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| Name |
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Martin Lawrence |
| Height |
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5' 7½" (171
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| Date of Birth |
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16 April 1965 |
| Place of Birth |
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Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen,
Germany |
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| Biography: |
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Martin Lawrence was born in Frankfurt,
Germany, on 16 April 1965, and eventually settled
with his family in suburban Maryland at the age
of six. Soon after, his father left the family,
thus his mother had to support her six children
by cashiering in various department stores.
Soon after graduating from Eleanor Roosevelt High
School in Landover, Maryland, Lawrence earned a
chance to perform on Star Search, which led to a
role in What's Happening Now! (1985)
and by 1989, he won two big breaks: a supporting
role in Do the Right Thing and Def Comedy Jam. Lawrence
continued to score scene-stealing roles throughout
the early '90s, including parts in House Party (1990),
House Party 2 (1991),
and Boomerang (1992).
In 1992, Lawrence eventually landed his own series,
Martin, in which he starred as an oversexed, insensitive
black man. The show became a huge success for more
than five years and won two NAACP Image Awards.
Two years later, Lawrence released the vulgar comedy
You So Crazy! which went on to become one of the
successful films of the year.
In 1995, Lawrence married former beauty queen Patricia
Southall who gave birth to a daughter, Jasmine.
Between 1995 and 1999, he starred in four hugely
commercial success film, Bad Boys (1995)
with Will Smith, Nothing to Lose (1997)
with Tim Robbins, Life (1999)
with Eddie Murphy, and Blue Streak (1999).
These films made Lawrence extremely bankable and
cemented his reputation as one of the biggest comic
stars. His salary broke the ten-million-dollar mark
for Big Momma's House (2000).
After the success of Big Momma's House, he starred
alongside Danny DeVito in What's the Worst That
Could Happen? (2001)
which earned him 13 million dollars. He earned upwards
of 16.5 million dollars for Black Knight (2001),
which featured Lawrence as an unfortunate employee
of a restaurant who finds himself transported back
to medieval times. He next starred alongside Steve
Zahn in the action comedy National Security (2003)
before returning for the sequels to Bad Boys and
Blue Streak. |
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| Filmography: |
| 2006 |
Open Season |
| 2006 |
Big Momma's House 2 |
| 2005 |
Rebound |
| 2004 |
The Robin Harris Story: We Don't Die, We
Multiply |
| 2003 |
Bad Boys II |
| 2003 |
National Security |
| 2002 |
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat |
| 2001 |
What's the Worst That Could Happen? |
| 2001 |
Black Knight |
| 2000 |
Big Momma's House |
| 1999 |
Blue Streak |
| 1999 |
Life |
| 1999 |
Def Comedy Jam (1999-2003) |
| 1997 |
Nothing to Lose |
| 1996 |
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate |
| 1995 |
Bad Boys |
| 1992 |
Boomerang |
| 1992 |
Martin [TV Series] |
| 1991 |
House Party 2 |
| 1991 |
Talkin' Dirty After Dark |
| 1990 |
House Party |
| 1989 |
Do the Right Thing |
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