Jesse L Martin was born as Jesse Lamont Watkins in 1969 and his birthday is January 18. He is a singer and actor of American nationality. His remarkable roles are when he played as Tom Collins for the Broadway Theatrical Production for Rent and how he portrayed the NYPD detective Ed Green in Law and Order for NBC drama. He has an estimated net worth of 10 million dollars. He starred at Actors Theatre of Louisville in Rock-in-role and at The Cleveland Play House in The Butcher’s Daughter. His first appearance in Broadway is as Timon of Athens. In the year 1996, he was portraying a role of the gay computer geek and the philosophy professor Tom Collins in the Kent movie. In 2010, he played on the stage and he appeared in different production which includes The Winter’s Tale and The Merchant of Venice. They were part of the Shakespeare in The Park for Public Theater and for Delacorte Theater in the Central Park.
In the year 2012, he was on the benefit reading of the Romeo and Juliet meant to celebrate 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Delacorte Theater in the Central Park. He appeared in the popular TV shows like The X-files, Ally MacBeal, 413 Hope St and New York Undercover.
Jesse L Martin is expected to play as marvin gaye in the biopic movie called Sexual Healing. He is replacing Lenny Kravitz who was in the original cast. The son of Marvin Gaye is the one who urged Kravitz to walk away since he was the childhood friend of Kravitz. However, the family was shocked to learn that Jesse took up the role after Lenny walked away. Janis Gaye who is the late wife of Gaye is also urging Jesse L Martin to walk away. Janis did not like the idea of producing the movie about the life of her husband since he does not like the idea that the focus is on the late events of his husband which include the life he spent in the Belgium and the drug addiction.
Jesse L Martin is yet to be married and some say that he is even gay. However, sometime he was spotted wearing the ring in the summer of 2010. During the time he was on the Winter’s Tale and The Merchant of Venice shooting, he was wearing it.
According to the interviews where he talks about his biography, he does not refer to himself as a gay and he always says that he is looking for a woman in his life. This means that he is not gay. He is known to be a social person and likes to mingle with different people but he says that he does not like a possessive partner.
| Birth Date: | 18 Jan, 1969 |
| Age: | 51 yrs |
| Occupations: | Stage actor Film actor Television actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Rocky Mount |
| residence: | Manhattan |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
