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Fought with the local council to have Sweet Sixteen (2002) reduced to a certificate 15 in his area for the teenagers to learn from Liam's mistakes. The battle was successful.

Sweet Sixteen (2002) was his first film and was critically acclaimed at the 2002 Cannes Festival in France.

At 17, Martin was playing Division II soccer (football) in a Scottish high school and had never acted until being discovered by director Ken Loach, who cast him as the lead in Sweet Sixteen (2002).

Had a heart tattoo on his right wrist. His Wife has a matching one. He got the matching tattoo's to prove to his now Mother in law of his commitment to the relationship after meeting her for the first time. She had taken him to a firing range earlier that day to show her shooting skills.

The son of Liz and Jim Compston, Martin attended St. Columba's High School, Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland. He left at the end of his fifth year there to be signed by Greenock Morton Football Club, despite reportedly earning As and Bs in his exam results.

Wife, American actress Tianna Chanel Flynn, is from Las Vegas, Nevada.

His favourite actress is Sharon Stone.