Martin Henderson Wiki, Bio, Age, Net Worth, and Other Facts

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Martin Henderson was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He began acting when he was thirteen, appearing in Strangers (1989), a local television production. He attended Westlake Boys High School and Birkenhead Primary. He first became a star in his home country, when he starred in the series, Shortland Street, playing the character Stuart Neilson from 1992 to 1995, in the early to mid 90s. He then moved to Australia to star in the short-lived soapie, Echo Point, and Sweat, which also starred a very young Heath Ledger. The pair became friends, and Martin convinced Heath to move to Sydney and make a go of his career, and the two lived together. Martin also worked on Home and Away, and Big Sky, as well as getting an AFI Award nomination for his supporting role in the Aussie film Kick. Martin left Australia to study acting and theatre in New York, where he also looked up Heath in LA.

Interesting Facts about Martin Henderson

Featured in the video for Britney Spears’s second single from “In The Zone,” “Toxic.”
Met and mentored a then-16 year old Heath Ledger. They remained close friends until Heath’s untimely death.
Attended Westlake Boys’ High School, Forrest Hill, Auckland, New Zealand.
Trained at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.

Personal Quotes by Martin Henderson

When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I’d be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult, so I had six months working with a dialect coach, and it’s become a habit.
Martin Henderson

Sometimes America gets tempted by the glitz and glamour.
Martin Henderson

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can’t lead a normal life.
Martin Henderson

As soon as I got off the plane in L.A., I heard they’d cast the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy and that it was all being shot in New Zealand! That was pretty ironic.
Martin Henderson