Maile School STAR TALENT: Justin Martinez

Maile School teen acting grad Justin Martinez is a 17-year-old, St. Cloud, Florida native that is currently a sophomore at Harmony High School.

His dad James says, “Justin always liked to perform in front of us and we decided to do something about and enrolled him at The Maile Acting School where he learned the many aspects of the film industry as well as on camera acting, improv and character development.”

Justin can be seen in Diary of a Wimpy Kid and has just finished filming co-starring roles in two pilot’s series: Ruff Creek Feud and the new AMAZON drama TV series The Enhanced.  Justin plays the role of Angel. The series Enhanced is about a career mother Angela Bryant played by Traci Newman tries to figure out what’s going on with her sweet son Lucas as he exhibits unusual and strange behavior. What she doesn’t know is that he’s coming into a new ability as a result of tests she allowed to be done to him as a newborn. Lucas looks for answers about his new ability and soon finds a young girl named Salina Woods who can help him find out the truth about what’s happening to him. Lucas learns that she is like him, and there are more of them.

Justin also appeared in a short film titled Gwen that has received awards and recognition internationally. He has also booked work in 3 other short films, Slash R Treat, Dead Con and Hustler: The Series. His commercial experience includes Overbytes (an orthodontist commercial) and Bob Poe for Congress. This handsome teen also models and has modeled for the Ice Model Showcase that was held in Miami and last year’s Madelline’s runway fashion show here in Orlando.  Justin was also featured in Orlando Talent Magazine and is represented by a few local agencies.

His hobbies include basketball, video games, football and of course watching and studying movies. He is always looking to improve his talents and also is currently working on more projects as of this writing.

We are so happy for Justin and all his industry success!