Martin Compston celebrated birthday in Edinburgh beer garden as fans send him drinks

Once the cameras stop rolling, many Line of Duty stars head home to their wives, husbands and partners. While many of them may keep their private lives out of the public eye, the likes of Martin Compston, Keeley Hawes and more have shared some details about their wedding days and marriages.

Martin Compston was buzzing about seeing his face on a Times Square billboard as he told a rude story about the first time he made it onto a poster. The Line of Duty star shared a pic of the Britbox Times Square promotional banners on his Instagram.

Line of Duty's Martin Compston confused English fans of the hit cop show after he replied to a bar that featured his face on their new mural. The Old Bank Bar in Martin's hometown of Greenock featured an incredible artwork of his face on their wall following a recent refurb.

Martin Compston and Jackie Weaver with a hilarious 'Zoom call' sketch. To open the show, Brits host Jack Whitehall was seen sitting down to a Zoom call with some very familiar faces.Line of Duty 's Martin Compston and Vicky McClure joined Jack but when Compston told Jack: "It’s time to roll out the big guns", Jack replied: "Mother of God they’re bringing out the gaffer." But many were shocked when it wasn't Line of Duty 's Adrian Dunbar, but was non-other than Scot Jackie Weaver.

Martin Compston and Vicky McClure have celebrated their joint birthday by dressing up as Wham. Martin wished his pal Vicky a ‘Wham birthday’ as he dressed up as George Michael while she rocked a double denim as Andrew Ridgeley look.

Martin Compston is celebrating his birthday today and says no rain will stand in the way of having a celebratory pint. The Line of Duty star turned 37 today and as he is currently working in Edinburgh, it looks like he will need a brolly to sip on his birthday pint as the forecast is for rain for most of the day and drinking indoors is still not permitted.

Martin Compston joked it took him '10 year to grow a beard' in Line of Duty as fans can't get over his character's 'glow up'. The hugely successful BBC cop drama came to an end last week, with 12.8milion people tuning in to watch season six finale's controversial ending to the long-running "H" storyline.

Matin Compston didn't hold back when an online troll questioned his Scottish citizenship after the star appealed for people to vote for the SNP. Line of Duty star Martin had encouraged Scottish voters to take to the polls and said Scotland's future was in their hands.

Line of Duty star Martin Compston has revealed he had a deal with actors Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar and the show’s creator Jed Mercurio to get tattoos if viewing figures surpassed 12million. Scottish actor Martin, 36, revealed the dare between the show’s cast as he celebrated the 12.8million fans the show pulled in during its series finale episode on Sunday 2 May.

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We’re so used to seeing Martin Compston as Steve Arnott it’s easy to forget he’s not actually a London police officer hunting down bent coppers. Line of Duty fans were absolutely shocked to be reminded of this when he appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show ahead of the series finale.