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Jesse L. Martin

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Jesse L. Martin: Biography

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Birth Name: Jesse Lamont Watkins
Birth Place: Rocky Mount, VA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/18/1969, Capricorn
Profession: Actor; singer

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The second most successful original cast member of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical Rent (movie star Taye Diggs is the first), Martin was bitten by the acting bug as a child and attended a performing... read more

Jesse L. Martin: TV Guide News

A Dramatic Exit for Jesse L. Martin | Roush Dispatch | 4/23/2008
The least that a key team player can expect when his (or her) time comes to depart the unstoppable Law & Order is a memorable farewell. No slinking off into the sunset for Jesse L. Martin. No “Is this because I’m a lesbian?” nonsense, as befitted the hapless Elisabeth Rohm (arguably the most inept cast member in its 18-season history). Martin’s character of Ed Green, who bridges the past as the last detective to serve alongside the late Jerry Orbach’s legendary Lenny Briscoe, hangs it up tonight in a powerful episode that unearths some disturbing secrets—at least one harking back to how he coped with losing his partner—behind Green’s typically professional demeanor.I’m truly sorry to see Martin go at this juncture of the show’s history. After a number of seasons of uneven cast chemistry—I pretty much bailed during the “dark years” of Rohm, Fred Thompson and even Dennis Farina (who seemed too much like a “TV... read more
Ask Matt | 3/3/2008
Q: How will Jesse L. Martin leaving Law & Order affect the show? He has been the anchor of the "law" half since the departure of Jerry Orbach. Any word on who will replace him? On a related note, is NBC going to keep Law & Order: Criminal Intent, or is USA going to get it back when the show goes back into production? A: Last I saw, Anthony Anderson (K-Ville) was still in talks to step into Martin's shoes as the other half of the detective team (opposite Jeremy Sisto). Fans tend to hate the ... read more
Out of Order: Jesse L. Martin Calls It Quits | Today's News: Our Take | 2/21/2008
After nine years of playing Det. Ed Green (and after many months of speculation), Jesse L. Martin is expected to leave NBC's Law & Order. Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that Martin, who had originally signed on for at least 13 episodes this season, will film one more show in which his alter ego is written off the canvas. Perhaps filling the void left by Martin will be Anthony Anderson, who is said to be in final talks to join L&O. Anderson (most recently of Fox's short-lived K-Ville) would play a new detective partnered with Jeremy Sisto's Lupo.Related:• Movie news: Jesse L. Martin to play Marvin Gaye• L&O Signs Vet, Intent Stars; But Who's the New ADA? read more
Tony Soprano to Do Some Sexual Healing | Today's News: Our Take | 2/1/2008
James Gandolfini's going from the mob life to the soul scene in Sexual Healing, an indie pic that will explore the latter part of singer Marvin Gaye's life. The former Soprano will costar alongside Jesse L. Martin, who will play the legendary crooner.Gandolfini's company, Attaboy Films, is producing the project. The screenplay is loosely adapted from the book Trouble Man, which chronicles Gaye's life from when he left Motown records through his European self-exile and relationship with promoter Freddy Cousaert (Gandolfini), who was key to the singer's most popular album, Midnight Love.The announcement comes just days after Gandolfini won a SAG award as Best Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role on The Sopranos. — Anna Dimond read more
Alec Baldwin Lawyers Up, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 12/18/2007
Alec Baldwin will represent a child (Elle Fanning) who sues her parents for breeding her to save her cancer-stricken sis (Dakota F.) in My Sister's Keeper, an adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel.... Also per Variety, Tom Cruise's Valkyrie has had its release pushed back from July 4 to Oct. 3, 2008.... Notes from the Underbelly's Rachael Harris is Robert Downey Jr's coworker in the musical/drama The Soloist.... Also per the Reporter, Rhona Mitra is the wife of Mad man Jon Hamm's police chief in the indie thriller The Boy in the Box.... Jason Ritter, Jesse L. Martin and Tracie Thoms will star in the romantic drama Peter and Vandy.... Mischa Barton is a psychologically unbalanced ex-girlfriend in Homecoming, to be directed by Morgan Freeman, says Page Six. read more

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Law Order, Jesse L Martin courtesy Will Hart/NBC Photo

Law Order, Jeremy Sisto, Jesse L Martin courtesy Will Hart/NBC Photo

Law Order, Jesse L Martin, Jeremy Sisto courtesy Will Hart/NBC

Law Order, Jeremy Sisto, Jesse L. Martin courtesy Will Hart/NBC

Law Order, David Drake, Jeremy Sisto, Jesse L. Martin courtesy Will Hart/NBC

Law Order, Jesse L Marti, S Epatha Merkerson courtesy Will Hart/NBC Photo

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Jesse L. Martin: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Rent (Actor - Tom)	2005	Movie
A Christmas Carol (Actor - Ghost of Christmas Present)	2004	Movie
A Christmas Carol (Actor - Ghost of Christmas Present/Sandwich-Board Man)	2004	TV Show Series
Restaurant (Actor - Quincy)	1999	Movie
413 Hope St. (Actor - Antonio Collins)	1997	TV Show Series