Philip Martin

Philip Martin is a classically trained film and theatre actor who can be seen this March in HBO's upcoming film "Phil Spector," starring Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and Jeffrey Tambor. He plays "James Lee," a member of Spector's (Al Pacino) defense team during his murder trial in 2007. The part was written for him by renowned Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, screenwriter and director David Mamet as a result of Martin's work at Mamet's and William H. Macy's award-winning Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City. Martin is a native of Chicago but was raised in San Francisco. He left home after high school to study acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts from where he holds a BFA in Drama. He resides on the Westside of Los Angeles.