Biography

Kingsly Martin began acting at the age of 9. He performed in school and community theatre for 8 years before focusing his attention to on camera performance.

He booked his first paying job as an actor at the age of 17 in a commercial for Radica, USA casino games. He was paid $514.00 to say the line, "Radical due."

Kingsly landed his first feature film role in the winter of 1996 in the feature film "All Night Boogie" (formerly titled: "The Wheel"), directed by his now long-time friend Robert Murphy. Martin devised character name `Nikki' as the role was originally referred to as 'Tough Guy #2.' He later became a Producer on the project when Murphy needed help completing the film.

He played author Charles Bukowski in the short film, "The Princess of Parker Lane" in the spring of 1997.

In November 2001, Martin underwent a corrective eye surgery in Dallas, Texas to replace the damaged cornea in his right eye caused by Glaucoma. The surgery appeared to be a success, however, in the spring of 2002 complications arose. The retina in his eye detached and went undiscovered by doctors for 2 months. A post-operative surgery took place in the summer of that same year, but irrevocable damage had already taken place, leaving him with limited hand motion in one eye.

After a brief stint in New York City, working on off-off-off-off Broadway plays, Martin returned to Texas in the Summer of 2003 to produce and star in the film, "Faith & Bullets" (formerly titled: "Scars"). After a six month search for a director, he stepped up to fill the slot. He subsequently shifted character roles in the film.

Production of Faith & Bullets (2005) wrapped in the summer of 2004. Martin contributes his dedication to completing the project his girlfriend at the time, actress Leila Plummer and his junior high acting teacher Jo Ann Farabee's family. Jo Ann appeared in the film as the noisy neighbor Mrs. Boulderpotts.

He suffered through a gambling addiction later that summer and into the fall, but he defeated the habit wit the help and support family and close professional friends Scott Osborn, Dave Kraft and David Stokey.

He completed co-writing the buddy comedy script "We've Got It" in the spring of 2005.

In March of 2005, Martin landed a co-starring role opposite C. Thomas Howell and Randy Spelling in the psychological thriller, "Hoboken Hollow." The film is inspired by true events. He plays Andrew Gates, a transient that undergoes possibly the most disturbing torture scene in the thriller.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: J. Holmes