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Martin Henderson
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About Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a professional actor from New Zealand who earned international recognition after the TV series Off the Map and the hit Tv series Grey’s Anatomy. He is a talented actor, and we will be seeing his acting skills more in the coming years.
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| Full Name | Martin Henderson |
| Date of Birth | 8th October of 1974 |
| Birth Place | Auckland's, New Zealand |
| Parent(s) | Ian and Veronica Henderson |
| Relationship | Aisha Mendez |
| Occuaption | Actor |
| Net Worth | 6 million dollars |
Early life
Martin Henderson was born on 8th October of 1974 in Auckland’s large metropolitan city in New Zealand. He is the son of Ian and Veronica Henderson. He is believed to have a brother. He grew up in a Christian family and finished his schooling at Birkenhead Primary. He attended Westlake Boys High for his high school, which is located in Forrest Hills of his home city.
Henderson started his acting career at the age of 14; thus, he had to give up on his university to serve his full time into acting.
Career
Film:
Martin Henderson made his film debut in 1999 in the Australian film Kick. The film was directed by Lynda Heys, where Henderson portrayed the character of Tom Bradshaw. For his first film debut, he earned an AFI Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role that year. In 2000, he made his appearance in the short film called The Summer of My Deflowering as Luke.
In 2002, Henderson made his small appearance in the war film Windtalkers as Private Thomas Nellie, and the same year, he starred in the supernatural horror film The Ring as Noah Clay. In 2004, he starred in the action film Torque and the romantic film Bride and Prejudice.
In 2005, Martin Henderson earned an AFI Award nomination and the FCCA Award nomination for his performance in the Australian film Little Fish, where he portrayed the character of Ray Robert. Since then, he has appeared in various films like Flyboys, Battle in Seattle, The Moment, Devil’s Knot, Everest, Miracle from Heaven, and The Strangers: Prey at Night.
Television:
Henderson first made his acting debut through the television series Strangers when he was only 13 years old. He then made his appearance in adventurous tv series called Betty’s Bunch in 1990. The same year, he also made his appearance in the South Seas’ TV film Raider as Jack Taylor.
In 1992, Martin Henderson landed the main role in the primetime soap opera of New Zealand called Shortland Street. He earned public attention from his performance as Stuart Neilson. He made his appearance in over 27 episodes ending the first season in 1995. Then he made his guest appearance in 2017.
In 1995, after the end of Shortland Street, he made his appearance in another Australian soap opera called Echo Point, where he portrayed the character of Zac Brennan. The following year, he landed another main role in the Australian drama tv series called Sweat, where he portrayed the character of Tom Nash. The series ended in its first season, where Henderson appeared in over 26 episodes. The same year, he also played a recurring role in another Australian soap opera called Home and Away as Geoff Thomas.
In 1997, Martin Henderson landed another main role in the Australian tv drama series called Big Sky. In the series, he portrayed the character of Scotty Gibbs, and it became a huge success. The series had its second season and ended in 1999, where Henderson appeared in over 53 episodes of the series. In 2009, Henderson made his small appearance in an episode “Painless” of American medical drama tv series called House as Jeff. For his performance, he received his third AFI International Award nomination.
Since the year 2011, Henderson has been making his breakthrough each year from the hit tv series like Off the Map, The Red Road, Secret & Lies, Grey’s Anatomy, and finally Virgin River in 2019.
Personal life
Talking about the personal life of Martin Henderson, there isn’t much to talk about him since he is good at keeping his personal life private. But something we can be sure about is that he is neither married nor have any children of his own. He is currently believed to be single, but he has dated a few women in the past. Just currently in 2020, he posted photos with Aisha Mendez on Instagram, showering his love for her. I guess we can conclude that they are dating each other.
Henderson has his own personal Instagram account with over 535 thousand followers and over 26.1 thousand followers on Twitter. His social media account is flooded with the projects he is working on. He also has quite a weak side for his pet dog. He is currently residing in his own house in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Aisha Mendez, and his pet dog.
Physical statistics & others
Martin Henderson is 46 years old as of 2020. He is active and super busy in his career. He has a height of 5 feet and 10 inches with a bodyweight of about 76 kg. He possesses an athletic body build, having a chest of 42 inches, arms of 13, and a waste of 34 inches.
Henderson came from white ethnicity and belonged to New Zealander nationality. Thus, he possesses white skin and blue eyes. He has light brown curly hair, which he prefers to keep in medium size. His sexual orientation is straight. He has Libra as his sun sign.
Net worth
Martin Henderson’s net worth as of 2020 is estimated to be around 6 million dollars. He mostly earned his earnings from various tv series that he made his appearances on. Hopefully, we will be seeing him more in new television series in the coming future, and with that saying, his net worth is sure to set its peak in the coming years.
