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Rudolf Martin | |
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| Born | (1967-07-31)31 July 1967 (age 57) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse | Katherine LaPlant |
| Website | www.rudolfmartin.com |
Rudolf Martin (born 31 July 1967) is a German actor working mainly in the United States. He first appeared in off-Broadway productions and then moved on to extensive TV and film work. He has made guest appearances on numerous hit television series and recently started working in Germany as well. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Martin was born inWest Berlin and spent his early years traveling throughout Europe while completing his education. Because of his interest in the arts, Martin studied American and English literature in Berlin and drama inParis. He then enrolled in theLee Strasberg Theatre Institute inNew York City to pursue acting. While performing in small theatre productions, Martin secured a starring role in Susan Seidelman's Academy Award-nominated short filmThe Dutch Master. This was followed by leading roles on ABC'sAll My Children and Off-Broadway in Nicky Silver's critically acclaimed hit comedyThe Food Chain. While in New York, Martin received recognition for his work in independent films such asFall,High Art andWhen.
After arriving in Los Angeles in 1999, he appeared in the Warner Brothers thrillerSwordfish starringJohn Travolta,Hugh Jackman,Halle Berry andDon Cheadle. In the film Martin plays Axl Torvalds, an internationally renownedcomputer hacker who leadsFBI agents on the trail of a criminal mastermind. Based on his performance inSwordfish, Martin was offered a role in the German thrillerSoundless.
BeforeSwordfish Martin played a role in the original Showtime seriesBeggars and Choosers, an inside look at the television networks developed byPeter Lefcourt andBrandon Tartikoff that was popular within the entertainment industry. Martin played "Nikolai Krasnakov", the charming but dangerous Russian mobster whose life was to be developed into a mini-series by the fictional network. Martin played the exuberant young mobster for the entire two seasons.
Martin then moved to Hollywood and has since appeared in the 20th Century Fox's comedyBedazzled, the Warner Brothers filmWhite Oleander, Patrik Ian Polk’s edgy comedyPunks that was nominated for anIndependent Spirit Award, as well as in the independent featureThe Scoundrel's Wife, starringTatum O'Neal,Tim Curry andJulian Sands.
Martin portrayed the title character Vlad Dracula in the USA filmDark Prince: The True Story of Dracula. The film was shot in 2000 on authentic locations in Romania and tells the story ofPrince Vlad III Dracula, "the Impaler" (1431–1476), who inspired the name ofBram Stoker's fictional vampire count.Peter Weller,Jane March andRoger Daltrey co-starred inDark Prince, which premiered in October 2000. Martin then guest-starred as the fictionalCount Dracula on the fifth season premiere ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer ("Buffy vs. Dracula") alongside his previousAll My Children co-starSarah Michelle Gellar. Rudolf Martin proceeded to guest-star in five episodes of the Fox thriller24 in which he played two different characters, one of them impersonating the other.
He has also guest starred in other television dramas, notablyJudging Amy,Crossing Jordan and inCSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a serial killer motivated by Shakespearean sonnets, as well as Mossad agentAri Haswari, the antagonist toMark Harmon on the hit showNCIS for seasons 1–2 until that character's violent death. Also released is the independent feature filmRiver's End, shot on location inTexas.
Martin's main focus remains on working in film; as a European actor he continues to appear in European productions as well. He had his second lead performance in the film:Bloodlines, the story of a young man coming to terms with his newly discovered family inSlovakia.Bloodlines was shot inSan Francisco and Slovakia in 2003.
He is cast member inHoboken Hollow, an independent feature withC. Thomas Howell,Dennis Hopper andMichael Madsen and in another German feature,Paparazzo shooting inFrance andSpain. InStargate SG-1 he had a guest appearance in the episode "Company of Thieves" in Season 10 as Anateo of theLucian Alliance. He also has a guest appearance in three episodes ofDexter as drug lordCarlos Guerrero. Currently (as of 2006) completed isLast Exit andHyenas and the short movieSunrise.
In 2011 he played the character of Tormento Lancie in the video interludes forBritney Spears'Femme Fatale Tour. Martin's character is a stalker set out to eliminate Spears as the Femme Fatale.
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