Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw fascinates me because he managed two entire careers within one. The curly-haired action lead of The Professionals could easily have been typecast forever, yet he reinvented himself as the embodiment of British procedural gravitas in Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. That arc from kinetic 1970s television to slow-burning moral authority is rare, and it suggests an actor who understood aging as an asset rather than a threat. I also love the detail that he raced cars; there is something telling about a performer of such measured stillness harboring a need for speed. Birmingham grit, elegantly weathered.

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Name (English)

Martin Shaw

Name (Japanese)

マーティン・ショウ

Reading

まーてぃん・しょう

Born

January 21, 1945 (age 81)

Origin

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / rally driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Shaw
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1324008

Tags

• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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