Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945 in Birmingham) is an English actor.
Martin Shaw relates the story of his first stage appearance at the age of three at an amateur show in which his parents were performing. At Great Barr School (where musician Steve Winwood was a classmate), he excelled in English literature and drama lessons. At sixteen, he was offered a scholarship to a Birmingham drama school. Declining the scholarship, he left school and on t...
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Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945 in Birmingham) is an English actor.
Martin Shaw relates the story of his first stage appearance at the age of three at an amateur show in which his parents were performing. At Great Barr School (where musician Steve Winwood was a classmate), he excelled in English literature and drama lessons. At sixteen, he was offered a scholarship to a Birmingham drama school. Declining the scholarship, he left school and on the advice of his parents, joined the workforce. One job was in the office of a brass foundry. At age eighteen, Shaw moved to London to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He served his apprenticeship in repertory as assistant stage manager at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch and the Bristol Old Vic.
Shaw took key roles in the first revival of Look Back in Anger (Royal Court/Criterion, 1968); in the National Theatre's Saturday, Sunday, Monday opposite Laurence Olivier, 1973 and in A Streetcar Named Desire (Piccadilly Theatre,...
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