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Compston stars alongside Sophie Rundle in the television drama series The Nest, which began airing on BBC One on 22 March 2020.

Compston is a supporter of Celtic F.C. and Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. After a victory by Celtic over Aberdeen F.C. in January 2019, Compston posted a tweet: "Round ye No voting shitebags". The City of Aberdeen had voted "No" to independence.

In 2016, he starred in the three-part Scottish television drama series In Plain Sight as serial murderer, Peter Manuel, who is pursued to his conviction and ultimate execution by the detective William Muncie.

Compston married American actress Tianna Chanel Flynn in 2016. They reside in her hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019, Compston reprised his lead role of Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in four more series of police drama Line of Duty, which moved from BBC Two to BBC One at the start of its fourth series.

In April 2013, Compston starred in the ITV mini-series The Ice Cream Girls. He appeared as Roy James in The Great Train Robbery.

In 2012, Compston starred in the lead role of Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, a detective on an anti-corruption squad, in the BBC police drama Line of Duty, acting alongside Craig Parkinson once more. In the same year, he also starred in the violent thriller Piggy. Going back to his Scottish roots, he then appeared in the lead role in The Wee Man, directed by Ray Burdis, a film depicting the life of the Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris. It was released in the UK in January 2013.

Compston starred in the 2010 film Soulboy, alongside Craig Parkinson, playing the role of Joe McCain. He also appeared in the horror film The 4th Reich as Private Newman, and made a cameo appearance in a low-budget web series, "Night is Day".

A promising footballer, he was on the books of Aberdeen F.C. as a young teenager, and after leaving school signed for the local professional team Greenock Morton F.C.. Compston made two first-team appearances in the 2001–02 season, in which the team was relegated to the Third Division. In both matches he appeared as a substitute and Morton lost 4–0, to Alloa Athletic and Queen of the South.

Martin Compston (born 8 May 1984) is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He is known for his lead role as Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in the BBC crime drama Line of Duty. His other notable roles include Liam in Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, Paul Ferris in The Wee Man, Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen and Dan Docherty in The Nest.