.0
True Patriot
as Klaus
1977
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Klaus
1977
7.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Canon Timothy Donkin
1975
6.9
David Copperfield
as Uriah Heep
1974
5.0
NOVA
as G.H. Hardy (voice)
1974
7.0
NOVA
as Narrator (voice)
1974
7.0
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Butler
1974
6.8
🎬
European Heritage
as Narrator (voice)
1973
0.0
Arthur of the Britons
1972
7.3
The Moonstone
as Godfrey Ablewhite
1972
6.0
The Moonstone
as Godfrey Ablewhite
1972
8.0
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Philip Marsden
1971
7.4
🎬
Little Women
as John Brooke
1970
6.0
Play for Today
as Sir Fergus / Sir James
1970
6.3
Taste the Blood of Dracula
as Jeremy Secker
1970
6.1
The Last Escape
as Lt. Donald Wilcox
1970
6.8
Paul Temple
1969
7.0
🎬
Look at Life: Look at Man
as Self - Commentator
1969
0.0
Nicholas Nickleby
as Nicholas Nickleby
1968
0.0
🎬
Look at Life: The Sinking City
as Self - Commentator
1968
0.0
Look at Life: On the Meter
as Self
1968
0.0
🎬
Look at Life: Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?
as Self - Commentator
1968
0.0
🎬
Look at Life: High Living
as Self - Commentator
1968
0.0
The Forsyte Saga
as Jolyon 'Jon' Forsyte
1967
8.2
🎬
Look at Life: Hopping Along
as Commentator
1967
0.0
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
2.5
BBC Play of the Month
as Aircraftman Dickinson
1965
5.0
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
as Hillo
1965
5.7
Detective
1964
0.0
Doctor Who
as Hilio
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Butler / Voice in Reminder Room
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Butler
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Governor
1963
7.9
Dixon of Dock Green
as Vic Hallan
1955
5.3