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Jesse L. Martin
Age: 41
Height: 190 cm
Birth Place: Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA
Born: Jan. 18th, 1969
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BIOGRAPHY: Jesse was born in Virginia's Blue Ridge mountain range. His mother, Virginia Price, was a college career counselor. His father, Jesse Reed Watkins, was a truck driver. His parents divorced when he was very young. His mother then moved his family to Buffalo, New York. He and his four brothers took the surname of his mother's second husband. His family calls him by his middle name, Lamont. As a fourth-grader, a teacher cast him in a play and he found his passion. After graduating from high school, he worked in restaurants to afford the tuition at New York University. He then got work on soaps and did commercials. His breakthrough came in a role in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Rent (2005). That was followed up with TV exposure in his first starring role in the series "413 Hope St." (1997), which aired on Fox.
TRIVIA:
- Along with 'Jerry Orbach' (qv), 'Fred Dalton Thompson' (qv) and 'Leslie Hendrix' (qv), he is one of only four actors to play the same character (Detective Ed Green) on all four "Law & Order" series (_"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)_ (qv), and _"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)_ (qv)).
- The storyline of Detective Green being shot in the line of duty was written into the Law and Order script so that during his 'recovery', Jesse could be in San Fransisco to film Rent.
- Is on the Board of Trustees for the 'Jonathan Larson' (qv) Performing Arts Foundation
- Worked at the Moondance Diner in New York City with 'Jonathan Larson' (qv).
- Accompanied 'Jerry Orbach' (qv)'s widow Elaine to the 2005 Tony Awards.
- He is a graduate of one of the United States' most famous academic art schools, the Buffalo Academy For Visual and Preforming Arts for grades 5-12
- Appeared in episodes of three different series with 'Jerry Orbach' (qv): _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv) and _"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)_ (qv).
- Returning back to Buffalo, N.Y., to work on an independent film, in October of 2006, his luggage was stolen from an SUV as he signed autographs in a restaurant. Martin's belongings have not been returned.
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