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# Jesse L. Martin

Actor. Born 18 January 1969 in Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 January 1969, Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA
- **Also known as:** Джессі Ламонт Мартін
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728496, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19392

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Jesse L. Martin is an American actor and singer. He was born Jesse Lamont Watkins on 18 January 1969 in Rocky Mount, Virginia, and later adopted his stepfather's surname. He studied at New York University and began his career in theatre.

Martin originated the role of Tom Collins in the Broadway musical *Rent* (1996). He is best known for portraying NYPD Detective Ed Green on *Law & Order* from 1999 to 2008 across 198 episodes, and for playing Captain Joe West on *The Flash* (2014–2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, as Ed Green — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Also known for

- *The Flash* (2014), Joe West
- *Supergirl* (2015), Joe West
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Detective Ed Green
- *Rent* (2005), Tom Collins
- *Puncture* (2011), Daryl King
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), Ed Green
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Dr. Greg Butters
- *Joyful Noise* (2012), Marcus Hill

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