Martin Dingle-Wall Explained

Martin Dingle-Wall
Birth Name:Martin Dingle-Wall
Birth Place:Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Yearsactive:1998–present
Notable Works:Flynn Saunders in Home and Away

Martin Dingle-Wall is an Australian actor, producer and screenwriter. He originated the role of Flynn Saunders on the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2001. He departed the show in 2002. Dingle-Wall has appeared in Satisfaction, and .

Career

For his portrayal of Flynn Saunders in Home and Away, Dingle-Wall received a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent.[1]

In 2003, he appeared on stage as Kip Polson in an adaptation of the screenplay The Nothing Men. He was picked for the Peugeot 307 SV campaign in 2004. Later in 2004, he took a part in a short movie for the BBC, Out of Water, playing the lead.

In 2005, appeared as Scott Allen in the television drama film Summer Solstice, directed by Giles Foster, playing alongside Jacqueline Bisset, Honor Blackman, Jason Durr and Sinéad Cusack.

In 2007, he appeared as Johnny Lake in and episode of the television series Satisfaction.

In 2007/8, he also filmed the comedy feature film The Makeover, playing the lead Roger Keaton.

He has also written two screenplays: Heart of a Nation and Pariah; both were taken up by an (unnamed) production house in the UK with Shepperton and Pinewood Studios.

In 2007/8, he also filmed the movie version of The Nothing Men for which he was also a producer through his company Alchemy Film Productions P/L., via which they became a global industry headline for pioneering the revolutionary RED digital cinema camera in the Southern Hemisphere, second in the world to only Steven Soderbergh's Che.

In 2008/9, he was cast as the younger brother Les Kane of the notorious Kane Brother's, bosses of the Painters & Dockers for the Underbelly prequel .

In 2010, he appeared alongside Kate Ritchie for a third time in .

Dingle-Wall went to Los Angeles in 2012 to play the title role of Matthew Butticker, Defense Attorney in the Award Winning play ANACONDA for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. It went on to win the Festival & be nominated as Top 10 Theatre Productions that year by the GLAAD Awards.

He relocated to Los Angeles in 2013 & booked a major commercial campaign for NISSAN cast as the Hero by Director Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion, TRON-LEGACY).

Dingle-Wall booked the support role of Neil McPherson in the film Strangerland with Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes, directed by Kim Farrant.

Soon after, he booked the romantic lead in the Feature Film "All that Jam" shot on location in Russia, for which he learned Russian and played almost the entire film in that language. His support cast included Chris Owen, (Sherminator from the American Pie Franchise) and Svetlana Khodchenkova (Viper from Wolverine).

Dingle-Wall then booked the lead role in Happy Hunting (2016 film), shot in America in the Californian desert, Directed by Joe Dietsch & Louie Gibson. It had its American Premier at Screamfest where it won BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. It is heavily engaged in the 2017 Festival Circuit both domestically and abroad.

He joined the cast of Salty, alongside Antonio Banderas and Olga Kurylenko in July 2016.[2]

In 2021, Dingle-Wall played the lead role of Will Scott in the Egyptian-American[3] TV series, Cypher.

Personal life

He has a brother and sister, Jamie & Sally.[4] Dingle-Wall grew up on the coast of Bondi.

In October 2016, Dingle-Wall revealed that shortly after relocating to Los Angeles in 2012, he began receiving treatment from Alcoholics Anonymous.[5] The actor told Jonathon Moran of The Daily Telegraph that he decided to attend AA because he did not like the personality changes he suffered as a result of consuming alcohol.[5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001The New CrusadersCinema TalkerShort film
2001Jumping ShipDanteTV movie
2007Out of WaterFishermanShort film
2009The MakeoverRodger Keaton
2010The Nothing ManWesley TimmsAlso producer
2010We Men DoHusbandShort film
2010Twenty Ten
2011House of SticksLanceShort film
2012Bombay BeachFatherShort film
2012A Light TouchOscar Short film
2014The PolygamistCharlesShort film
2014Surviving BugJasonShort film (also associate producer)
2015StrangerlandNeil McPhersonFeature film
2015RunHostShort film
2016All That JamMichael
2016Happy HuntingWarren NovakFeature film
2017Gun ShyClive MuggletonFeature film
2020The WillHenryFeature film
2020Swimming for GoldCalvin Carpenter
2020The American KingStreet Preacher
2020The DryLuke HadlerFeature film
2022The American King-As told by an African PriestessProfessor
2022Love and PenguinsMackenzieTV movie
Get A LifeAlexCompleted
KaneRichardCompleted
This Bloody CountryNed CampbellPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998All SaintsGreg HowardSeason 1, Episode 6
1998MickSeason 1, Episode 28
1998Murder CallDrug DealerSeason 2, Episode 16: “A View to Kill”
1999Big SkyGavinSeason 2, Episode 8
2001–02Home and AwayFlynn SaundersSeasons 14–15 (main cast)
2007SatisfactionJohnnySeason 1, Episode 2
2009UnderbellyLes KaneSeason 2: "A Tale of Two Cities" (4 episodes)
2009Jake HudsonSeason 1 (4 episodes)
2010Cops LACRhys LlewellynSeason 1 (main cast, 13 episodes)
2014Hush: The SeriesWill KaligTV pilot
2016Upper Middle BoganEvanSeason 3 (4 episodes)
2017Visioneering: Forward Thinkers of the WorldBruno
2020BonedBilly NordicSeason 1, Episode 1
2021CypherWillSeason 1 (main cast, 8 episodes)
2021EdenDavid CohenSeason 1, Episode 3

Radio

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: TV's longest night is back. Ede. Charisse. 3 April 2002. Illawarra Mercury. 7 December 2011.
  2. Web site: Martin Dingle Wall Joins Simon West's 'Salty'; Carter MacIntyre Climbs Aboard 'Hunter Killer'. Tartaglione. Nancy. 13 July 2016. Deadline Hollywood. 12 November 2016.
  3. Web site: 2021-03-23. Egypt's film editor Ahmed Hafez takes part in American TV Series Cypher. 2021-11-23. EgyptToday.
  4. Web site: Home And Away Star Reveals: My Alcohol Abuse Nightmare. 5 October 2016. New Idea. 12 November 2016.
  5. News: Former Home and Away star Martin Dingle-Wall reveals he went to AA meetings in LA. Moran. Jonathon. 4 October 2016. The Daily Telegraph. 12 November 2016.