Martin Compston (better know as D.I Arnott in TV mega-hit, Line of Duty) is a Scottish actor (with a Scottish accent which we still can't get over) and former professional footballer.
He's best know for playing Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the BBC drama Line of Duty - for which he uses a very convincing English accent - but has also played parts including: Liam in Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, Paul Ferris in The Wee Man, Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen and Dan Docherty in The Nest.
He's currently on our screens in Our House on ITV. But he hasn't always been an actor. He grew up in Greenock in Scotland and his first career was in sport, playing football professionally for his local home professional team, Greenock Morton.
Who is his wife?
Martin is married to real-estate agent and American actor, Tianna Chanel Flyn. The pair met in Los Angeles in the Hudson Hotel where Tianna was a hotel manager and now she is a real estate agent in Las Vegas (think Selling Sunset).
Before her real-estate agent career, Tianna did some acting too appearing in How to Get Away With Murder and Secret Diary Of An American Cheerleader.
Was Tianna in Line of Duty?
Tianna had a tiny cameo in Line of Duty that serious eagle-eyed fans might recall. When Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) scrolled through some dating apps in an episode of Season Five, a message flashed on his phone screen from 'Tina Watts' and with it, a photo of his real-life wife, Tianna.
The actor is pretty smitten with his lovely partner and speaking to The National, he said: "Falling in love, getting married ... it changes your life completely and I love her so much. When you get married it is moving to a different place in your life and you become responsible to someone else.
"I’ve never been a flashy guy or daft with money. The biggest thing I liked was to spend on a night out, but now you’ve got to plan a future together. She is a ridiculous cheerleader for me, I’ve never met anybody who’s so positive. I knew very quickly that I was going to be with her for the rest of my life."
Where does he live?
The lovebirds have two homes. One in Martin's hometown of Greenock in Scotland, but also often reside together in a luxury house in Las Vegas, complete with a pool where apparently they have Tenants on tap.
Rock star connections
Martin once shared a flat with Kyle Falconer from rock-band, The View. Martin told The National: "When I moved to London properly I was 24 or 25 and I shared a flat with Kyle Falconer from The View. That took a few years off my life! It was great living with Kyle and there were bands and artists coming round and it was an amazing time."
And he's always been into his music telling the same publication about the first time he ever heard the band, The Arctic Monkeys.
"I remember a kid at my school who was really into music and I was chatting to him, and he says 'There’s this band called the Arctic Monkeys and they are going to change music!' I was really cynical and thinking what the f**k are you talking about, you can’t change music!
"But when I got home I put on MTV or The Box and I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor came on with that really basic, tinted video they had. The thrumming guitar coming in at the start … I can still remember the feeling of it, it was like 'What is happening here, what am I listening to?!' These guys were my age or younger and they were putting these amazing lyrics together, Montagues and Capulets, I was like how are they doing that in a rock song?"
Scottish Independence
Martin is a vocal supporter of Scottish independence. In 2014 he got into a Twitter spat when it was suggested he shouldn't have the right to vote in the Scottish referendum because he often lives in America. He pointed out that he does still reside in Scotland and pay taxes in his home country saying: "It’s why you think I don’t have say in the first place I’m asking about. I live here and pay tax here. I don’t think anyone living outside Scotland should be able to vote on its future."
He told The National: "I’ve supported independence from a very young age. On the day of the referendum I was walking down to the polling station in Greenock I felt like I was walking on air. When the vote was coming I almost didn’t want the campaign to end, it was just such an incredible time for Scotland. In some ways its very disheartening to be going through what is happening now [with Brexit] ... if we don’t stand up now when are we ever going to stand up?"
Our House continues Tuesday, March 8, ITV at 9pm.
