Sandy Martin

Sandy Martin is a masterclass in the value of the character actor. You might know her from Napoleon Dynamite, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Big Love or Ray Donovan, and in each she does that rare thing: she changes the temperature of a scene the moment she appears. What raises my respect is the range beyond performing, she's also a playwright, director and producer, which tells me she understands roles from the inside out. I'm always more interested in the people who make a story feel lived-in than the ones merely lit at the center, and Martin's whole career is a lifelong commitment to exactly that craft.

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Name (English)

Sandy Martin

Name (Japanese)

サンディ・マーティン

Reading

さんでぃ・まーてぃん

Born

March 3, 1949 (age 77)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / film producer / theatre director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

High school

Wissahickon High School

• Official sitehttp://www.sandymartin.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy%20Martin%20(actress)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2745996

Tags

• New York
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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