Martin Clunes
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Alexander Martin Clunes (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor and comedian. Clunes is perhaps best known for his roles as Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly, Doctor Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin and the title character in Reggie Perrin.
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Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)
As: Mr. Shepherd
This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back for their biggest adventure yet involving fantastic flashmobs, excitable elves, Christmas carols and of course Archie the donkey! When their new teacher Mr. Shepherd loses his memory and forgets all about Christmas, as well as his fiancée Sophie and the whereabouts of the beloved Archie, it's up to the ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Debbie Isitt
Stars: Martin Clunes | Marc Wootton | Jason Watkins | Catherine Tate | Susie Blake
Martin Clunes & a Lion Called Mugie (2014)
As: Martin Clunes
Clunes joins a mission to make wildlife history by returning endangered lions to Kora National Park, the Kenyan nature reserve of “Born Free” fame. The effort begins with Mugie, a lion cub orphaned at just three weeks old, but Clunes soon finds out why for lions there is now no “free” left.
Runtime: 46 min.
Stars: Martin Clunes
Secret Life of Babies (2014)
As: Narrator
Think you know your baby? Think again. This beautifully shot, heart-warming and scientifically revealing film, narrated by Martin Clunes, brings you babies as you've never seen them before. The first two years of our lives are the most critical of all. We grow more, learn more, move more and even fight more than at any other time in our life. We have to master the complex skills of ...
Runtime: 47 min.
Directed by: Barny Revill
Stars: Martin Clunes
The Secret Life of Cats (2014)
As: Himself - Narrator (voice)
It is believed that cats are just indifferent and egotistic; but they are more complex, interesting and even cuter than is commonly imagined. The astonishing process by which a newborn kitten becomes a fully grown cat reveals the amazing and true secret life of cats.
Runtime: 46 min.
Directed by: Luke Wiles
Stars: Martin Clunes | Sue Roff | Judy Godfrey-Brown | Emily Muggleton | Brittany Kirk
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's frank and open conversations combine with personal interviews from some of the greats who have worked with him.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Jules Williams
Stars: John Hurt | Miranda Richardson | Leslie Phillips | Anthony Hopkins | Richard E. Grant
Secret Life of Dogs (2013)
As: Narrator (voice)
The Secret Life of Dogs explores how man's best friend experiences the world. Tap into dogs' inner psyche in order to determine the true meaning behind various behaviors and body language. Delve deep into canine biology as it is studied through slow-motion footage, thermal images and macro photography, providing new insights into how dogs drink, shake off water, and whether your best friend is left ...
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Barny Revill
Stars: Martin Clunes
Room on the Broom (2012)
As: Dog (voice)
Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them with a magnificent new broom which has ...
Runtime: 25 min.
Directed by: Jan Lachauer | Max Lang
Stars: Rob Brydon | Sally Hawkins | Timothy Spall | Gillian Anderson | Martin Clunes
Me or the Dog (2011)
As: Dudley the dog (voice)
Due to his schizophrenia Tom believes that his dog, Dudley, is talking to him. To demonstrate that he is actually a real talking dog, Dudley sets out to prove that Tom's girlfriend is cheating on him.
Runtime: 14 min.
Directed by: Abner Pastoll
Stars: Edward Hogg | Martin Clunes | Lawrence Sheldon | Kemi-Bo Jacobs
Martin Clunes: Man to Manta (2011)
As: Himself
BAFTA winning actor Martin Clunes scuba dives in the Maldives seeking out the strange inhabitants that live beneath the sea. One resident of these warm blue waters have so far eluded him - the reef manta; one of evolution's true masterpieces. Martin will come closer to these gentle giants than he'd ever imagined possible; moved by their trust and intrigued by their mystery.
Stars: Martin Clunes
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009)
As: Stripy (voice)
Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't Stop" 3. "Jai Ho!" 4. "Tubthumping" 5. "Never Forget" 6. "Hey Jude" 7. "One Day Like This"
Runtime: 6 min.
Stars: Neil Morrissey | Ringo Starr | Peter Kay | Carole Boyd | Ken Barrie
The Man Who Lost His Head (2007)
As: Ian Bennett
Martin Clunes stars as a straight-laced museum curator who finds himself travelling to New Zealand to settle a dispute with a Maori community about an ancient carving - with unexpected consequences.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Terry Johnson
Stars: Martin Clunes
Losing It (2006)
As: Phil MacNaughton
Comedy-drama about an advertising executive whose struggle to meet the standards of his demanding boss is made more difficult when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Ben Bolt
Stars: James Lance | Martin Clunes | Holly Aird | Flora Spencer-Longhurst | Luke Booker-Morel
Fungus The Bogey Man (2004)
As: George White
The book follows a typical day for Fungus the Bogeyman, starting when he wakes up and ending just before he falls asleep. As his day progresses, he undergoes a mild existential crisis, pondering what his seemingly pointless job of scaring surface people is really for. He is a member of the Bogey society, which is very similar to British society, but Bogeymen enjoy things which ...
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Stuart Orme
Stars: Martin Clunes | Jordan Metcalfe
Beauty (2004)
As: Tom Fitzhenry
Tom Fitzhenry is an ugly and reclusive aristocrat who lives on his own in a large mansion. He despairs of ever having a relationship with a woman... until Cathy comes into his life when she and her father come to repair the house's ageing plumbing.
Runtime: 49 min.
