# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-compston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:01:49.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-compston"
name: "Martin Compston"
slug: "martin-compston"
description: "Martin Compston is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He plays Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the BBC drama Line of Duty, 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."
tagline: "Scottish actor and football player (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Compston_2019_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1984-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.3136604041271
  historical:           17.900108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1161994/"
    handle:    "nm1161994"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump