Martin Hewitt (born February 19, 1958 in San Jose, California) is an American actor. He is best known for his film debut as David Axelrod in Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).

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Hewitt has confirmed that he and Shields were never romantically involved in real life, stating that they "became good friends, but we're not close." Shields later vouched this in her 2014 memoir, There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me. "Martin and I got along well and enjoyed working with one another. We neither fell in love nor hated each other...All we were required to do was convince people we were in love. This approach freed us both up to become actual friends."

While Hewitt was filming Crime Lords in South Africa in 1989, he met German-born flight attendant Kerstin Gneiting, whom he married in 1990. Their two children are daughter Guinevere and son Cailean. His wife is a San Luis Obispo County health inspector.

"(Endless Love) touched a lot of people," he says, citing an Italian woman who has continuously sent letters pronouncing him the love of her life. "I still get some pretty funky fan mail."

Hewitt currently resides in Los Osos, California.


Age
It was originally believed that Hewitt was born in 1961: according to a 1980 article published by the Chicago Tribune, his age was listed as 19; according to a 1981 article published by People, his age was listed as 20; and according to a 1983 article published by The Daily Courier, his age was listed as 22. In 2000, another article was published by People confirming his age as 42, thus implying he was born in 1958.