Torry Martin
Award-winning actor, screenwriter, comedian and author
Torry Martin is an award-winning actor, screenwriter, comedian and author. In addition to penning humor columns for a variety of national print and online publications, Torry is the author of “Of Moose and Men” and “The Call of the Mild” with Harvest House Publishing and also has several comedy sketchbooks published by Lillenas Drama Publishers.
Martin’s unique sense of humor caught the attention of the producers of the popular children’s radio series, “Adventures in Odyssey”, who enlisted him to lend his writing skills to the show. Torry went one step further, creating the delightful recurring character of Wooton Bassett.
Martin has written fifteen full feature length scripts with co-writer Marshal Younger, including the comedies “The Boonies”, “Helen of Troy, TN”, “Heaven Bound” and “The Matchbreaker”.
An accomplished actor, Torry Martin starred in the national touring company of Columbia Artist’s musical comedy, “Around the World in Eighty Days”. He has appeared on The Learning Channel and the Fine Living Network; won top honors as both writer and actor in the Nashville 48 Hour Film Project; and has twice been named Grand Prize Winner for both Acting and Writing by the Gospel Music Association.
His most recent acting roles were in the Taylor Swift parody of “The Office”, Hallmark’s “The Ultimate Legacy”, and the feature films “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone”, “Heaven Bound”, “The Matchbreaker”, and “Mountain Top”. A storyteller at heart, Martin has graced the stages of hundreds of secular and sacred venues across the country, sharing a brand of comedy described by author Paul McCusker as, “Garrison Keillor with a spiritual perspective.”
Torry Martin has been profiled in a host of national and regional print and online publications including Charisma, Today’s Christian, Light and Life, and At Home Tennessee. Martin is an in-demand speaker, performer and instructor at writing and filmmaking conferences across the U.S.
Torry has also served as a board member for the National Religious Broadcasting conference, the International Christian Visual Media conference and the Gideon Film Conference.