Frank Ashmore (born June 17, 1945) is an American

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Career

He is perhaps best known for his role as "Martin" in the 1983

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miniseries '' V'' and its 1984 sequel '' V: The Final Battle''. He reprised his role in the pilot episode of '' V: The Series'' -- and as Martin's brother "Philip" (A Supreme Commander appointed to investigate the murder of Supreme Commander "Charles", who had married V villainess "Diana" and died on the wedding night from a poisoned drink; he later became a "Fifth Columnist" like Martin). Ashmore appeared in the 1980 hit comedy film ''

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'', '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' and films such as ''

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'' (1976), ''

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'' (1978), '' Parts: The Clonus Horror'' (1979), '' Monster in the Closet'' (1986) and '' Extracted'' (2012). In 1981, he appeared on both ''

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'' as a hit man out to kill Julie Williams and ''

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'' as Monica Quartermaine's private investigator. He also had a supporting role in the 2012 independent thriller '' Extracted''. He made guest appearances on various television shows including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the current version of ''

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''. In 2010, he had a recurring role in season 4 of '' The Guild''. He voiced Jimmy the Grape in the video game ''

The Darkness II ''The Darkness II'' is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games. The game is the sequel to ''The Darkness (video game), The Darkness'' (2007) and based on the The Darkness (comics), comic boo ...

''. He voiced Leone "Leo" Galante in the 2010 video game ''

Mafia II ''Mafia II'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by 2K Czech and published by 2K Games. It was released in August 24 2010 for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. The game is a standalone sequel to 2002's ''Mafia (video game), Mafia'', an ...

'', and its sequel ''

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''. He also voiced Austin Buckell in the 2013 video game ''

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''.

Awards

Ashmore won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in 2005. In 2009, he was nominated for Best Actor by the 168 Hour Film Project, a Christian film festival, for the short ''Stealing Home''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* 1945 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from El Paso, Texas {{US-screen-actor-1940s-stub