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Martin Lawrence

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Also known as Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence

American actor and comedian (born 1965)

OverviewAI-generated

Martin Lawrence is an American and German male comedian, film director, producer, and voice actor. Born on April 16, 1965, in Frankfurt, West Germany, he began his professional work period in 1987. He holds citizenship in both the United States and Germany and speaks German. Lawrence has resided in Encino, Purcellville, and Beverly Hills. His religious affiliation is Christianity.

His career includes acting roles and stand-up comedy performances. Open Library lists him as an author with 25 works, including *Behind the Beat* and *Breaking with History*. He has been referenced by 503 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
25

Top works

  • The Yachtsman's Pilot to the West Coast of Scotland
  • Last Resting Place
  • Behind the Beat
  • Breaking with History
  • CARDI B Calendar 2022

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Film & TV

Acting · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany]

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and comedian who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, Big Momma's House and Bad Boys II. Lawrence has acted in numerous movie roles and starred in…

Known for

  • The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy — Self2026
  • 7 Dogs2026
  • Sneaks — J.B. (voice)2025
  • Number One on the Call Sheet — Self2025
  • Demascus — Forty2025
  • Bad Boys: Ride or Die — Marcus Burnett2024
  • Mindcage — Jake Doyle2022
  • Martin: The Reunion — Self2022
  • Sherri — Self - Guest2022
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1965

Discography

DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
22,037
Total plays
114,467

Tags

stand-upstand-up comedyfunnyamericanastandup comedy

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor and comedian. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor. He got his start playing Maurice Warfield in What's Happening Now!! (1987–1988), and is known for his lead performance in the Fox television sitcom Martin, as well as the Bad Boys film franchise. His other films include House Party, Boomerang, Life, Blue Streak, Big Momma's House, Open Season, and Wild Hogs. <a href="https://www

via Last.fm · Martin Lawrence

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 76,010x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,689x

  3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,689x

  4. STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT

    · 1986 · cited 37,938x

  5. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,923x

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Quotes

  • “Sorry, I had told Craig and them I'm gon' kick it with them. Gotta go! See you when I see you!”
  • “[On the Wizard of Oz] Lion's lookin' for some courage... Tin Man's lookin' for a heart... ain't none of them lookin' for some pussy, and they skippin' down the street WITH a fucking bitch!”
  • “Go head on, with yo' fat apple pie ass, Aunt Bea!”
  • “There better not be a black person in here that says they don't know nobody in jail... 'cause that's bullshit. Ray-Ray, Earl, Craig, Shorty Tim, Lil' Reg, all them motherfuckers in jail... Shonda's little brother... all of 'em, in jail... chillin'.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

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Encyclopedic overview

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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Martin Lawrence” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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