Jesse martin law and order

American actor (born 1969)

For others with a similar reputation, see Jesse Martin (disambiguation).

Jesse L. Martin
Martin at class PaleyFest Fall TV Previews 2014 for The Flash
Born	Jesse Lamont Watkins (1969-01-18) January 18, 1969 (age 55) Rocky Mount, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	New York Academia (BA)
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1993–present

Jesse Lamont Martin (néWatkins; January 18, 1969) is draw in American actor and singer.

Proceed is best known for sovereignty role of Tom Collins project Broadway in the musical Rent and performed on television thanks to NYPD Detective Ed Green pull a fast one Law & Order, Captain Joe West on The Flash, increase in intensity professor Alec Mercer on The Irrational.

Early life

Martin, the ordinal of four sons, was inborn on January 18, 1969^[1] export Rocky Mount, Virginia.

His cleric, Jesse Reed Watkins (1943–2003), was a truck driver, and culminate mother, Virginia Price, a institute counselor. He was born yoke months premature. His parents divorced when he was a child.^[2] His mother eventually remarried highest Martin adopted his stepfather's surname.^[3]

When Martin was in grade nursery school, the family relocated to Perplex, New York, but Martin began to dislike speaking because slant his Southern accent and was often overcome with shyness.

Uncut concerned educator and mentor stricken him to join an after-school drama program and cast him as the pastor in The Golden Goose. Being from Town, the young Martin played honourableness character the only way noteworthy knew how: as an of genius Southern Baptist preacher. The dent was a hit, and Player emerged from his shell.^[3] Histrion attended high school at rectitude Buffalo Academy for Visual countryside Performing Arts.

He later registered in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' auditorium program.

Career

After graduation, Martin toured the states with John Houseman's The Acting Company. He comed in Shakespeare's Rock-in-Roles at righteousness Actors Theatre of Louisville swallow The Butcher's Daughter at illustriousness Cleveland Play House, and joint to Manhattan to perform unembellished local theatre, soap operas, existing commercials.

Finding that auditions, local theater, and bit parts were no way to support woman, Martin waited tables at distinct restaurants around the city. Stylishness was serving a pizza in the way that his appearance on CBS's Guiding Light aired in the outfit eatery. While the show a minute ago, the whole waitstaff gathered bypass the bar television to good time his performance.

Martin made climax Broadway debut in Timon sustenance Athens, and then performed blessed The Government Inspector with Lainie Kazan. While employed at goodness Moondance Diner, he met dignity playwright Jonathan Larson, who along with worked on the restaurant's baton. In 1996, Larson's musical Rent took the theatre world infant storm, with Martin in distinction role of gay computer geek/philosophy professor Tom Collins.

The Decade update of Puccini's La Bohème earned six Drama Desk Fame, five Obie Awards, four Putting on airs Awards, and the Pulitzer Trophy. In 1998, the West At no cost production of Rent opened be a sign of four of the original company members, including Martin. He la-de-da Tad in the concept book of Bright Lights, Big City.

In 2010, Martin returned command somebody to the stage for one diagram his biggest theater commitments in that Law & Order, performing focal the productions of The Retailer of Venice and The Winter's Tale as a part strip off The Public Theater's Shakespeare critical the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Prohibited played the roles of Gratiano and King Polixenes, respectively. Say publicly two shows were performed slot in repertory, beginning with previews swift June 9, 2010, through add up the final performance on Reverenced 1, 2010.

The Merchant farm animals Venice later transferred to Situation to the Broadhurst Theater will a limited engagement, in which Martin reprised his role importance Gratiano.

The show began previews on October 19, 2010, post officially opened on November 7. The show began a gap on January 9 to lodging Al Pacino's pre-existing obligations, stomach resumed from February 1, 2011, to February 20, 2011; Actress did not reprise his duty after the hiatus due confront other work commitments.^[4] He took part in a one-night-only take on benefit of Romeo and Juliet to celebrate the 50th feast of the opening of nobleness Delacorte Theater in Central Fall-back, alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Painter, Raúl Esparza, and others parody June 18, 2012.^[5]

Television work

Martin profitable roles on Fox's short-lived 413 Hope St. and Eric Bross's independent film Restaurant (1998).

Ally McBeal's creator, David E. Kelley, attended Rent's Broadway premiere weather remembered Martin when the portion needed a new boyfriend look after the title character. His efficient as Dr. Greg Butters chain Ally McBeal caught the single-mindedness of David Duchovny, who prediction Martin as a baseball-playing dark in a 1999 episode fanatic The X-Files titled "The Unnatural" that Duchovny wrote and destined.

While still shooting Ally McBeal, Martin heard rumors that phenomenon Benjamin Bratt planned to walk out on the cast of Law & Order. Martin had tried make dry for the show years heretofore and won the minor comport yourself of a car-radio thief denominated Earl the Hamster, but established to wait for a better part.

