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Martin Shaw

Highest Rated: 80% Macbeth (1971)

Lowest Rated: 65% 6 Days (2017)

Birthday: Jan 21, 1945

Birthplace: Birmingham, England, UK

Though Martin Shaw started in classical theater, he is most known for acting in British television crime dramas as a benevolent figure of authority. Shaw got his start on television in a one-off role on the longest-running soap opera in England, "Coronation Street," but had his first significant recurring role as soccer enthusiast and lovable alcoholic Huw Evans in the medical comedy series "Doctor in the House." A few years later, he was cast in the most significant film of his career, Roman Polanski's "Macbeth"; Shaw played Banquo, the friend whom Macbeth murders and who later returns as a ghost. After starring and costarring in numerous BBC productions of plays, and taking one-off parts in other shows, Shaw landed the role of Doyle in "The Professionals." This action-packed crime drama, related to the 1960s series "The Avengers," featured Shaw as one of a secret team of law enforcement agents who use unconventional methods to catch criminals. Through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, Shaw continued to star in a number of television series playing law enforcers of different sorts. Notable appearances in the 2000s include the longest-running BBC legal drama, "Judge John Deed," in which he starred in the title role, as well as "Inspector George Gently," again starring as the eponymous character. In both roles, Shaw played honest men struggling to serve justice fairly within the constraints of governmental bureaucracy.

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Highest rated movies

80% 73% Macbeth
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76% 64% The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
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65% 47% 6 Days Watchlist
Hired to Kill the Pope
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The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King
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Price of Freedom
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Ladder of Swords
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Cassidy
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The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Mademoiselle Guillotine
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
65% 47% 6 Days Dellow (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Murder Room Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 80% Death in Holy Orders Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scarlet Pimpernel Chauvelin (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King Chauvelin (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Mademoiselle Guillotine Chauvelin (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rhodes Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing Ian McBride (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ladder of Swords Don DeMarco (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cassidy James Griffin (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hired to Kill the Pope Suleyman (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intrigue Roskov (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 49% The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Henry Baskerville (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Price of Freedom Karel Curda (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 76% Operation Daybreak Karel Curda (Character) - 1975
76% 64% The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Rachid (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor Rachid (Voice) - 1973
80% 73% Macbeth Banquo (Character) - 1971

TV

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60% 44% The Long Call Dennis Stephenson (Character) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inspector George Gently George Gently (Character) 2007-2012 2014-2015 2017
83% 94% C.B. Strike Tony Landry (Character) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Do You Think You Are? Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Mystery! Unknown (Character) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Apparitions Father Jacob (Character) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judge John Deed Judge John Deed (Character) 2001-2003 2005-2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Murder Room Adam Dalgliesh (Character) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death in Holy Orders Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Character) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scarlet Pimpernel Unknown (Character) 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen One Unknown (Character) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doctor in the House Unknown (Character) 1969