Martin Alcock

Male
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Ethnicity
White / European Descent
Age Range
56 - 66
Height
5' 7" (1m 70cm)
Weight
14st. 13lb. (95kg)
Hair Colour
Grey
Eye Colour
Brown

Overview

Ethnicity
White / European Descent
Age Range
56 - 66
Height
5' 7" (1m 70cm)
Weight
14st. 13lb. (95kg)
Hair Colour
Grey
Eye Colour
Brown

Audio

Credits

Year Job Title
Project Type		 Project Name
Director / Company		 Location
1990 Working in Theatre, Fringe, TIE, Film and TV
Film 		Professional Actor
1978 Working on Local Weekly Newspaper
Film 		Local Journalist
1989 Post Graduate Diploma
Film 		Mountview Theatre School
1994 Lecturer in Performing Arts
Film 		Stoke on Trent College
1985 BA Hons English & History
Film 		University of Keele

Education

Year Qualification Where

About me

Although resident in the midlands/northwest, I have a London base and am immediately available for work. (Have Oyster- Will Travel).
I am a mature, experienced and flexible performer equally at home with stage and screen work.
Prior to this I have worked in teaching, local journalism, industry and recruitment.
As a writer, my play "Here I Sit All Alone, I Think I'll Play My Xylophone" was shortlisted to the final 100 (out of 1600) for the Manchester Royal Exchange / Bruntwood playwriting competition in 2009. My play "The Smoke From Far Shutt" will be performed by Drip Action Theatre Company as part of the Arundel Festival.

Skills

Languages Spoken English
Accents/Dialects Australian, Boston, English - Cockney, English - London, Irish, New York, Scottish, Southern American, US West Coast (California, Portland), Welsh
Additional Skills Acting

Highlights

  • ANTHONY GORMLEY'S "ONE & OTHER" (1000 members of public occupying Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square for an hour at a time) I chose to spend my hour as my comedy idol Tony Hancock.

    Featured on SKY ARTS / BBC NEWS / ITV NEWS. LOCAL PRESS & MEDIA Summer 2009
  • Video and Audio Show reel on :
    -Starnow
    -Spotlight (Pin 4896-1278-0012)
    or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwXhusMOnfA
    Contact 07508 630794 or m_alcock@hotmail.com.

    . NILS / Erasmus Montanus DIR: Margarete Forsyth Greenwich Studio Theatre 1993

    • VARIOUS / The World of Books DIR: Tommy Ryan Stoke SchoolsTheatre (TOUR) 1993

    • CHAMBERLAIN / Sleeping Beauty DIR: Jonathan Clift Forum, Billingham 1993

    • ZANGARA / Assassins DIR: Martin Alcock Keele University 1994

    • SAMMY SAMUELS / Comedians DIR: Mark James Keele University 1995

    • FOOL/ King Lear DIR: Tom Baxter Keele University 1995

    • MR SNOW/ Carousel DIR: Ray Jeffrey Queens, Burslem 1995

    • FRANCOIS / La Cage Aux Folles DIR: John Cumberlidge Royal, Hanley 1996

    • NIGEL / Me & My Girl DIR: John Cumberlidge Royal, Hanley 1997

    • “MONSEWER” EDDIE GRAY / Underneath The Arches DIR: John Cumberlidge Regent, Hanley 1997

    • MR BUMBLE / Oliver DIR: John Cumberlidge Regent, Hanley 1998

    • TELEGIN / Uncle Vanya DIR: Ken Lowe Stoke Repertory 1999

    • REG / Round & Round The Garden DIR: Peter Dutton Stoke Repertory 2000

    • ARNOLD / Improbable Fiction DIR: Diana Halstead Stoke Repertory 2001

    • REV RIDER / The White Witch of Rosehall DIR: Sarah Rowlands Stoke Community Theatre 2002

    • ALAN BENNET 2 / The Lady in the Van DIR: Geoff Legan Stoke Repertory 2003

    • ROY / Would Like To Meet DIR: Sean O Callaghan Stoke Repertory 2004

    • ANDY / Twist DIR: Robert James Stoke Repertory 2005

    • MARVIN/MORT / California Suite DIR: James Masters Stoke Repertory 2006

    • JERRY FENNER / Here I Sit All Alone, I Think I’ll Play My Xylophone. DIR: Martin Alcock Stoke Repertory 2011

    • SIR WILLIAM GULL / Holmes and The Ripper DIR: Geoff Legan Stoke Repertory 2013

    . GENERAL CANNON / Monopoleyes DIR: Paul Brannigan Hope Mill Manchester 2016



    FILM & TV

    STUDENT DEMONSTRATOR / A Very Peculiar Practice
    DIR David Tucker BBC 1985

    STRKING MINER / Bert Rigby You’re a Fool
    DIR Carl Reiner Lorimar Productions 1988

    HOST /BT Staff Training Film:
    Dir ANDY WAUGH for BT 1991

    TONY /Cafe Cosa Nostra
    Dir LIAM GRAY for STAFFS UNIVERSITY 1995

    PSYCHIATRIST / Cause for Concern
    Dir ANDREW COOPER for STAFFS UNIVERSITY 1996

    COLONEL BROWN /The Unknown Soldier
    Dir CARL ASHMORE for STOKE COLLEGE 2004

    BOB FAGIN /Olivia Twist
    Dir ARNO HAZEBROEK for BRITISH YOUTH FILM ACADEMY 2012

    FOOTBALL FAN / Bare Feet
    Dir AMY MCINTYRE for VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS ENTRY 2013

    INTERVIEWEE / Training Film for Online Training Portal
    Dir GARTH HALE for NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE 2013

    GUY AT BAR / Jobseekers
    Dir JOSH BEVAN for CHANNEL 4 SITCOM PILOT 2013

    TED / The Depth of Death (Web series) 2013
    Dir ROSS CAWLEY for WRECKED PRODUCTIONS

    LANDLORD / The Kings Head (Short) 2013
    Dir MERVYN WEIR

    GEORGE/CUSTOMER Kia Soul (Corporate Sales Promo) 2014
    Dir GARY BANNISTER-SIMM for MOBEDIA Ltd

    THE AGENT / The Cereal Life (Short) 2014
    Dir LUKE PALIN (Staffs University)

    SALTPETRE MAN - Newark Civil War Museum 2014
    Director CAROLINA GIAMETTA (Spool Productions)

    SANDWICH MAN - All is Quiet (Renault Commercial) 2014
    Director CARL -ERIK RINSCH

    HR MANAGER - ID Verification Training Film (Straker Films) 2014
    Director NICK STRAKER

    CORONER - Fallen Angels - Web Serial (KD Productions) 2014
    Director KELLY DYCHE

    SECURITY GUARD - Late Shift (Feature film) 2015
    Director TOBIAS WEBER (&Sonne Productions)

    DETECTIVE JENKINS - Devils in Disguise 2016
    Director MICHAEL WARBURTON (Arrow Media)

    CAFE GUY - Back To You (Music video featuring Louie Tomlinson of One Direction)
    Director CRAIG MOORE (Familia / Syco Music) 2017

    DOCTOR - No Contraception (Video for Bill Gates Foundation)
    Director PETER DENYER (BGF) 2017


    VOICEOVER:
    VARIOUS CHARACTERs (Mafia Don, Mobsters, Bartender, Boring guy) /Go To Hell Dave (Video Game) 2014
    Dir ALEX BYROM for FALCHION GAMES

    WRITER/DIRECTOR:
    FOR THE KING'S SHILLING - Community play commemorating outbreak of 1914-18 war
    For Ambassador Theatre Group Creative Learning / Stoke on Trent City Museum - 2014