Jim Martin
  • Birthplace

    Oakland, California, USA

  • Birthday
    July 21, 1961

    Deathday
    N/A

Jim Martin

James Blanco Martin (born July 21, 1961, in Hayward, California, a suburb of Oakland), known professionally as Big Jim Martin, is an American guitarist best known for his membership in the rock band Faith No More from 1983 to late 1993. Martin also played guitar with the groups EZ-Street, Vicious Hatred, Agents of Misfortune, Recluse, and Pigs of Death.

Martin was known for his long hair, bushy beard, and trademark red-rimmed glasses that he wears alone or over another darker pair of glasses.

Jim Martin awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2018 Art Directors Guild Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award Contemporary Film (Stefania Cella, Kimberley Zaharko, Karl J. Martin, Rudy Braun, Michael Madden, Etienne Gravrand, Liane Prevost, Allen Coulter, Geoffrey Mandel, Shari Spier, Tim Wilcox, Jim Martin, Michele Moen, Barton Rendulic, Melissa Morgan, Nick Augustyn, Patricia Larman, Karen Manthey) Downsizing
2014 Art Directors Guild Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film (Darren Gilford, Kevin Ishioka, Mark W. Mansbridge, Kevin Loo, Todd Cherniawsky, Steve Cooper, Joseph Hiura, Luis G. Hoyos, Geoff Hubbard, Jeff Markwith, Maya Shimoguchi, Robert Andrew Johnson, Gregory Jein, Ellen Lampl, Igor Knezevic, Jim Martin, Nick Pugh, Daniel Simon, Thom Tenery, Andree Wallin, Richard Bennett, Phillip Norwood, Adolfo Martínez Pérez, Stephen Platt, Ronald R. Reiss) Oblivion
2014 Art Directors Guild Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film (Darren Gilford, Kevin Ishioka, Mark W. Mansbridge, Kevin Loo, Todd Cherniawsky, Steve Cooper, Joseph Hiura, Luis G. Hoyos, Geoff Hubbard, Jeff Markwith, Maya Shimoguchi, Robert Andrew Johnson, Randall D. Wilkins, Gregory Jein, Ellen Lampl, Igor Knezevic, Jim Martin, Nick Pugh, Daniel Simon, Thom Tenery, Andree Wallin, Richard Bennett, Phillip Norwood, Adolfo Martínez Pérez, Stephen Platt, Ronald R. Reiss) Oblivion
2012 Art Directors Guild Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film (Rick Heinrichs, John Dexter, Chris Lowe, Andy Nicholson, Clint Wallace, Phil Harvey, Jason Knox-Johnston, Dean Clegg, Paul Kirby, Phil Sims, Richard Selway, Helen Xenopoulos, Charlotte Leatherland, John Bush, Neal Callow, Anita Dhillon, Kathy Heaser, Dan Walker, Alice Biddle, Emma Vane, Chris Tooth, Natasha Jones, Julian Walker, Paul Catling, Andrew Williamson, Adam Brockbank, James Gemmill, James Hunt, Roxana Alexandru, Jim Barr, Andrew Bennett, Gregory Fangeaux, Mary Mackenzie, Tara Ilsley, Daniel Simon, Denise Ball, Rodolfo Damaggio, Darrin Denlinger, Martin Asbury, Ryan Meinerding, Mauro Borrelli, Jim Martin, Nathan Schroeder, James Hegedus, Ted Haigh, Kevin Loo, Mike Stassi) Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 Art Directors Guild Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film (Robert Stromberg, Stefan Dechant, Todd Cherniawsky, Andrew L. Jones, Mike Stassi, Kasra Farahani, Scott Herbertson, William O. Hunter, C. Scott Baker, Tammy S. Lee, Richard F. Mays, Jeff Markwith, David Moreau, Anne Porter, Dawn Brown, Dylan Cole, Seth Engstrom, Scott Lukowski, Warren Manser, Jim Martin, Steven Messing, Craig Shoji, Daphne Yap, Jason Mahakian, Jeff Frost, Gregory Jein, Brett Phillips, Karen O'Hara) Alice in Wonderland
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