Martin Lawrence was born on April 16, 1965 in Frankfurt-am-Main,
Hessen, Germany.
Usually Martin Lawrence plays a cop or a thief, sometimes
both in the same film. Martin Lawrence says he got his start
as a comedian by cheering up his mother, who was forced to
support her six children by cashiering in various department
stores. Lawrence is the brother of Robert Lawrence and Rae
Proctor.
On the TV series STAR SEARCH is how agents discovered Lawrence.
Lawrence was a Mid-Atlantic Golden Gloves boxing contender
in his teens.
On the 1992 TV series MARTIN, Lawrence plays: Martin Payne,
Edna 'Mama' Payne, Sheneneh Jenkins, Roscoe, Jerome, Elroy,
Bob, King Beef, Various others.
Martin Lawrence's other notable credits include...
COLLEGE ROAD TRIP (2008)
WELCOME HOME, ROSCOE JENKINS (2008)
WILD HOGS (2007)
OPEN SEASON (2006)
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 2 (2006)
REBOUND (2005)
BLACK KNIGHT (2001)
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE (2000)
NOTHING TO LOSE (1997)
A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE (1996)
BAD BOYS (1995)
BOOMERANG (1992)
HOUSE PARTY 2 (1991)
HOUSE PARTY (1990)
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
