- Jack Martin is a Sydney-based actor, musician, writer and Ninja Warrior athlete.
After his first role on the iconic television show Home & Away, Jack's breakout performance came in the title role of the multi-award winning biopic The Legend of Ben Hall, for which he received Best Actor at the Australian Screen Industry Network Awards in 2017. He has recently also appeared as Travis Webb on Neighbours and Ash Klenyhans on Harrow.
Jack completed his full-time acting training with some of LA's most notable coaches through The Howard Fine Acting Studio. He has also undertaken further training through several other facilities such as NIDA, TAFTA, The Actor's Station and The Hub Studio, along with ongoing private coaching in various areas of performance.
He is also a dedicated writer and musician, having toured with several bands as a self-taught pianist and guitarist. Jack currently performs solo guitar and with Prima Vista as the band's keyboardist and vocalist. His writing projects range from free-verse to short stories, screenplays and cartoons.
Jack has competed internationally as a Ninja Warrior athlete, and has appeared on both Channel 9's Australian Ninja Warrior and as part of Team Australia on Ninja Warrior Vietnam in 2019. His experience as both a Personal Trainer and athlete has allowed him to perform his own stunt work on set.
Earning widespread praise for his subtle and authentic portrayal of Ben Hall, Jack is poised to reprise his role as the infamous bushranger in two upcoming companion films, forming a trilogy, and has recently been named 'one to watch' by Who Magazine.
- IMDb mini biography by: Contributor
- In The Legend of Ben Hall scene where Hall vomits from the pain of having a bullet extracted from his arm, Martin actually vomited during the filming of the scene. Not wanting to risk it looking fake, he took an ice bath to produce the body's 'shock' response, chain-smoked tobacco to induce nausea, and finally drank a curdled concoction of oats, milk and orange juice right before rolling the cameras to capture Hall really vomiting for the scene.
- After trialing several different ways to portray Ben Hall's permanent limp in The Legend of Ben Hall, Martin ended up wearing a large knee brace underneath his clothes for the majority of the shoot. He was also reported to have maintained this limp for the entire duration of the filming period, leading to many crew members assuming it was his natural gait.
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