British actor/director Martin Jarvis recently starred at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End as ‘Prime Minister Edward Heath’ in Maggie and Ted. He also starred (with Rosalind Ayres) in the acclaimed revival of The Importance of Being Earnest. Received the Theatre World Award for his performance as ‘Jeeves’ on Broadway. For L.A. Theatre Works he is proud to have adapted and directed Journey’s End. Martin's other LATW productions encompass world-class dramas: God of Carnage, Copenhagen, Galileo, The Rivals, She Stoops to Conquer, and many star-studded Shakespeare audio-recordings. Numerous LATW acting appearances cover Can You Hear Me, Twelfth Night, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Browning Version, Shadowlands, and comedies by Ayckbourn and Frayn. In the UK Martin has spearheaded West End and National Theatre plays. He has directed many BBC dramas: Goldfinger starring Ian McKellen; Monologues with Judi Dench, Helen Mirren; Lady Windermere’s Fan with Mira Sorvino. Martin remarks, ‘I have the doubtful distinction of appearing in the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic, and the lowest, United Passions!’ Other movies: Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Phil Spector, Wreck-It Ralph, The Bunker, Taste the Blood of Dracula. TV includes: Father Brown, Doctor Who, Law & Order, Endeavour, Eastenders, Numb3rs, Stargate Atlantis, Murder She Wrote, Walker Texas Ranger, Marple, Poirot, Morse, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, The Forsyte Saga. Countless audiobooks by Neil Gaiman, P.G Wodehouse, Michael Frayn, Dick Francis - and award-winning series, Just William. Video games: ‘Alfred’ in Batman, ‘Mcmissile’ in Cars 2. He is the author of bestselling theatre books Acting Strangely and Broadway, Jeeves? With Rosalind Ayres he is founder of Jarvis & Ayres Productions. Last year Martin received BBC Audio Drama’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is invested by HM the late Queen as Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to Drama.