Line of Duty and Our House star Martin Compston shared a collage made from pictures of his wife as he celebrated her birthday online.
06.03.2022 - 08:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Barely a month goes by when he’s not on our screens – but actor Martin Compston is enjoying the solitude of life outside the spotlight.
For the Line of Duty star – who plays a cheating husband embroiled in a twisted blackmail plot in tomorrow night’s ITV thriller Our House – family life in America is a world apart from his dramatic new role.
And that’s just the way he likes it.
Speaking over Zoom from his Las Vegas home, he said: “I am at that age now where I am happy to bring it down a couple of notches.
“Most would describe me as a sociable guy, and I still will be, but after the madness of the last year with back-to-back filming, it’s time to calm things down.”
The actor, from Greenock, said it’s downtime with his family and the relative anonymity of life in the US that he relishes.
He’s also “nostalgic” about the breakthrough role in Ken Loach’s Sweet Sixteen that set him on his stellar career trajectory 20 years ago.
He added: “I owe everything to those guys.”
It’s hard not to imagine life in Vegas – where he lives with his actress wife Tianna Chanel Flynn, 33, and their toddler son – being a whirlwind of flashy nights out.
Their four-bed home, complete with pool and spa, even has its own bar.
But in truth, it couldn’t be more ordinary.
Martin said: “I’ve been doing the daddy daycare stuff while my wife’s been working away.
"She has her own career too. It’s just a balance and I’m really lucky to have so much family and support.”
In October, he was photographed with fellow Celtic fanatic Rod Stewart after a gig at Caesars Palace.
He said: “I have a friend who knows Rod but I’ve got a very quiet life. The Strip is near and I have one mad night every couple of weeks or month but my life is quiet compared to back home.”
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