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Jesse L. Martin
Birthday:
18 January 1969
Birth Name:
Jesse Lamont Watkins
Height:
185 cm
Biography
From Men's Health: Trusting my own instincts has led me to great places. When I was younger, someone telling me I couldn't do something was like saying, 'Try.' You get mad at them and yourself, because they make you think, I don't know if I really can do it. Maybe they're right. Then the anger feeds you, and next thing you know, you've done exactly what they...
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From Men's Health: Trusting my own instincts has led me to great places. When I was younger, someone telling me I couldn't do something was like saying, 'Try.' You get mad at them and yourself, because they make you think, I don't know if I really can do it. Maybe they're right. Then the anger feeds you, and next thing you know, you've done exactly what they said you wouldn't do, and a little more.
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From Men's Health: Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking. Whatever it is, it'll pass. Time doesn't go backward. That's the one real blessing. It happened; it does you no good to worry. Keep it movin'.
From Men's Health: Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking. Whatever it is, it'll pass. Time doesn't go backward. That's the one real blessing. It happened; it does you no good to worry. Keep it movin'.
I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.
I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.
I honestly believe there are good things happening in this world, and I'll spend most of my time trying to find them and bring them to light.
I honestly believe there are good things happening in this world, and I'll spend most of my time trying to find them and bring them to light.
From people magazine 2000: "Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest."
From people magazine 2000: "Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest."
Jesse L. Martin
Jesse Martin was born Jesse Lamont Watkins in Virginia's Blue Ridge mountain range. His mother, Virginia Price, was a college career counselor. His father, Jesse Reed Watkins, was a truck driver. His parents divorced when he was very young. His mother then moved his family to Buffalo, New York. He and his four brothers took the surname of his mother's second husband. His family calls him by his middle name, Lamont. As a fourth-grader, a teacher cast him in a play and he found his passion. After graduating from high school, he worked in restaurants to afford the tuition at New York University. He then got work on soaps and did commercials. His breakthrough came in a role in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Rent (1996). That was followed up with TV exposure in his first starring role in the series 413 Hope St. (1997), which aired on Fox.
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Jesse L. Martin Filmography
Jesse L. Martin Roles
Tom Collins
Marcus Hill
Josh Exley
Joe West
Scott Nichols
Joe West, Digsy Foss, Joseph West
Joe West
