Acting
Bob Martin
Born
1962-12-08 (63)
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
19 titles
Robert Martin (born December 8, 1962) is a television and musical theatre actor and writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Martin began his career as an actor and director at The Second City in Toronto in 1996. He served as Second City Toronto's artistic director from 2003–2004. In 2005, he made his Broadway debut starring as “Man in Chair” in the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, which he co-wrote with Don McKellar (book), and Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (music and lyrics). He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical with Don McKellar. He reprised his role in London's West End production of The Drowsy Chaperone, for which…
Known for
NRThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
Tony Awards
1956
6.5No synopsis available yet.
La Chance aux chansons
1984
7.3Follow the journeys of Simone Hicks, a tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, and elite baseball player Damon Sims from Chicago, as they navigate life at the prestigious HBCU Bringston University.
All American: Homecoming
2022
6.1Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.
Once a Thief
1996
6.6Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
Puppets Who Kill
2002
6.1After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
The Prom
2020
Film credits
2000s · 6 titles
7.0A father and son work together as agents.
Club Land
2001
5.2An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff.
Coastlines
2002
8.0An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.
Burnt Toast
2005
5.2An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.
Childstar
2004
NRWhen a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel, the Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight. Filmed at the August Wilson Theater in New York on October 16, 2006 as part of the Actors' Fund Concert.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
2006
7.0A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Fancy Dancing
2002
1990s · 2 titles
1980s · 2 titles
Series credits
NRThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
Tony Awards
1956
6.5No synopsis available yet.
La Chance aux chansons
1984
7.3Follow the journeys of Simone Hicks, a tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, and elite baseball player Damon Sims from Chicago, as they navigate life at the prestigious HBCU Bringston University.
All American: Homecoming
2022
6.1Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.
Once a Thief
1996
6.6Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
Puppets Who Kill
2002
4.8Michael, a neurotic young man, sees his therapist David twice a week. David views Michael as an ideal guinea pig for the experimental psychiatric techniques he hopes will turn him into a bestselling pop psychology writer.
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011
6.0Every Day picks up five years after Micheal: Tuesdays & Thursdays, with Michael well established in his new city, and David struggling to continue his practice.
Michael: Every Day
2017
Behind the camera
6.1After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
The Prom
2020
8.0Follows the struggles of a small theatre company attempting to adapt a Shakespeare play.
Sound & Fury: Film
2010