Star of the Oscar-nominated film An Irish Goodbye: I can’t wait to get back to my job at Starbucks

He is the star of an Oscar-nominated movie, however James Martin is so decided to not let fame get to his head that he is caught along with his job at his native Starbucks.

The actor can be ready with bated breath oscars Awards ceremony on the announcement of the winners as An Irish Goodbye – through which he performs one in all two brothers introduced collectively by the loss of life of their mom – nominated within the Greatest Quick Movie class.

However the pleasure hasn’t stopped the 30-year-old Northern Irishman with Down’s Syndrome from working shifts at his previous jobs on the espresso chain – and as a chef at Italian restaurant Scalini’s in Belfast.

Award: Actor James Martin is so decided to not let fame get to his head that he is caught along with his job at his native Starbucks

“I assist out with all the shoppers,” he says of his job at Starbucks.

“I have been doing this for a very long time. It is good.’

Martin, who rose to fame along with his position on BBC present Ups And Downs, can be happy with the abilities he picked up at Scalini: “I could make garlic bread, meatballs, salads and mussels, chips and stuff like that .”

The actor has obtained worldwide popularity of his position in black comedy An Irish Goodbye.

Talking about being an actor with Down Syndrome, Martin – who lives in Belfast along with his mother and father – stated: “Anybody can act, it would not matter when you’ve got Down Syndrome.

Expertise: The actor has obtained worldwide popularity of his position in black comedy An Irish Goodbye

‘Take Stephen Hawking [who had motor neurone disease] on the Simpsons. He was a implausible actor, he knew what he was doing however you simply should deal with him like an grownup. I all the time inform folks by no means decide a guide by its cowl. ‘

With few being public with the illness, Martin says he is usually mistaken for an additional star who has it, Line Of Obligation’s Tommy Jessop.

“Boy, he can act,” says Martin of Jessop. For some motive, I usually get stopped and folks ask, “Are you Tommy from Line of Obligation?”

“And I am like, no, I am not Tommy, unsuitable present. Lots of people assume I am him and he is me.

“It is actually unusual how this comes about.

“I might like to see Tommy once more, it could be good to work with him and get to know him.

“If he wants assist, I am all the time there.

It could be very nice if he may current me with an Oscar, it could be very nice if that occurred.”

Martin turns 31 on Oscars night time on March 13 and hopes to rejoice with fellow Irishman and Oscar nominee Colin Farrell and meet his hero Robert De Niro after the ceremony in Los Angeles.

He additionally says he can be taking his longtime girlfriend Louise Davies as his date.