Martin Ballantyne
Martin Ballantyne (born 13 June 1972) is an English extra actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, where he grew up and still lives. He attended Norwich City College. In 1997, he attended a film making course during which he wrote and directed a short black film using friends as actors.
In 2005, he played a small role in the British film Cashback (2006), written and directed by Sean Ellis. This appearance led to further small roles in films, including playing an 'Escort' in the British film Heroes and Villains (2006). Ballantyne then played a zombie creature in the short horror film Gasoline Blood (2006), written and directed by David Pope. This was followed up by him playing various 'Trollesunds' in the The Golden Compass (2007). He worked on the Matt Damon film, The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and appeared as one of the Joker's henchmen in the Batman film, The Dark Knight (2008).
Some small television roles followed, in particular the 'Stephen Fry' series Kingdom (2009) (TV), in the second and third series of which he played the part of Jason.
Also in 2009 he played a character called 'Scary Face' in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He then worked on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 1), in which played Mundungus Fletcher's friend, opposite Andy Linden.
After this film Martin decided to work on his own projects. He wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy film Hammer Time. He followed this with two more films, namely, Z-Lister and Ticketer.
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