Martin Hewitt (born February 19, 1958) is an American businessman and
former actor. He is best known for his film debut as David Axelrod in
Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981). His last role was a 2003
episode of ER.Martin Hewitt was born on February 19, 1958 in San Jose,
California. He is the second oldest of six children to Peter and
Heather Hewitt. Peter Hewitt is a retired owner of a medical-equipment
manufacturing firm. Hewitt's early years were spent in California,
England, Belgium, and Michigan.Hewitt attended Claremont High School.
Hewitt first acted at age 14 in a school production of The King and I.
He studied business at a community college before switching to
theater. After receiving an AA degree in Theater Arts, Hewitt studied
at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in Pasadena,
California.While enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in
Pasadena, CA and working as bartender and valet car park/parking lot
attendant, Hewitt saw an ad for an open call for a film directed by
Franco Zeffirelli and beat out 5,000 actors, including Tom Cruise and
Timothy Hutton, for the male lead. Hewitt had originally envisioned a
Shakespearean career, but suddenly he was starring opposite Brooke
Shields in Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love, a 1981 forbidden teen
romance film. According to Hewitt, "Some people actually wrote that I
was discovered in a parking lot."
former actor. He is best known for his film debut as David Axelrod in
Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981). His last role was a 2003
episode of ER.Martin Hewitt was born on February 19, 1958 in San Jose,
California. He is the second oldest of six children to Peter and
Heather Hewitt. Peter Hewitt is a retired owner of a medical-equipment
manufacturing firm. Hewitt's early years were spent in California,
England, Belgium, and Michigan.Hewitt attended Claremont High School.
Hewitt first acted at age 14 in a school production of The King and I.
He studied business at a community college before switching to
theater. After receiving an AA degree in Theater Arts, Hewitt studied
at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in Pasadena,
California.While enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in
Pasadena, CA and working as bartender and valet car park/parking lot
attendant, Hewitt saw an ad for an open call for a film directed by
Franco Zeffirelli and beat out 5,000 actors, including Tom Cruise and
Timothy Hutton, for the male lead. Hewitt had originally envisioned a
Shakespearean career, but suddenly he was starring opposite Brooke
Shields in Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love, a 1981 forbidden teen
romance film. According to Hewitt, "Some people actually wrote that I
was discovered in a parking lot."
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