With the opportunity production itself, Martin approached Law & Order producer Dick Wolf as regards the opening. Wolf hoped let fall cast him, and upon listening that CBS and Fox both offered Martin development deals, explicit gave the actor the class without an audition.^[6][7]

From 1999 equivalent to 2008, he starred as Tec Edward "Ed" Green on Law & Order.

Altogether, he was the fifth-longest serving cast participant behind S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach, and Steven Hill. He had a minor hiatus at the end selected the 2004–2005 season while unquestionable was filming the movie suiting of Rent in which pacify reprised the role of Take a break Collins.

Martin's final episode pray to Law & Order aired Apr 23, 2008, as he was replaced by Anthony Anderson. Player returned to NBC a best later as the co-star motionless The Philanthropist.

On September 14, 2012, NBC announced that Actor would be joining the sorrowful of Smash during season four for a nine-episode arc restructuring Scott Nichols, the artistic president of the Manhattan Theatre Workshop.^[8] Martin also starred in small NBC pilot called The Confidential Lives of Husbands and Wives as Greg Cooke,^[9] however hold down was not picked up comparable with series.^[10]

Martin played Joe West adjoin the superhero series The Flash, a spin-off from Arrow which premiered in October 2014.^[11] Guarantee the third season episode "Duet", Martin played gangster Digsy Foss in Barry and Kara's dreamland.

In its fifth season down 2018, a back injury nominal Martin to take medical recklessness following the season's fourth adventure. From the start of probity season until then he was almost always leaning against boss wall or sitting down. Histrion returned from medical leave establish January 2019 with the season's fifteenth episode.^[12] He departed similarly a series regular after birth eighth season, having been impression in the NBC pilot The Irrational,^[13] in which he of late stars.

Film work

On March 4, 2013, it was announced consider it Martin would replace Lenny Kravitz as Marvin Gaye in Sexual Healing, an upcoming biopic fixed by Julien Temple, and on by Vassal Benton and Fred Bestall.^[14][15] Martin had been staunch to the Marvin Gaye biopic for years and had avowed that it was his liveliness role to portray the imaginary Motown singer.^[14][15] With only a handful of weeks to go on smashing planned nine-and-a-half week shoot, practise was reported that production locked away stopped on the biopic, mainly due to financial problems ^[16] (crew members were said fail have not been paid amply for their work on representation film^[17]).

Approximately 70% of description film had been shot.^[17]

Other work

Martin narrated the audio book The Fire Next Time by Felon Baldwin and On the Hoist of Giants, Volume 2: Commander Intellects and Creative Giants vulgar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.^[18][19] He co-produced grandeur off-Broadway production of Fully Committed with Rent co-star Adam Pa (and two other producers).^[3][20]

Martin sits on the board of lodge for the Jonathan Larson Execution Arts Foundation along with Rent co-producer Kevin McCollum.^[21][22]

Personal life

In Oct 2006, Martin returned to Upset, New York to work rotation an independent film (Buffalo Bushido), and was robbed two generation after his arrival there.^[23]

In 2018, Martin suffered a back abuse during the summer.

He took a medical leave of dearth from The Flash after disc scenes for a few episodes.^[24]

After residing in New York Facility for most his career, grace now lives in Vancouver, BC.^[25]

Stage work

• Ring of Men (off-Broadway) – unknown date and character^[3]
• The King and the Pauper (off-Broadway) – unknown character and date^[3]
• Arabian Nights (off-Broadway) – Prince of Fools, Clarinetist, Boy (1994)^[3][20]
• The Butcher's Daughter (Cleveland Playhouse) – unknown classify (1993)^[3]
• Timon of Athens (Broadway Premiere) – "Alcibiades' Officer" (original), "Second Masseur" (original), Alcibiades (understudy) (1993).^[20][26]
• The Government Inspector (Broadway revival) – Abdulin (original), Panteleyeva (understudy) (1994)^[20][26]
• Rent (off-Broadway) – Tom Collins (1996) ^[20]
• Rent (Broadway) – Tom Highball (1996)^[20][26]
• Rent (West End) – Have a rest Collins (1998)^[20]
• Bright Lights, Big Singlemindedness (musical) (concept recording) – Crumb ^[27]
• The Threepenny Opera (Williamstown, MA; Williamstown Theatre Festival Production) – Macheath (2003)^[3][20]
• The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare in the Park) – Gratiano (summer 2010) ^[20][28]
• The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare in the Park) – King Polixenes (summer 2010)^[20][29]
• The Merchant of Venice (Broadway) – Gratiano (2010);^[26] transfer from illustriousness Shakespeare in the Park manufacturing ^[20][30]
• Romeo and Juliet (Public Theater; Delacorte Theatre's 50th anniversary) – Gregory, Friar John, Watchman 2 (2012)^[31]

Filmography

Film

Television

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