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Jesse L. Martin is a Actor American born on 18 january 1969 at Rocky Mount (USA)

Jesse L. Martin

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Birth name Jesse Lamont Watkins
Nationality USA
Birth 18 january 1969 (55 years) at Rocky Mount (USA)

Jesse L. Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the musical Rent and his role as NYPD Detective Ed Green on Law & Order and Detective Joe West on The Flash.

Biography

In October 2006, Martin returned to Buffalo, New York to work on an independent film (Buffalo Bushido). While he was eating at a restaurant, his luggage was stolen from an SUV; his belongings were never returned.

He is a resident of Manhattan.

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Filmography of Jesse L. Martin (11 films)

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Actor

Rent
Rent (2019)
, 2h15
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Téléfilm musical
Actors Tinashe, Valentina, Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, Mario, Keala Settle
Roles Himself
Rating63% 3.155833.155833.155833.155833.15583
À New York, la veille de Noël, Mark et Roger sont sur le point de se faire expulser de l'appartement qu'ils louent. Pour oublier leurs problèmes, chacun trouvent une occupation : Mark décide de filmer son entourage et Roger tente d'écrire une dernière chanson qui, il l'espère, lui apportera gloire et reconnaissance avant d'être emporté par le sida.
Joyful Noise, 1h58
Directed by Todd Graff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance
Roles Marcus Hill
Rating57% 2.856932.856932.856932.856932.85693
After the untimely death of a small-town church choir director (Kris Kristofferson) in Pacashau, Georgia, Vy Rose Hill (Latifah), a no-nonsense mother raising two teens alone, takes control of the choir using the traditional Gospel style that their Pastor Dale (Courtney B. Vance) approves of. However, the director's widow, G. G. Sparrow (Parton), the main benefactor to the church, believes she should have been given the position. As in previous years, the choir reaches the regional finals of the national amateur "Joyful Noise" competition, only to be disappointed when a rival choir beats them. Tough times in the town have led to budget problems that threaten to close down the choir, at the same time as the town needs the choir's inspiring music more than ever.
Puncture
Puncture (2011)
, 1h39
Directed by Mark Kassen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Chris Evans, Vinessa Shaw, Brett Cullen, Mark Kassen, Michael Biehn, Marshall Bell
Roles Daryl King
Rating67% 3.3990053.3990053.3990053.3990053.399005
Mike Weiss is a young Houston lawyer and a drug addict. Paul Danziger is his longtime friend and straight-laced law partner. They decide to take on a case involving Vicky, a local ER nurse, who is pricked by a contaminated needle. As Weiss and Danziger dig deeper into the case, a healthcare and pharmaceutical conspiracy teeters on exposure and heavyweight attorneys move in on the defense. Out of their league but invested in their own gain, the mounting pressure of the case pushes the two underdog lawyers and their business to the breaking point.
Peter and Vandy, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler, Jesse L. Martin, Tracie Thoms, Noah Bean, Bruce Altman
Roles Paul
Rating63% 3.1502753.1502753.1502753.1502753.150275
Peter and Vandy is a love story told out of order. Set in Manhattan, the story shifts back and forth in time, juxtaposing Peter and Vandy's romantic beginnings with the twisted, manipulative, regular couple they become.
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Steve Whitmire, Uma Thurman, Dave Goelz, Jane Krakowski, Bill Barretta, Nathan Lane
Roles Postal Worker
Rating62% 3.1461653.1461653.1461653.1461653.146165
On Christmas Eve, the Muppets go to the post office in New York City to deliver each of their letters to Santa Claus (Richard Griffiths). When they head back to their apartment, Gonzo discovers that three letters wound up in his coat from a mishap there. One of those letters he recognizes as being written by his friend, a neighbor girl named Claire (Madison Pettis). On Gonzo's insistence, the principal Muppets decide to go to the North Pole and deliver them personally.
The Cake Eaters, 1h26
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Jayce Bartok, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Melissa Leo
Roles Judd
Rating62% 3.1440953.1440953.1440953.1440953.144095
The Cake Eaters is a small-town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss. Living in rural America, the Kimbrough family are a conflicted bunch: Easy, the patriarch and local butcher, is grieving over the recent loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing affair for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting street signs; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away from the family for years while pursuing his rock star dream in the big city until the day he learns of his mother's death and that he has missed the funeral.
Rent
Rent (2005)
, 2h15
Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel
Roles Tom Collins
Rating67% 3.3998753.3998753.3998753.3998753.399875
On Christmas Eve, 1989, aspiring filmmaker Mark Cohen, and his roommate, Roger Davis, learn that the rent previously waived by their former friend and landlord, Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III, is due. At the same time, their former roommate Tom Collins shows up and gets mugged in an alleyway. Meanwhile, Mark and Roger meet with Benny, who tells them he plans to evict the homeless from the nearby lot and build a cyber studio in its place. He offers them free rent if they can get Maureen, Mark's ex-girlfriend, to cancel her protest against his plans, but they refuse.
A Christmas Carol, 1h37
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Geraldine Chaplin, Jason Alexander
Roles Ghost of Christmas Present / Ticket Seller
Rating62% 3.101033.101033.101033.101033.10103
The film opens at the London Exchange on Christmas Eve in 1843 where everybody is looking forward to Christmas Day except for the crabby and greedy miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge who hates Christmas shows his cold attitude to others by refusing to show mercy to a father and his daughter who are in debt, supporting the prisons and workhouses for the poor and refusing to dine with his nephew Fred. That night though as Scrooge dines alone before going to bed the ghost of his seven-year dead partner Jacob Marley appears. He tells Scrooge to repent or suffer the same as him by wearing a chain as Marley wears the one he forged from his own greed. Other ghosts also haunt Scrooge who too wear chains implying they were selfish and cold-hearted when they were alive. Marley tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits and the first will call at One.
Deep in My Heart, 1h30
Directed by Anita W. Addison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono, Gloria Reuben, Jesse L. Martin
Roles Don Williams
Rating65% 3.292593.292593.292593.292593.29259
In Boston in the early 1960s, Geraldine Cummins was walking home alone from the movies when she was jumped and raped by a black man. Stunned, she returned home to her husband Bob, stating she had been raped. Sometime later, she finds she is pregnant. In the beginning she hates the thought of her unborn baby, not wanting a constant reminder of her rapist, but keeps it for a few reasons: she is Catholic and she harbors a small hope that it could be her husband's baby. Her husband is supportive during the pregnancy. As the months pass, Gerry comes to be attached to the baby, later stating "8 months is too long to close your heart to a piece of yourself." She becomes fearful of what will happen if her baby is black, the social isolation it would receive and what people would think of her. After going into labor and confiding in a doctor her situation, she becomes convinced that it would be best if she gave it up. The baby is a black girl. She names her newborn daughter Barbara Anne Cummins and gives her to foster mother Corrine Burrel, a black woman in Roxbury, a black neighborhood. Gerry is heartbroken to give up her daughter.