Martin Lawrence

About Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence is an actor and producer working in English cinema and Hindi cinema. Clapnumber holds 54 titles for Martin Lawrence, from Do the Right Thing in 1989 to AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy in 2026. By decade, that is 1 in the 1980s, 14 in the 1990s, 21 in the 2000s, 7 in the 2010s and 8 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly action, crime and drama.

Biography

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor and comedian. Lawrence began his career doing comedy shows, including in The Improv. After his first acting role in the sitcom What's Happening Now!! (1987–1988), Lawrence co-created and played the titular character of the Fox television sitcom Martin (1992-1997), which helped catapult him into larger film roles. His first major lead role on the big screen was playing Detective Sergeant Marcus Burnett in the buddy cop action comedy Bad Boys (1995), a role he reprised in three sequels. Lawrence went on to star in the commercially successful films A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), which marked his directorial debut, Nothing to Lose (1997), Blue Streak (1999), Big Momma's House (2000), Big Momma's House 2 (2006), Wild Hogs (2007), College Road Trip (2008), Death at a Funeral (2010), and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011), among others. His voice acting work includes the animated films Open Season (2006) and Sneaks (2025), and the animated television series Kid 'n Play (1990).