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Jesse Martin

  • Birthplace: Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA
  • Birthday: January 18, 1969

A handsome African-American actor, Jesse L. Martin broke through as part of the original cast of the seminal 1996 Broadway musical, "Rent," a late-1980s, NYC/HIV gloss on Puccini's classic opera "La Bohème." Martin's performance as Tom Collins, a gay professor and lover of the doomed drag queen Angel, led to a recurring role as Dr. Greg Butters, the seemingly perfect new boyfriend of "Ally McBeal" (FOX, 1997-2002). Showing an impressive offscreen savvy, Martin moved on to "Law & Order" (NBC, 1990…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2010

    Performed for the Public Theater in New York's Central Park in the plays, "Winter's Tale" and "The Merchant of Venice"

  • 2010

    Returned to Broadway when the production of "The Merchant of Venice" transferred from Shakespeare in the Park

  • 2005

    Reprised role of Tom Collins, the HIV positive computer genius in the feature adatation of "Rent"

  • 1999 to 2008

    Joined cast of the NBC drama series "Law & Order" as Detective Ed Green

  • 1999

    Played a Negro League Baseball player in an episode of "The X-Files" (Fox) written and directed by David Duchovny

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Awards

  • 1996

    OBIE Award: Special Citation

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