Ray Martin
Acting
Biography
Ray Martin is an Australian television presenter, journalist and entertainment personality. He is among the most awarded stars of Australian television, having won five Logie Awards. Martin began working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965. In 1969, he became the ABC's New York City correspondent for 10 years covering a wide range of topics. In 1978 he joined the Nine Network to launch 60 Minutes. From 1985-1993 he presented a daily variety show "Midday with Ray Martin" and hosted various specials, interviewing entertainment celebrities including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Elton John, Jim Carrey, Michael Douglas, Billy Crystal, Jodie Foster, Michael Crawford, Paul Hogan, Russell Crowe and Madonna. Martin hosted "A Current Affair" from 1994-1998 before returning to 60 Minutes to do special reports. In 2003 he resumed as host of A Current Affair and in December 2005 became the Nine Network's Senior Correspondent, assisting in reporting some major events including the Indonesian tsunami disaster in 2005. He has hosted diverse television events, from the Logie Awards, Commonwealth Games, World Cup Cricket, 1988 Bicentenary Spectacular and Federal and State Election nights to the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks. Martin led the official broadcast of the World Youth Day event in Sydney in July 2008. Martin has also worked as a presenter for the Australian Special Broadcasting Service, In 2016 and 2017, and has hosted various prime time specials for commercial networks and a during Covid presented a satire of lifestyle television with a pandemic theme.
Known For
Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.
The Cheap Seats
Six nights a week, The Project provides Australian viewers with their dose of ‘news delivered differently’, serving up thought-provoking news, current affairs, comedy and entertainment.
The Project
Chasing the Light: Norfolk Island with Ray Martin is a visual feast, rich in land and sea cinematography and photography by some of the best in the business, while at the same time telling the unique, exotic and often surprising story of one of Australia’s great treasures: Norfolk Island. World famous landscape photographer Ken Duncan chases the light in an odyssey to get the perfect shot on the spectacular island gifted by Queen Victoria to the Pitcairn Islanders, mutineers from the Bounty, their Tahitian wives and their families and descendants. Ken, the master, has his sidekick and protégé Ray Martin along with him and they link up with local photographer and underwater specialist Zach Sanders. Capturing their chase is one of Australia’s most awarded cinematographers Andy Taylor. Andy turns his own lens on the lensmen and Norfolk’s unforgettable scenery, characters, culture, and customs.
Chasing the Light: Norfolk Island
Sir David Attenborough is larger than life, his distinctive voice as recognisable as his name. In this program, renowned Australian journalist Ray Martin turns the cameras away from the beloved wildlife Sir David has spent his life documenting and onto the man himself. The show is an edited interview culled from a series of sold-out events held in theatres across Australia in 2012 and 2013.