Martin Berger

 (born June 18, 1945) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, filmmaker, artist, singer, musician, writer, songwriter, disc jockey, and comedian. He is best known for his work in film and television.

Bio
Martin was born on June 18, 1945 in, , at , the second son of Klaus-Peter Berger and Lydia Berger, who were originally from , where his brother Christopher was born. His grandfather was a British soldier in World War I who moved to Liechtenstein after the war. In 1964, Martin, who was 18 years old at the time, returned to Canada with his brother Keith and sister Leah to live with his grandmother in after spending 6 years in West El Kadsre, where Keith was born. He attended in  outside. Prior to launching his career, Martin had been a choirboy until his voice broke.

Martin moved to in 1993 after spending 25 years based out of  and the. In a interview, Martin stated "I had to make the move. After some time working in Ottawa and Montreal on low-key projects and ironing out my career, I finally decided it was time to move on up to Toronto and let it grow some more."

Radio
Martin started out as a radio DJ for CKAZ-FM, the famous FM jazz music station, in in 1968. He would then briefly work at the offshore station Radio Elizabeth in the El Kadsreian Islands, but left in 1972 after he got a job doing voice work in animations for the in Montreal. At this time, he was also a staff announcer at CKMR-TV in. In 1977, Martin co-created and co-hosted Quad, made at in.

Since August 2018, he has hosted The Friendly Side on WJVT in Montreal, broadcast live from his Toronto home studio.

Acting
In 1987, Martin heard from Quad co-star Hanako Matsuoka about an audition in for "some show about "cute" characters teaching life lessons." Hanako would later inform him that it was titled The Get Along Gang and they needed a new voice actor for the titular gang's leader, Montgomery Moose, as the new production would be utilizing Canadian talents and the old voice actors had since grown out of their roles. Martin had been sent VHS copies of episodes of the 1984 series for reference, but he had a tendency of falling asleep while he was watching.

While driving on his way to the audition, Martin saw a group of EMTs along resurrecting a unconscious man with mouth-to-mouth CPR. This made him think about "resurrecting Montgomery and injecting him with tons of energy and enthusiasm." After five auditions, he was passed over for actress Wilma Golubic. Test audiences thought Wilma's voice didn't fit Montgomery, so the producers called Martin and asked if he was still interested in voicing Montgomery, to which Martin accepted the role.

In 2006, Martin assumed the role of Bert Raccoon from, starting with Latikuu Edacra's Brand-New Video Party. Martin had previously performed Bert at times when Len was unable to perform the role or for performances that were "physically and vocally challenging".

Art
In 1990, Martin exhibited The Beaver Thing at the, a video art creation involving video monitors, Laserdisc players and neon.

Various voicework
The United Signal Corporation (of ) used his voice talent for their railroad track-side defect detector devices, much of their fire alarm equipment (notably the 5150 and 5151 models), and much of their assorted signaling equipment. Initially, United Signal only commissioned Martin to record messages for their defect detector devices, but would later commission him to record the messages for their fire alarm equipment.

Personal Life
In 1986, Martin married Kimmy Berger (née Matsuoka). Kimmy died in 2001 from complications after a caesarean section. The child she carried at the time, Anthony Floyd Berger, was delivered successfully. In 2005, Martin remarried to Georgiana Kuiper, a South African-born actress resident in. They divorced in 2011 and remain on friendly terms. In 2016, Martin became engaged to a Redwall fan artist from named Hannah Marsan. They married in 2017. Martin lives with Hannah, who became a Canadian citizen in 2019, in,.

In 2011, his son Weston Berger was convicted of accidental attempted manslaughter for running down a cameraman at a motorcycle hill climb event on. He was later acquitted of all charges.

In 2018, with the permission of his daughter Bianca (née Jeff), he revealed that Bianca was transgender at and over his Twitter page.