Martin Lawrence
Actor / Comedian
Martin Lawrence took his stand-up comedy act and turned it into the hit TV show Martin from 1992-1997. In addition to the title role, Lawrence portrayed several different characters. The success of the series helped launch Lawrence on a career that has included comedy albums and several movies, including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, which he also co-wrote and directed, and two big-budget buddy movies with Will Smith, Bad Boys (1995) and Bad Boys II (2003). Lawrence's off-screen antics have frequently made headlines, including a 1996 incident where he was found shouting incoherently in the middle of a busy intersection, and a 1999 incident where he collapsed and fell into a coma; both were blamed on exhaustion.Other actors with famous off-screen exhaustion or freakouts include Anne Heche and Robert Downey, Jr. and Mariah Carey.
Blog posts mentioning Martin Lawrence:
ER to the Stars: Cedars-Sinai Hospital
Four Good Links
Martin Lawrence Biography
His career details from Yahoo Movies
The Martin Fan Page
Tribute to the TV series, with gobs of information and photos
Martin Lawrence Critical After Suffering Apparent Heat Stroke
1999 CNN report on his strange event
Martin Lawrence Interview
Lawrence chats about his standup comedy career, c. 2001
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Best Known As
Star of the TV sitcom Martin
