Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, including the 2006 series Martin Shaw: Aviators.

Filmography

• The Long Call — Dennis Stephenson
• 20176 Days — John Dellow
• Strike — Tony Landry
• Playhouse Presents — Piers Hunt
• 2011Operation Jericho — Presenter
• Apparitions — Father Jacob
• Inspector George Gently — George Gently
• Cranford — Peter Jenkyns
• Lemur Island
• Davina
• The Murder Room — Adam Dalgliesh
• 2004The Murder Room — Adam Dalgliesh
• 2003100 Years of Powered Flight — Narrator
• Death in Holy Orders — Commander Adam Dalgliesh
• Judge John Deed — Judge John Deed
• Always and Everyone — Robert Kingsford
• The Scarlet Pimpernel — Citizen Chauvelin
• Rhodes — Cecil John Rhodes
• 1995The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde — Oscar Wilde (voice)
• 1992Black and Blue — Chief Supt. Mike Barclay
• For the Greater Good — Peter Balliol MP
• 1990Ladder of Swords — Don DeMarco
• The Chief — Chief Constable Alan Cade
• 1990Who Bombed Birmingham? — Ian McBride
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Sir Charles Cartwright
• Screen One — Chief Supt. Mike Barclay
• 1988Intrigue — Roskov
• 1988The Most Dangerous Man in the World — Suleiman
• The Last Place on Earth — Captain R. F. Scott
• 1984Facelift — Zax
• The Explorers — Burke
• Dalgliesh — Adam Dalgliesh
• 1983The Hound of the Baskervilles — Sir Henry Baskerville
• 1982East Lynne — Archibald Carlyle
• 1980Cream in My Coffee — Jack Butcher
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Michael J. Arlen
• Jubilee 1977 — Paul
• 1977Our Kid — Paul
• The Professionals — Doyle
• Beasts — Dave
• 1976Beasts: Buddyboy — Dave
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Arthur Leyton
• The New Avengers — Larry
• 1975Love's Labour's Lost — King Ferdinand
• 1975Operation: Daybreak — Karel Curda
• 1974Electra — Orestes
• 1973Achilles Heel — Dave Irwin
• 1973The Golden Voyage of Sinbad — Rachid
• Villains — Monty Parkin
• 1971Macbeth — Banquo
• 1970Hamlet — Horatio
• Play for Today — Brian
• Doctor in the House
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Norm
• Strange Report — Savi
• 1969Two Feet Off the Ground — Norm
• City '68 — Andy Blake
• 1967Son of the City — George Leese
• 1967Travelling Light — Arnold Champion
• BBC Play of the Month — Orestes, King Ferdinand of Navarre
• Public Eye
• Coronation Street — Robert Croft
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Horatio
• Commando — Narrator

Appearances as themselves (14)

• Our Lives — Self - Narrator
• 2014Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' — Self
• 2010Clouds Are Not Spheres — Self - Host
• 2010Dam Busters Declassified — Himself
• The One Show — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• 1994Truth or Dairy — Self
• 1984An Audience with Mel Brooks — Self (uncredited)
• The Kenny Everett Television Show — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Six Fifty-Five Special — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• 1972Polanski Meets Macbeth — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee