Biography
Brian M. Martin, an American businessman and parental rights advocate, began his interest in movie making during his high school academics tenure. During 9th grade, he wrote a term paper on possible career paths. For his paper he interviewed a stunt driver that performed in the original Dukes of Hazard television series. Further into his high school career, Brian was assigned a required task for graduating, to complete a project outline and presentation of his career goals after graduating high school. He job shadowed at a set design company, Tait Towers, who constructs MTV/Superbowl floats and sets, helped with pyrotechnics at The Reading Phillies and studied efficient on camera acting with Jim Vivian of Allentown, PA. His final presentation to the graduation board and his piers earned him high honors for his project. After graduating high school in 2007 Brian attended Penn State University and successfully obtained a bachelor's degree in business. During Brian’s college years his involvement in the entertainment industry blossom as Brian was featured in reality tv, commercials, print ads, brand ambassadors, crime tv shows, independent films and featured films. One can say his first call to fame started when he was cast for 3 months as a warrior in the M. Night Shyamalan movie, The Last Airbender. Shortly thereafter, Brian was casted as a supporting actor in the featured film titled The Tea Man. Brian is very versatile on production sets as he’s been applauded for his ability to design and build real life special effects into movies, such as shoot out scenes, and even invented a C02 powered blood squib wound effect. Advancing his knowledge of construction practices Brian created custom break away glass such as beer bottles and windows that have been used in Philadelphia and New York productions earning him the title FxBrian. Brian’s imagination and knowledge of fabrication techniques earned him a top receipt of an award hosted by Penn State University for a product he invented and filed a patent status for. From there on Brian was recognized coast to coast for his acting capabilities and special effects knowledge. In 2016, shortly after the birth of his son, Brian took a hiatus from the entertainment industry, even though he was asked to act in a lead role for a featured film. In 2025 Brian jumped on the entertainment saddle once again and began participating in commercials and featured films. He received advance, one on one, acting training with the legendary Bernard Glincosky of Philadelphia. Bernard Glincoksy was trained by the famous George Dicenzo, the actor who portrayed the grandfather in Back to the Future trilogy. When interviewed Brian stated is his very excited to witness the technological advances in the cinematic industry including, of course, special effects. He is very excited to begin the next chapter of his entertainment career!
