Name
Martin Lawrence
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1965-04-16 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany]
Biography
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and comedian who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, Big Momma's House and Bad Boys II. Lawrence has acted in numerous movie roles and starred in his own television series, Martin, which ran from 1992 to 1997.
Known For
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- 1989 Do the Right Thing as Cee
- 1999 Blue Streak as Miles Logan
- 2002 Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat as himself
- 1992 Boomerang as Tyler
- 2003 National Security as Earl Montgomery
- 2007 Wild Hogs as Bobby Davis
- 2025 Sneaks as J.B. (voice)
- 1999 Life as Claude Banks
- 1997 Nothing to Lose as Terrence Paul "T-Paul" Davidson
- 2006 Open Season as Boog (voice)
- 2001 Black Knight as Jamal Walker / Skywalker
- 2005 Rebound as Roy McCormick
- 2003 Bad Boys II as Detective Marcus Burnett
- 1995 Bad Boys as Marcus Burnett
- 2000 Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' as Self
- 2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Roscoe Jenkins
- 2008 College Road Trip as Chief James Porter
- 1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Darnell
- 2010 Death at a Funeral as Ryan
- 2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen? as Kevin Caffery
- 1990 House Party as Bilal
- 1991 House Party 2 as Bilal
- 2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Malcolm / Big Momma
- 2006 Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run as Boog (voice)
- 1991 Talkin' Dirty After Dark as Terry
- 1991 One-Night Stand: Martin Lawrence as Himself
- 2022 Mindcage as Jake Doyle
- 2020 Bad Boys for Life as Marcus
- 2016 Martin Lawrence Doin’ Time as Himself
- 1994 Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy as Self
- 1998 Jackie Chan: My Story as Self - Bad Boy
- 2017 Def Comedy Jam 25 as Self
- 2012 Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
- 2006 We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story as Himself
- 2019 The Beach Bum as Captain Wack
- 2006 Big Momma's House 2 as Malcolm Turner / Big Momma
- 2000 Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
- 2001 Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 6
- 1990 Hammer, Slammer, & Slade as Willie
- 2000 Big Momma's House as Malcolm Turner
- 2024 Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Marcus Burnett
- 2019 Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
- 1999 Def Comedy Jam: All Stars 1
- Soon Untitled Blue Streak Sequel as Miles
- 2021 Def comedy Jam - All stars 3
- 2001 Def Comedy Jam: All Stars 2 as Martin Lawrence
- 2001 Def Comedy Jam: All Stars 12
- 2022 Martin: The Reunion as Self
- 2026 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy as Self
- 2026 7 Dogs
- 2002 What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers as Self
- 1992 Martin ( 132 episodes ) as Martin Payne
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 2 episodes )
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1989 One Night Stand ( 1 episode )
- 2018 The Shop ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up ( 62 episodes )
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2014 Partners ( 10 episodes ) as Marcus Jackson
- 1997 The Chris Rock Show ( 1 episode )
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2001 Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam All Stars ( 14 episodes ) as Himself
- 2006 El hormiguero ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Number One on the Call Sheet ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Oddity Archive ( 1 episode ) as Maurice Winfield (archive footage)
- 2012 The Soul Man ( 1 episode ) as Rudy
- 2025 Demascus ( 6 episodes ) as Forty
- 1985 What's Happening Now!! ( 22 episodes ) as Maurice Warfield
- 2017 Steve ( 1 episode ) as Self
