martin lawrence is an american comedian actor screenwriter film director and producer he came
to fame during the 1990s establishing a hollywood career as a leading actor
he got his start playing maurice warfield and what's happening now from 1987 to 1988. he was a
leading actor in the fox television sitcom martin the bad boys franchise boomerang house party
wild hogs blue streak nothing to lose life big mama's house and a thin line between love and hate
martin lawrence has an estimated net worth of 110 million u.s dollars about martin lawrence's
early life martin fitzgerald lawrence was born on april 16 1965 in frankfurt west germany his father
john lawrence was serving in the u.s military at the time of his birth his mother clara lawrence
was born in 1930 and died in 2008. martin lawrence is the fourth of six siblings martin fitzgerald
lawrence's first and middle names were named after civil rights leader martin luther king jr and u.s
president john f kennedy respectively when he was seven years old his father left the military
and the family moved from west germany back to the united states settling in landover maryland in the
washington dc area following his parents divorce when he was eight years old martin lawrence rarely
saw his father who was a police officer his mother clara lawrence worked several jobs
including as a sales representative and cashier at various department stores to support her family
during his teen years martin lawrence excelled at boxing while living in maryland he attended
eleanor roosevelt high school and friendly high school and he lived in apple grove becoming a
mid-atlantic golden gloves boxing contender martin lawrence is five foot seven inches tall or 1.71
meters tall about martin lawrence's personal life martin lawrence was engaged to actress
lark voorhees in 1993 in 1995 he married miss virginia usa patricia southall martin lawrence and
patricia southall have a daughter jasmine paige lawrence who was born in 1996. in 1997 martin
lawrence began a relationship with shamika gibbs they married on july 10 2010 at martin lawrence's
beverly hills home actors eddie murphy and denzel washington were among the 120 wedding guests
martin lawrence and shamika gibbs have two daughters iana faith who was born in 2000
and amara trinity who was born in 2002 martin lawrence filed for divorce from shamika gibbs on
april 25th 2012 citing irreconcilable differences and asking for joint legal and physical custody of
the children in july 1995 while on the set filming a thin line between love and hate
lawrence lashed out in a violent rage and was then hospitalized at cedars-sinai medical center
on may 8 1996 he became increasingly erratic and was arrested after he brandished a pistol in the
middle of an intersection on ventura boulevard in los angeles screaming they're trying to kill me he
was again hospitalized with his public relations agent citing exhaustion and dehydration as the
reasons for this episode on july 29th 1996 he tried to take a nine millimeter gun onto a plane
and received two years probation and a fine in january 1997 lawrence's martin co-star
tisha campbell martin found a lawsuit against him alleging sexual harassment and abuse
both on and off the set by april 1997 tasha campbell had settled the lawsuit and returned
to appear in the last two episodes of the series in march 1997 martin lawrence was arrested after
punching a man in a hollywood nightclub during 1999 martin lawrence slipped into a three-day coma
after collapsing from heat exhaustion while jogging in a hundred degree fahrenheit heat
in preparation for big mama's house while wearing heavy clothing and a plastic suit
he recovered in the hospital after entering a near fatal coma due to a body temperature
of 107 degrees his breathing was assisted by a ventilator about martin lawrence's career in his
early days martin lawrence did comedy shows in the washington dc area and supported himself through
odd jobs comedian rich schneider saw his act and suggested martin lawrence make connections in
new york martin lawrence ended up moving to new york city and found his way to the comedy club
the improv shortly after appearing at the improv martin lawrence won a performance
spot on star search he did well on the show and made it to the final round but he didn't win
however executives at columbia pictures television saw martin lawrence's performance and offered him
the role of maurice warfield in what's happening now this was his first acting job his breakthrough
role was as see and do the right thing other roles followed in films such as the house party series
talking dirty after dark and the eddie murphy vehicle boomerang during this period entertainment
mogul russell simmons selected martin lawrence to host the groundbreaking series deaf comedy jam on
hbo during his stint with deaf comedy jam martin lawrence appeared in his own hit series martin
which aired on fox the show ran from 1992 to 1997 and was an enormous success martin was
the flagship of fox's thursday night lineup which drew millions of viewers away from nbc's must-see
tv lineup on february 19 1994 he hosted saturday night live the series martin's ratings continued
to skyrocket so much that fox became more of a contender against nbc and came closer to being
considered among the top television networks in 1995 martin lawrence acted alongside will smith
and bad boys with wide success after the series martin ended its run in 1997 martin lawrence
found work in comedy films he often starred as the second lead opposite actors including eddie murphy
danny devito and tim robbins many of his films were blockbusters at the box office
including nothing to lose life blue streak and big mama's house he also starred in critical and
box office failures including black knight and national security regardless his salary steadily
increased to over 10 million dollars per film role he continues to work in film with such films as
big mama's house 2 which opened at number one at north american box offices and grossed almost 29
million dollars its first weekend and wild hogs in 2007 in which he played a board suburbanite
seeking adventure on the open road in a biker comedy alongside tim allen john travolta and
william h macy in 2006 martin lawrence appeared on inside the actor's studio during which he briefly
brought back to life some of the characters he had portrayed on the sitcom martin he also appeared
in open season as boog one of the main characters of the film the movie also starred ashton kutcher
deborah messing and gary sinise in 2008 martin lawrence starred in walt disney pictures college
road trip co-starring with raven simone it was his first g-rated film but not his first appearance
in a children's film he supplied a voice for open season in 2006 opposite ashton kutcher in 2011
martin lawrence reprised his role as fbi agent malcolm turner and big mama's like father-like
son the third film in the big mama series in 2020 martin lawrence reprised his role as detective
marcus burnett in the third installments of the bad boys franchise bad boys for life
again alongside will smith the film was considered a financial success grossing 113 million dollars
in its first four days of release about martin lawrence's real estate for several years martin
lawrence owned a large mansion in the beverly park community in beverly hills where he wedded shamika
gibbs however following their divorce the property was available for lease at two hundred thousand
dollars per month in june 2012. in 2013 the property was up for sale for 26.5 million dollars
and eventually he sold it for 17.2 million dollars to bruce mikowski martin lawrence then bought
a home in encino los angeles for 6.63 million dollars he also owns a farm near personalville
virginia about martin lawrence's car collections martin lawrence owns or has owned a ferrari 458
italia a 1967 plymouth barracuda and an aston martin v12 zagato thanks so much for watching
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