Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes OBE DL
Clunes in April 2019
Born	Alexander Martin Clunes (1961-11-28) 28 November 1961 (age 62) Wimbledon, Surrey, England
Education	Royal Russell School Arts Educational Schools
Occupations	Actor director television presenter
Years active	1982–present
Spouses	Lucy Aston ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 1997)​ Philippa Braithwaite ​ ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	1
Parent	Alec Clunes (father)
Martin Clunes' voice from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 18 September 2011.[1]

Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Dr Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series Doc Martin, Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly, and William Shawcross in William and Mary. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the animated series Kipper.

Clunes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama, charity and the community in Dorset.