Martin Lawrence Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Children, Facts, Biography

Posted by Barrett Giampaolo on Monday, May 6, 2024
Martin Lawrence Quick Info
Height5 ft 7.Five in
Weightseventy four kg
Date of BirthApril 16, 1965
Zodiac SignAries
Eye ColorDark Brown

Martin Lawrence is an American comedian and actor who's absolute best recognized for portraying roles akin to Maurice Warfield in What’s Happening Now!!, Detective Marcus Burnett in Bad Boys, Malcolm Turner/Big Momma in Big Momma’s House, and Darnell Wright in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. He has also appeared in a lot of other TV displays and movies corresponding to Do the Right Thing, House Party, Nothing to Lose, Blue Streak, What’s the Worst That Could Happen?, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Death at a Funeral, College Road Trip, Hammer, Slammer, & Slade, The Soul Man, and lots of extra. During the process his career, Martin has been honored with numerous awards such as the NAACP Image Award and BET Comedy Award.

Born Name

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence

Nick Name

Martin

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany

Nationality

German

Education

Martin switched three faculties which have been Fairmont Heights High School, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, and Friendly High School.

He studied acting at Thomas G. Pullen School of Creative and Performing Arts.

Occupation

Actor, Standup comedian, Writer, producer, director

Family

  • Father – John Lawrence (Police Officer)
  • Mother – Chlora (nee Bailey) (Did many jobs to financially toughen the circle of relatives)
  • Siblings – Ursula Lawrence (Sister), Rae Proctor (Sister), Robert Lawrence (Brother)

Manager

Jeff Golenberg from Silver Lining Entertainment manages Martin’s profession.

Build

Average

Height

Five ft 7.Five in or 171 cm

Weight

74 kg or 163 pounds

Girlfriend / Spouse

Martin Lawrence has dated –

  • Lark Voorhies (1993-1994) – Martin and actress, singer and style, Lark Voorhies had been engaged in 1993. But, Martin ended their relationship unexpectedly by way of quoting that he was engaged to someone else.
  • Patricia Southall (1995-1997) – In 1995, Martin married former good looks queen, Patricia Southall. The couple has a daughter named, Jasmine Lawrence (b. January 15, 1996). However, the duo got divorced in 1997.
  • Shamicka Gibbs (2010-2012) – Martin then met Shamicka and so they were given married in a grand affair on July 10, 2010, at Martin’s home in Beverly Hills. They have two children, daughters Iyanna Faith (b. November 9, 2000) and Amara Trinity (b. August 20, 2002). The couple, then again, separated when Martin filed for divorce in 2012 because of irreconcilable differences and sought a joint custody of the children.
  • Roberta Moradfar (2017-Present) – Martin and aesthetics nurse practitioner Roberta Moradfar got engaged in March 2017. The information used to be confirmed through Roberta on her Instagram.
  • Race / Ethnicity

    Black

    He is African-American.

    Hair Color

    Black

    Eye Color

    Dark Brown

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    • His temperamental tendency to get at the incorrect aspect of the legislation. For example, wearing a loaded gun with him on different events. On one instance, he were given arrested for punching a man close to a nightclub. He was as soon as noticed hurling abuses at passing automobiles. He also had a restraining order passed towards him for threatening his ex-wife and her family.
    • His very romantic persona wherein his proposals range from serenading his love interests and giving them the most costly of engagement rings.

    Religion

    Christianity

    Best Known For

    • His role in the television display, Martin where he performed a disk jockey. The show aired for five seasons between 1992-1997.
    • His role in the film sequence House Party as Bilal. The movie was at the start planned as a brief movie.
    • His function within the film sequence Big Momma’s House, as an FBI agent.

    First Film

    Martin’s first theatrical movie used to be Do the Right Thing, which is a comedy-drama of the year 1989.

    First TV Show

    His first TV show was once the sitcom What’s Happening Now. The actor appeared within the third season of the show.

    Martin Lawrence Favorite Things

    SourceBuzzFeed, ABCNews.Go.com

    Martin Lawrence Facts

  • Martin is the second one youngest of all his siblings.
  • Martin is a philanthropist and does charity for Marie Curie Cancer Cure and Micah’s Voice.
  • In 2012, Martin put his Beverly Hills 13,900 square ft apartment for hire for a whopping $2,00,000 monthly.
  • He is God loving and believes that a man can collapse however he too can get again up.
  • Martin was once very good at boxing all over his teenagers. He used to be one of the crucial possible choices for Golden Glove contenders in mid-Atlantic in the 90-pound section but, he got a broken eye and had to give up the theory to become a certified boxer.
  • Martin Lawrence had a significant health issue as soon as and slipped into a coma for which he was in the ICU the place his frame temperature was extremely strange and he had problem respiring. He recovered in the sanatorium after 4 days.
  • While seeking paintings as a standup comic, Martin additionally labored facet through aspect as a janitor in a departmental retailer to earn a living.
  • When Martin first gave the impression at the tv in 1992, his display slot was once proper after The Simpsons, which was once then the most successful show. This fact and scores proved that Martin’s show was once one of the crucial five national displays seen maximum by way of audiences between the young teenage years (in the age staff of 12-17 years).
  • His display is credited with inventing the catchphrase, Talk to the hand, which is a not unusual phrase in our lingo now.
  • On April 14, 2015, there used to be a powerful rumor being circulated about Martin’s fake demise. Even his “Rest in Peace” page used to be created on Facebook. Twitter was once additionally abuzz in regards to the demise. The news used to be confirmed as false when the sensible ones checked and didn’t to find any such news on American web sites and in American papers.
  • In 1994, he had hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live however was once later banned due to his arguable monologue about ladies’s genitalia and personal hygiene.
  • In April 2023, Martin used to be commemorated with a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • Featured Image via Angela George / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

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