Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961), brother of Gary Kemp, is
an English actor and former pop musician. He was born in Islington, London.
Career
In the 1980s he and his brother Gary Kemp had a great deal of success in the New
Romantic band Spandau Ballet. Their most popular albums included True. He also
performed on the popular 1984 famine relief project song "Do They Know It's
Christmas", written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.
He and his brother Gary branched out into acting in 1990, both of them appearing in
the British film The Krays in which they played the notorious gangster twins,
Ronald and Reginald Kray. Their performances received a great deal of critical
acclaim.
Since The Krays, Martin Kemp has been in the public eye more than his brother. He
moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and made appearances in television series
such as The Outer Limits and Highlander: The Series. He also appeared in several
Hollywood films such as Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) and Embrace of the Vampire
(1994).
In 1995 he moved back to the United Kingdom and took a break from acting for a
short while after recovering from a brain tumour. He then resumed his acting career
in 1998 when he made guest appearance in the ITV police drama series The Bill. He
went on to became popular for his role as villain Steve Owen in the BBC's top soap
opera, EastEnders from late 1998 to 2002. His character was involved in some of the
soap's highest rated storylines such as the Saskia Duncan murder and "Who Shot
Phil?". By the time he left the series, he was one of the best-known faces on
British television. Kemp won three TV Quick Awards for Best Soap Actor (2000, 2001,
2002), a National Television Award for Most Popular Actor (2000) and five British
Soap Awards (Villain of the Year in 2000, Best Actor in 2001 and 2002, Sexiest Male
in 2001 and 2002) for his work on EastEnders.
He then switched over to ITV where he starred in several television dramas such as
The Brides in the Bath in which he played real-life murderer, George Smith and
Can't Buy Me Love opposite fellow EastEnders star Michelle Collins which was based
on a true story about a man who conned his wife and friends into believing he had
won the lottery.
Most recently Kemp starred in a low-budget British film titled Back in Business
which had a limited release in February 2007 and one month later was released on
DVD.
Kemp has also founded his own production company.
Martin appeared on a celebrity special of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire in January
2008 with his brother Gary, in order to raise awareness of (and a bit of cash) for
the Encephalitis Society.
Personal
life
Martin Kemp has been married to Shirlie Holliman since 1988. Holliman is a former
back up singer of the group Wham! and one-half of the 1980s pop duo Pepsi and
Shirlie. The couple have a son and daughter together. Martin Kemp is also patron of
the UK and Ireland charity, The Encephalitis Society, and at the time of becoming
patron confirmed that he had controlled epilepsy since the 1990s, as a result of
having two brain tumours. The Society is the only resource in the world that
provides information globally on the disease and its consequences. Encephalitis is
inflammation of the brain usually as a result of infection or an inappropriate auto
immune response. Following the tumours, Kemp had a protective metal plate implanted
over his brain under the scalp. It is unnoticeable but not undetectable - during an
appearance on the Frank Skinner Show in 2002, Kemp jokingly remarked that he could
never slip quietly through metal detectors at airports, as the plate would set the
alarm off.
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