Jared Martin

About

After playing Dusty Farlow on the popular soap opera Dallas, this television actor joined the casts of both War of the Worlds and One Life to Live. His 1970s and '80s film credits include roles in Westworld and The New Gladiators. 

Before Fame

After studying literature and art history at Columbia University, he worked as both a Shakespeare in the Park apprentice and a New York Times reviewer.

Trivia

After retiring from acting, he pursued a career as a fine art photographer.

Family Life

He grew up in New York City as the son of New Yorker cartoonist Charles E. Martin and artist Florence Martin. His first two marriages were to Nancy Fales and Carol Vogel; in 2000, he married his third wife, Chinese dancer Yu Wei. 

Associated With

At Manhattan's Public Theater, he performed with Martin Sheen in a disco-rock version of Shakespeare's Hamlet.