Martin Portlock

Nominated for Best Actor at the International Film Awards 2025, Martin Portlock’s on a roll lately. The guy’s basically unstoppable—a proper English chameleon, flipping between roles like he’s changing socks. Everyone first lost their minds over his insanely creepy stint as ‘The Witch’ on ITV’s "Britain’s Got Talent" a couple years back. Nine million YouTube views later, and he’s suddenly everywhere. That Penn and Teller gig on "The Ultimate Magician"? Just more proof the dude can do it all, whether you love magic, horror, or just good old-fashioned weirdness. TV? He’s nailed it there too, popping up as Aaron in the BBC’s "Everything I Know About Love" hanging out with Emma Appleton. But his film game’s just as wild: he played Owen in the comedy horror "Wolf Manor," then dove into a super dark, pretty twisted version of Peter Pan in "Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare." And hey, he’s not done with that role yet—he’ll be back in 2026 for the crossover mega-movie "Monsters Assemble." If that’s not enough, he’s leading the charge as a mage in "Gallowmere," which is being hyped as this big, sweeping, Lord of the Rings kind of fantasy epic. And get this—he’s not just in front of the camera. For the new horror flick "Pinocchio," he got handpicked as an animatronic puppeteer after legendary Todd Masters gave him the nod. The guy’s got serious range. Whether he’s scaring you, making you laugh, or puppeteering some nightmare fuel, Martin Portlock’s basically the guy everyone wants to work with right now.