Jesse L. Martin
Also Known As: Τζέσε Λ. Μάρτιν, 제시 L. 마틴
Biography: Jesse Lamont Martin (né Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer. He originated the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the musical Rent and performed on television as NYPD Detective Ed Green on Law & Order and Captain Joe West on The Flash.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA
Birthday: January 18, 1969
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Gender: Male
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Rent
Overview: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tragedy has made Roger numb to new experiences, Mark begins capturing their world through his attempts to make a personal movie. In the year that follows, they and their friends deal with love, loss, and working together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-17
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Overview: When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to make a friends Christmas wish come true.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-17
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Peter and Vandy
Overview: Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-19
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A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-28
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Restaurant
Overview: A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-28
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Puncture
Overview: A lawyer who is a drug addict fights a medical-supplies corporation in court while battling his personal demons.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Buffalo Bushido
Overview: A man returns home from exile unknowingly seeking the truth
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-14
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Deep in My Heart
Overview: A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-14
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Re:Uniting
Overview: Follows six best friends from college, now in their 40s, who reconnect for their 25 year reunion weekend. As secrets are revealed, one will force them all to reevaluate their lives
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-29
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The Cake Eaters
Overview: The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg. Eldest son and struggling musician Guy moves back to town, feeling guilty that he missed the funeral. His brother, Beagle, who was his mother's caretaker, falls for Marg's granddaughter, Georgia, a chronically ill girl who fears her time is growing short.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-29
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Sexual Healing
Overview: A look at the last years of Marvin Gaye's life, from his parting ways with Motown and self-imposed exile to Europe, to his relationship with Freddy Cousaert, the promoter who guided the singer through the recording of his biggest-selling album, Midnight Love. — "Sexual Healing" began filming in 2013, but production was shut down 9 weeks into the 12-week shoot when financing collapsed. The film was never completed.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
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Joyful Noise
Overview: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-13
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Season of Youth
Overview: Obsessed with the notion that all African-Americans are not only inferior but also criminals, privileged prep school student Taylor (Jonathan Bennett) begins desperately stalking a black classmate named Flint, waiting for him to prove his racist theory right. But when Flint strikes up a relationship with Taylor's sister, Matty, Taylor's hatred takes a violent turn. Ethan Cohn, Jim Gaffigan, Jesse L. Martin and Ernest Waddell co-star.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-01
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Overview: This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women since the earliest days of the republic.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Overview: Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
Overview: Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show celebrating the 70th year of Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. Performers include Natalie Cole, Ashanti, Brian McKnight, Yolanda Adams with the Abyssinian Baptist Choir, James Ingram, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Patti LaBelle, Angie Stone and Arturo Sandoval.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-19
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Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Overview: A murder in suburban California complicates the lives of three couples and their families.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Rent
Overview: The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.
Genres: Music TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-27
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F--k
Overview: Some people will do anything to find the location.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-07
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No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
Overview: Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire cast, and dozens of friends and family of Jonathan Larson.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-02
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Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
Overview: When Marvin Gaye died in 1984, he left behind one of the great legacies in American music. More than a superb vocalist and subtle composer, he was a visionary who expressed the tenor of his times. Both radical and romantic, a self-taught singer with a flair for autobiographical revelation, he thrived on confession and loved candor.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-07
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The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Overview: Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, Joel Gray, Kc & the Sunshine Band, Eartha Kitt, Patti Labelle, Queen Latifah and more?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-09
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Overview: Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many guest appearances and clip montages show us how funny his show has been.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-14
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