Martin Clunes Net Worth

Martin Clunes's Quotes

• I think people need entertaining and they like being entertained. That's all I do. I don't do anything important, I just work in entertainment.
• [his description of himself in a documentary about the making of Doc Martin (2004) in 2006] Jug ears and child-bearing lips.
• I don't do very well being away, and America starts to annoy me after a while. I just like the UK better - I couldn't go over there, it would drive me mad!
• [on the popularity of Doc Martin (2004)] It always seems like such a surprise when another country sort of chimes in wholeheartedly, in a kind of epicurean way. Especially in the way it has been picked up in Canada and the US in almost cultish fashion. You're not going to be a cult in England when you're on mainstream TV.
• It's really such a liberating role. It's nice to be rough with the elderly, violent with children, and generally rude to everyone. But audiences seem to like it, wondering what kind of outrageous thing he will say or do next.

Interesting Facts about Martin Clunes

1. He is the son of Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes, mostly known for his work on the stage, and Clunes is also the cousin, once-removed, of another distinguished English actor, Jeremy Brett, who was particularly known for his celebrated interpretation of Sherlock Holmes on British television.
2. He has one daughter, Emily (1999).
3. He lives opposite the Globe Theatre in London.
4. He is one of the young men in Gilbert and George's 1983 photo-sculpture 'The World'.
5. He attended kindergarten with Peter Morgan.
6. He attended Royal Russell School.
7. He is a keen camper-van driver.
8. In March 2008, he was living near Beaminster in Dorset.
9. His first television acting job playing a camp alien prince on Doctor Who (1963) in 1983 has frequently been ridiculed in comedy clips shows and was mocked by Sir Michael Parkinson and Jonathan Ross when Clunes appeared as a guest on their respective talk shows. Clunes has admitted he is somewhat embarrassed by his performance in the serial Doctor Who: Snakedance: Part One (1983) and declined to contribute to any special features for the BBC's DVD release.
10. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Drama, Charity, and to the community in Dorset. He lives in Beaminster, Dorset, England.
11. Both he and his father Alec Clunes worked with Claire Bloom: Alec in Richard III (1955) and Martin in Doc Martin (2004).
12. He is President of the British Horse Society.
13. The first single he bought was "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson.