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->''"I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character."''

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (Born April 16, 1965 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German-born American actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand up comedian and gained notoriety in the 1990s after a successful run on ''Series/StarSearch''. He has branched into acting, directing, producing and writing. However, he seems to be typecast quite a bit as most of his film roles are either as policemen, con artists, or in the case of ''Film/BlueStreak'' - both.
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!!Roles Of Note:
* ''Film/HouseParty'' (1990): Bilal
* ''Film/{{Boomerang|1992}}'' (1992): Tyler
* ''Series/{{Martin}}'' (1992-1997): Martin Payne
* ''Film/{{Bad Boys|1995}}'' (1995): Marcus Burnett
* ''Film/NothingToLose'' (1997): T-Paul
* ''Film/BlueStreak'' (1999): Miles Logan/“Detective Kevin Malone”
* ''Film/{{Life|1999}}'' (1999): Claude Banks
* ''Film/BigMommasHouse'' (2000): Malcolm Turner
* ''Film/{{Black Knight|2001}}'' (2001): Jamal Walker
* ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen'' (2001): Kevin Caffery
* ''Film/BadBoysII'' (2003): Marcus Burnett
* ''Film/{{Rebound}}'' (2005): Roy [=McCormick=]/Preacher Don
* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' (2006) : Boog (voice)
* ''Film/WelcomeHomeRoscoeJenkins'' (2008): Dr. RJ Stevens
* ''Film/CollegeRoadTrip'' (2008): James Porter
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!!Associated Tropes:

* TheNineties: Easily one of if not the best American comedians of the 1990s.
* AxCrazy: He started to be viewed in this light in the middle of his career after a couple of bizarre dangerous incidents that he even made fun of in his stand-ups.
* DeadpanSnarker: His career is full of these type of characters he is one himself while performing stand up. His most notable snarker characters is the title character in ''Martin '' and his character Marcus in the film series Bad Boys.
* DisguisedInDrag: His movie ''Film/BigMommasHouse'' plot revolves around this.
* TheCasanova: His character on ''A Thin Line Between Love And Hate''.
* ClusterFBomb: When he is doing stand up comedy.
* EverythingIsRacist: Did a bit on this on his stand up movie ''You So Crazy''.
* LargeHam: He is known for being one of the most eccentric comedians of all time and his title character in the tv series Martin fulfills this trope completely.
* MalcolmXerox: Played this type of character twice one in the movie Boomerang as Tyler and one in ''Film/NationalSecurity''.
* {{Mammy}}: His character Malcolm invoked this while being in disguised as one in the Big Momma House film series.
* MeaningfulName: He was named after Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy.
* NWordPrivileges: Uses them frequently while performing stand up comedy.
* PrisonRape: Made a joke of this in his ''You So Crazy'' StandUpComedy movie.
* StandUpComedy: Where he started his entertainment career and is known as one of the greatest comedians of all time.
* SassyBlackWoman: The character he played in his tv series''Martin '' Sheneneh Jenkins exaggerates this trope.
* TheNapoleon: Few of his former cast mates note he is like this in real life but he play this role a few times in media. His most notable character that fits this trope is the titular character of ''Series/{{Martin}}'' and Marcus from the ''Film/{{Bad Boys|1995}}'' film series.
* UncleTomFoolery: He demonstrated this type of character occasionally in movies like ''National Security '' ''NothingToLoose'' and in the latter part of the ''Bad Boys'' film series.
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