Martyn Jacques
Actor
- Born
- May 22, 1959 (age 67) · England
Martyn Jacques (born 1959) is a British musician, singer and songwriter mostly known as the founder and front man of cult British trio The Tiger Lillies.
In his early 20s he dropped out of Lampeter's Theology and Philosophy course and headed to London where he initially lived in a squat in Finsbury Park and then in a flat in Soho's Rupert Street where he got a pretty good taste of the lowlife which became his main source of inspiration. He spent his whole 20s training as a musician and singer and developing his characteristic falsetto voice, which has led to him being known as the infamous Criminal Castrato, a description first coined by Ken Campbell.
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In his Tiger Lillies appearances, Jacques commonly sings about "sexual perversions, seedy underbellies, the gruesome, macabre and visceral". Jacques has been described as enjoying when audience members walk out of his shows, noting "It's always funny when people are offended by what I do ... after all, I'm just an entertainer.".
Jacques' songs range from hilarious, dark, up-beat music, even darker, strange and mysterious songs and some cover versions, such as "My Funny Valentine" and "Send in the Clowns". He is the musical director of the junk opera Shockheaded Peter.
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Known for
Acting5
- 2007The Drunken Sailor
- 2007Exodus as Shebeen Singer
- 2001The Quickie as The Tiger Lillies
- TBAShockheaded Peter and Other Songs from The Tiger Lillies as Himself
- TBAIcaria as Frontman
Behind the camera4
- 2015Orleans Music
- 2008Country Wedding Original Music Composer
- 2007The Drunken Sailor Original Music Composer
- TBAIcaria