Directed by: Ben Bolt
Stars: Sam Kelly | Sienna Guillory | Martin Clunes | Peter Vaughan | Cristian Solimeno
The Booze Cruise (2003)
As: Clive Rainer
A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a booze cruise to France, with mixed success and many mishaps along the way. Events involving their wives and families back home also form a large part of the plot.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Paul Seed
Stars: Mark Benton | Martin Clunes | Neil Pearson | Anne Reid | Brian Murphy
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003)
As: Martin Bamford
Doctor Bamford has had enough of village life and is desperate for some distance from inquisitive Cornish neighbours. When the local estate agent shows him Tregunnt Farm # derelict and miles from anywhere # it's love at first sight. But the Bowden family from London also have their eye on the property with a view to developing the surrounding land into ugly holiday cottages. After being gazumped, the Doc ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Stars: Martin Clunes | Mark Heap
A Is For Acid (2002)
As: John George Haigh
John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatisation
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Harry Bradbeer
Stars: Celia Imrie | Martin Clunes | Keeley Hawes | Rowena Cooper | Richard Hope
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)
As: Mr. Chipping
In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Stuart Orme
Stars: Patrick Malahide | Martin Clunes | John Wood | Conleth Hill | Victoria Hamilton
Lorna Doone (2001)
As: Jeremy Stickles
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of Monmouth. On the king's death, conflict is inevitable... Over seven days journey from London, Exmoor is a primitive and lawless area. Here, farmer Jack Ridd lives with his ...
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Mike Barker
Stars: Richard Coyle | Aidan Gillen | Peter Vaughan | Ruth Sheen | Amelia Warner
Doc Martin (2001)
As: Martin Bamford
Doc Martin tells the tale of Martin Clunes' character in the film, in the months leading up to the Saving Grace story. Martin Bamford is a heart-broken London obstetrician, in a jealous rage after he finds out that his wife has been sleeping with three of his buddies. He escapes to a small Cornish fishing village, which he grows surprisingly attached to, and is extremely reluctant to return ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Ben Bolt
Stars: Martin Clunes | Mark Heap
Dirty Tricks (2000)
As: Edward
Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and manipulator. A series of events triggered at a dinner party leads Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path.
Runtime: 162 min.
Directed by: Paul Seed
Stars: Martin Clunes | Julie Graham | James Bolam | Neil Dudgeon | George Potts
Saving Grace (2000)
As: Dr. Martin Bamford
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Stars: Tchéky Karyo | Martin Clunes | Brenda Blethyn | Craig Ferguson | Jamie Foreman
Sex 'n' Death (1999)
As: Ben Black
The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Guy Jenkin
Stars: Caroline Goodall | Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė | Martin Clunes | Trevor Cooper | Katy Cavanagh
Hunting Venus (1999)
As: Simon Delancey
Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band for one final show.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Martin Clunes
Stars: Jane Horrocks | Mark Williams | Martin Clunes | Neil Morrissey | Esther Coles
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
As: Richard Burbage
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Tom Wilkinson | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Judi Dench
The Acid House (1998)
As: Rory
THE ACID HOUSE is a surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche. Directed by Paul McGuigan, the film dramatises three stories from ...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Stars: Ewen Bremner | Stephen McCole | Kevin McKidd | Martin Clunes | Jemma Redgrave
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
As: Anthony Staxton-Billing
After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell (Sam Neill) and Karen Knightly (Helena Bonham Carter) plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin the life of the woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) who married Karen's boyfriend, while Karen will work as a secretary for the man (Steve Coogan) who took Henry's job. Whether revenge will be sweet – or bittersweet – ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Malcolm Mowbray
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Rupert Graves | Sam Neill | Martin Clunes | John Wood
Neville's Island (1998)
As: Roy
Comedy about 4 middle aged businessmen on a team building exercise in the lake district
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Terry Johnson
Stars: Timothy Spall | David Bamber | Sylvia Syms | Martin Clunes | Jeff Rawle
Hospital! (1997)
As: Isolation Patient
Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type comedy from Britain, this one-off special was made specifically for the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.
Runtime: 60 min.
Stars: Celia Imrie | Bob Peck | Greg Wise | Mark Heap | Haydn Gwynne
Never Mind the Horrocks (1996)
Jane Horrocks showcases her wide-ranging talents as a mimic and comedy performer.
Runtime: 39 min.
Directed by: John Birkin
Stars: Jane Horrocks | Martin Clunes | Rebecca Front | David Haig | Mel Giedroyc
Lord of Misrule (1996)
As: Minister of Defence
Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Guy Jenkin
Stars: Rob Brydon | Stephen Moyer | Emily Mortimer | Prunella Scales | Richard Wilson
Staggered (1994)
As: Neil Price
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to London for what he believes is to be his wedding day. Or is it?
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Martin Clunes
Stars: Anna Chancellor | Martin Clunes | Michael Praed | Kate Byers | Michele Winstanley
An Evening With Gary Lineker (1994)
From their 1991 stageplay An Evening with Gary Lineker was adapted for television in 1994 by Arthur Smith and Chris England. The action takes place against the backdrop of the 1990 Football World Cup semi-final, between England and West Germany, which is taking place in Italy while Monica and Bill are on holiday in Ibiza. Bill desperately wants to watch the match; Monica wants to ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Andy Wilson
Stars: Clive Owen | Lizzy McInnerny | Martin Clunes | Caroline Quentin | Paul Merton
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993)
As: Donald
Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the help of his newfound friend Pandora/Julie (Bonham Carter) the stripper. It was the third episode of the first series of the Granada Television series Rik Mayall Presents.
Runtime: 51 min.
Directed by: Nick Hamm
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Nathaniel Parker | Rik Mayall | Dorothy Tutin | Serena Gordon
Carry On Columbus (1992)
As: Martin
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Gerald Thomas
Stars: Jim Dale | Alexei Sayle | Bernard Cribbins | Maureen Lipman | Peter Richardson
The Russia House (1990)
As: Brock
An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Sean Connery | James Fox | Michelle Pfeiffer | John Mahoney | Roy Scheider