Nathaniel Martello-White

Acting

Nathaniel Martello-White

Born

1983-01-01 (43)

Place of birth

Westminster, London, England

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Nathaniel Martello-White (born January 1983) is a British actor and writer. Having appeared in several productions of the National Youth Theatre, he graduated from RADA in 2006 and since has performed in films, television shows and theatre. His film credits include Deadmeat (2007), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), Red Tails, Hard Boiled Sweets and Life Just Is (all 2012). He has also appeared in the television series Doctors, Trial & Retribution, Party Animals, Mongrels, Law & Order: UK, Misfits, Death in Paradise, Silk, Horrible Histories and Collateral. In 2020, he portrayed Rhodan Gordon in Mangrove, part of Steve McQueen's Small Axe series. His theatre credits include Ed…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

Moonwalkers poster
6.1

What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time.

Moonwalkers

2015

Red Tails poster
6.7

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Red Tails

2012

Daphne poster
5.6

Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When she saves the life of a shopkeeper stabbed in a failed robbery, the impenetrable armour she wears to protect herself begins to crack, and Daphne is forced to confront the inevitability of a much-needed change in her life.

Daphne

2017

Life Just Is poster
3.6

Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life. Beneath the hanging out and the daily routines simmers Pete's desire to find a spiritual answer to life's meaning, Jay's desperate need not to get hurt again, and Tom and Claire's ever increasing mutual attraction.

Life Just Is

2012

Hard Boiled Sweets poster
4.3

Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money...

Hard Boiled Sweets

2012

Series credits

Death in Paradise poster
7.4

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

Death in Paradise

2011

Horrible Histories poster
8.0

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Horrible Histories

2009

Misfits poster
7.6

When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

Misfits

2009

The Winter King poster
6.5

Bastard son Arthur returns to the land he's been banished from to find a kingdom in chaos. Seeking the aid of his oldest confidants, Arthur aims to right Britain's path as he faces the most unexpected of obstacles.

The Winter King

2023

Silk poster
7.5

Passionate defence barrister Martha Costello faces challenging cases and surprising clients, which test her faith in the criminal justice system. Gifted colleague Clive Reader is called to the bar with her. They work hard with pupils, Nick Slade and Niamh Cranitch, but ultimately only one can eventually be taken on as a member of chambers.

Silk

2011

Small Axe poster
6.9

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

Small Axe

2020

Coming Up poster
5.7

Coming Up is a British Channel 4 television series of films made for television by new directors and writers. The first series was in 2006, and each year's series comprises seven or eight films. Series 6 was shown from July to September 2011. A reviewer in The Independent wrote: "Thank goodness for Coming Up ... it's a genuinely interesting display of possibilities".

Coming Up

2003

Collateral poster
6.4

When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels a conspiracy that goes to the top.

Collateral

2018

I Hate Suzie poster
6.6

Suzie Pickles, a star on the wane, has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her emerges in an extremely compromising position.

I Hate Suzie

2020

Guerrilla poster
4.6

Set against the backdrop of one of the most explosive times in U.K. history, discover the story of a politically active couple whose relationship and values are tested when they liberate a political prisoner and form a radical underground cell in 1970s London.

Guerrilla

2017

Wild Cherry poster
4.9

Two pampered teenage daughters. Two very different mothers. The rich life is easy – until a shocking scandal reveals toxic secrets and the ugly side of glamour.

Wild Cherry

2025

Deceit poster
6.2

The true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, Deceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.

Deceit

2021

One Dollar poster
5.2

In a small rust belt town in post-recession America, a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of characters involved in a shocking multiple murder.

One Dollar

2018

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