Jesse L. Martin

Acting

Jesse L. Martin

Born 1969-01-18 · Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA

Jesse Lamont Martin (né Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer. He originated the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the musical Rent and performed on television as NYPD Detective Ed Green on Law & Order and Captain Joe West on The Flash.

Acting credits

Joyful Noise poster
6.4

G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

Joyful Noise

2012

Rent poster
6.8

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

Rent

2005

Puncture poster
6.7

Based on a true story. Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a brilliant but self-destructive Houston attorney whose drug addiction threatens to destroy his career. When he and his law partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen) take on a case involving a nurse injured by a contaminated needle, they uncover a $130 billion medical supply monopoly that has been blocking a life-saving safety

Puncture

2011

PH-1 poster
NR

A promising politician is held hostage in his luxurious penthouse by a remote captor, forced to watch his life destroyed by social and conventional media as he tries to figure out who is behind it and why.

PH-1

2026

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway poster
7.9

Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

2008

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa poster
5.9

When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to make a friends Christmas wish come true.

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

The Cake Eaters poster
5.5

The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg. Eldest son and struggling musician Guy moves back to town, feeling guilty that he missed the funeral. His brother, Beagle, who was his mother's caretaker, falls for Marg's granddaughter, Georgia, a chronically ill girl who fears her time is growing short.

The Cake Eaters

2007

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special poster
7.0

Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many guest appearances and clip montages show us how funny his show has been.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

2003

Rent poster
6.7

The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.

Rent

2019

A Christmas Carol poster
6.4

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A Christmas Carol

2004

Deep in My Heart poster
6.8

A black woman is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

Deep in My Heart

1999

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special poster
5.5

VH-1 celebrates Rocky Horror's 25th Anniversary with a Celebrity Karaoke special at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special

2000

Peter and Vandy poster
6.3

Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.

Peter and Vandy

2009

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' poster
9.0

Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, Joel Gray, Kc & the Sunshine Band, Eartha Kitt, Patti Labelle, Queen Latifah and more?

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

2002

F--k poster
5.8

Some people will do anything to find the location.

F--k

2010

The Fastest Man Alive poster
NR

How this hip, fresh characterization of the DC Comics hero is every bit a direct descendant of the sci-fi generation from the 1950s.

The Fastest Man Alive

2015

Restaurant poster
5.0

A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.

Restaurant

1999

Re:Uniting poster
6.0

Follows six best friends from college, now in their 40s, who reconnect for their 25 year reunion weekend. As secrets are revealed, one will force them all to reevaluate their lives

Re:Uniting

2023

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' poster
7.9

Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire cast, and dozens of friends and family of Jonathan Larson.

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

2006

No artwork available
NR

A look at the last years of Marvin Gaye's life, from his parting ways with Motown and self-imposed exile to Europe, to his relationship with Freddy Cousaert, the promoter who guided the singer through the recording of his biggest-selling album, Midnight Love. — "Sexual Healing" began filming in 2013, but production was shut down 9 weeks into the 12-week shoot when financing collapsed. The film was never completed.

Sexual Healing

Season of Youth poster
8.0

Obsessed with the notion that all African-Americans are not only inferior but also criminals, privileged prep school student Taylor begins desperately stalking a black classmate named Flint, waiting for him to prove his racist theory right. But when Flint strikes up a relationship with Taylor's sister, Matty, Taylor's hatred takes a violent turn.

Season of Youth

2003

No artwork available
NR

When Marvin Gaye died in 1984, he left behind one of the great legacies in American music. More than a superb vocalist and subtle composer, he was a visionary who expressed the tenor of his times. Both radical and romantic, a self-taught singer with a flair for autobiographical revelation, he thrived on confession and loved candor.

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

2008

Buffalo Bushido poster
2.0

A man returns home from exile unknowingly seeking the truth

Buffalo Bushido

2009

Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem poster
8.0

Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show celebrating the 70th year of Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. Performers include Natalie Cole, Ashanti, Brian McKnight, Yolanda Adams with the Abyssinian Baptist Choir, James Ingram, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Patti LaBelle, Angie Stone and Arturo Sandoval.

Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem

2004

Behind the camera