Jesse L. Martin
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Jesse L. Martin | |
Birth name | Jesse Lamont Watkins |
Born | January 18, 1969 in Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA |
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Roles
Starring Roles
Series | Role | Year(s) | Season(s) | ||||||||
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413 Hope St. | Antonio Collins | 1997–1998 | 1 | ||||||||
Law & Order | Ed Green | 1999–2008 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
The Philanthropist | Philip Maidstone | 2009 | 1 | ||||||||
The Flash | Joe West | 2014– | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Guest Starring Roles
Series | Role | Episode | Airdate |
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New York Undercover | Mustafa | 1x20 - All in the Family | March 16, 1995 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 1x17 - Theme of Life | March 9, 1998 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 1x18 - The Playing Field | March 16, 1998 |
Ally McBeal | Dr. Greg Butters | 1x19 - Happy Birthday, Baby | April 6, 1998 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x11 - In Dreams | January 11, 1999 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x12 - Love Unlimited | January 18, 1999 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x15 - Sideshow | February 22, 1999 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x16 - Sex, Lies and Politics | March 1, 1999 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x17 - Civil War | April 5, 1999 |
The X-Files | Josh Exley | 6x19 - The Unnatural | April 25, 1999 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x20 - Only the Lonely | May 3, 1999 |
Ally McBeal | Greg | 2x21 - The Green Monster | May 10, 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Det. Ed Green | 1x03 - ...Or Just Look Like One | October 4, 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Det. Ed Green | 1x15 - Entitled (1) | February 18, 2000 |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Ed Green | 1x07 - Poison | November 11, 2001 |
Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Detective Ed Green | 1x08 - Skeleton (2) | April 15, 2005 |
Talk Show Appearances
Awards and Accolades
NAACP Image Awards
(8 Nominations)
Trivia
- His late father, Jesse was a truck driver and his mother, Virginia is a college counselor; they divorced when Jesse was young and his mother later remarried
- Adopted his stepfather's last name
- Moved to Buffalo, New York as a child
- Attended high school at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts
- Attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he was enrolled in the school's theatre program
- Toured the states with The Acting Company
- Used to work as a waiter in restaurants in New York to support himself