Jesse L. Martin Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Jesse L. Martin Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Jesse Lamont Martin (né Watkins; January , ) is an American actor and

singer. He originated the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the

musical Rent and performed on television as NYPD Detective Ed Green on

Law & Order and Captain Joe West on The Flash.Martin, the third of

four sons, was born in Rocky Mount, Virginia. His father, Jesse Reed

Watkins (â€"), was a truck driver, and his mother, Virginia Price, a

college counselor. He was born two months premature. His parents

divorced when he was a child. His mother eventually remarried and

Martin adopted his stepfather's surname.When Martin was in grade

school, the family relocated to Buffalo, New York, but Martin began to

dislike speaking because of his Southern accent and was often overcome

with shyness. A concerned educator and mentor influenced him to join

an after-school drama program and cast him as the pastor in The Golden

Goose. Being from Virginia, the young Martin played the character the

only way he knew how: as an inspired Southern Baptist preacher. The

act was a hit, and Martin emerged from his shell. Martin attended high

school at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, where he

was voted "Most Talented" in his senior class. He later enrolled in

New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' theatre program, and

while at NYU he was also the popular president of Rubin Dorm, the

former domain of Mark Twain.After graduation, Martin toured the states

with John Houseman's The Acting Company. He appeared in Shakespeare's

Rock-in-Roles at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and The Butcher's

Daughter at the Cleveland Play House, and returned to Manhattan to

perform in local theatre, soap operas, and commercials. Finding that

auditions, regional theater, and bit parts were no way to support

himself, Martin waited tables at several restaurants around the city.

He was serving a pizza when his appearance on CBS's Guiding Light

aired in the same eatery. While the show aired, the whole waitstaff

gathered around the bar television to cheer his performance. Often,

during the dinner rush, he broke out in song. When he gave his

customers their dinner checks, he told them to "keep it, because

someday I'll be famous!"[citation needed]
Jesse L. Martin Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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