2010 | Co-starred in the Chris Rock produced black comedy, "Death at a Funeral," a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name |
2008 | Co-starred with Raven-Symoné in the father/daughter comedy, "College Road Trip" |
2008 | Starred in the comedy, "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" |
2007 | Cast in the comedy-adventure "Wild Hogs" as one of four middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip |
2006 | Voiced BOOG, a happily domesticated grizzly bear in the animated comedy "Open Season" |
2006 | Produced and starred in "Big Momma's House 2" the sequel to the 2000 comedy |
2005 | Starred in the basketball comedy "Rebound" as flamboyant coach Roy McCormick |
2003 | Re-teamed with Will Smith for "Bad Boys 2" |
2003 | Starred in the comedy feature "National Security" |
2002 | Released "Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat" a concert film |
2001 | Starred (also executive produced) in "Black Knight" |
2001 | Starred opposite Danny DeVito in "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" |
2000 | Scored a hit as an FBI agent going undercover in "Big Momma's House"; also executive produced |
1999 | Starred as a diamond thief impersonating a cop in "Blue Streak" |
1999 | Re-teamed with Eddie Murphy as prisoners in "Life" |
1997 | Starred opposite Tim Robbins in "Nothing to Lose" |
1996 | Feature directorial debut (also co-wrote, co-starred and produced), "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" |
1995 | Co-starred with Will Smith as two undercover Miami cops in Michael Bay's feature directorial debut, "Bad Boys" |
1994 | Banned from NBC after some controversial comments made while hosting "Saturday Night Live" (NBC) |
1994 | Starred in the concert film "You So Crazy"; feature debut as executive producer; film received an NC-17 rating |
| Founded production companies You So Crazy and You Go Boy |
1993 | Released first concert album, Talkin' Shit |
1992 | Starred (also executive produced) in the Fox sitcom, "Martin"; co-starring Campbell as his girlfriend |
1992 | Hosted the HBO comedy series, "Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam" |
| Starred in the HBO comedy special, "One-Night Stand" |
1992 | First film with Eddie Murphy, "Boomerang"; third film with Campbell |
1991 | Reunited with Kid 'N' Play and Campbell for a sequel, "House Party 2" |
1990 | Provided a voice for the short-lived cartoon, "Kid 'n' Play" (NBC) |
1990 | Teamed with Kid 'N' Play for the feature "House Party"; first collaboration with actress Tisha Campbell |
1989 | Feature debut in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" |
1987 | Cast in a recurring role on the syndicated sitcom, "What's Happening Now!!" as a smartmouthed busboy |
1987 | Won the first round of a "Star Search" competition |
| Worked at Sears in Queens, New York with Salt-N-Pepa and Kid 'N' Play (Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin) |
| Moved to NYC where he performed in Washington Square Park |
| Began performing stand-up on the local nightclub circuit in Washington DC |
