Martin Delaney

Background

Martin Delaney was born in Kent. His father is from a large Irish family and his mother was born in Burma (Myanmar), moving to the United Kingdom at a young age.

Education

Martin had a Catholic upbringing and attended school in the small town of Chislehurst.

Career

Martin is one of four children. Martin"s first ever professional acting role was in the West End, coincidentally with Kevin by his side. He started work in musical theatre, appearing in Peter Pan - The British Musical and Oliver! Following performances in the West End, Delaney swiftly moved into television with the Nickelodeon series, the Renford Rejects.

He played loveable Jason Summerbee, the captain of the useless Soccer team and appeared in the show for 4 years.

Renford Rejects was Nickelodeon"s first United Kingdom project and is considered a classic cult children"s sit-committee In 2003, he was employed by the same team that made Renford Rejects to Direct episodes of a children"s drama, The alphabet of everything and again in 2010 to direct on a pilot for Disney.

Delaney was nominated for the British Soap Awards for Best Young Actor (in 2000) and Best Actor (in 2001), both for his role of Paul Webb in Family Affairs. He also briefly starred in sitcom where he played a stylist from Liverpool.

He also starred in New Zealand"s highest rated home-grown drama, Shortland Street, playing an attractive young chef from Scotland.

His television career is made up of mostly primetime dramas and various comedies. He is from London but can often be seen using an accent other than his own and has played many Scottish, Irish and American characters. Technically he has made three movies in Iceland.

He also appeared as himself, lent his voice to and co-produced Wrath of Gods, a feature documentary about the making of Beowulf and Grendel.

He was a co-writer of additional material for the British Comedy award nominated, The Kevin Bishop Show, in 2008. Also in film, he has made two smaller horror pictures.

Stormhouse was released in the United Kingdom and the United States, in which Delaney plays an American military technician Brandon Faber. In Judas Ghost, he plays the lead Jerry Mackay, leader of a Ghost Finder team in a spin-off feature, to New York Times Best Seller, Simon R. Green"s Ghost Finder Series.

In 2012, he appeared in a role in Kathryn Bigelow"s film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty and starred 2014 in the Fantasy horror film Judas Ghost.

He begins work on the play "Next Fall" in September 2014 in the West End, taking the role of Luke. Beowulf and Grendel Gadgetman Wrath of Gods Stormhouse Judas Ghost Zero Dark Thirty.

Achievements

• Wrath of Gods won many awards at a number of film festivals.