Martin Lawrence, whose filmography includes nearly 90 film works, is a popular American actor in the comedy genre. He specializes in youth comedies, often with strong African-American humor.
early years
The actor was born in 1965 in the German city of Frankfurt. Parents named their child after two great men: Martin Luther King (a black rights activist in the United States) and US President John F. Kennedy, whose middle name was Fitzgerald.
Despite the fact that Martin was born in Germany, he was a US citizen. His father was a military man, then became a police officer.
The Lawrence family has many children, Martin is the second child. In addition to him, five more children grew up. When the boy was only eight years old, his parents divorced. Father practically stopped participating in raising children. A single mother had to work at once on several jobs so that the children did not starve. The childhood of the future comedian was very difficult.
Growing up
Before becoming an actor, Martin Lawrence attended art school in Maryland. In his youth, he had to change several educational institutions.
In school, the young man was engaged in boxing and made considerable progress. Then he purposefully began to work harder, dreaming of achieving success in professional sports. But fate decreed otherwise. He was severely injured, which precluded the possibility of further sports at a professional level.
After becoming a little older and moving to Denver, the young man took part in the famous TV show Star Search. Martin managed to prove himself very well in the program and even reach the finals, but he never won.
This show gave him the opportunity to make himself known to the whole world, and Lawrence did it. Soon after, his career began to develop rapidly. The chance received was used at 100%.
Career
Today, among young people there are practically no people who would not watch at least one film with Martin Lawrence. Films with his participation are distinguished by good humor, a rich plot and excellent acting.
His first serious work in the cinema was the film “Do it Worth It!”, Which opened the door to a young movie for the young actor. After that, Martin Lawrence, whose filmography began to expand actively, began to receive offer by offer. He managed to play in several successful blockbusters, and in 1994 he was recognized as the best comedian of the year.
Due to the rapidly growing popularity and active flow of money, Martin began to behave provocatively, increasingly began to appear in scandalous and criminal situations. Once he was sentenced to correctional labor. Over time, provocative stories involving Martin became less.
In parallel with this, he continued to build a successful career. In 1995, along with Will Smith, who was still not a superstar, he starred in a comedy action movie about police mates who always end up in unpleasant situations. The film became a real sensation, giving rise to Smith's dizzying career, and from Martin making a real Hollywood superstar.
Martin Lawrence: filmography
The best years in an actor’s career are the 90s. It was then that he played in the most outstanding films. These paintings include a dilogy about "Bad Guys", the film "Nothing to Lose" (1997), "The Diamond Police Officer" and "For Life". Both came out in 1999.
Of course, these films are not the only good films on Lawrence's track record, but they are certainly among the best. Despite the fact that the peak of his acting career has passed, in many films where Martin Lawrence plays, he plays the main roles. This primarily concerns comedies and action films, where Lawrence has already established himself as a very good actor.
In his professional piggy bank there are practically no dramatic or serious roles. He always plays slightly cheeky, stupid, but kind people who, due to some circumstances, are forced to defend themselves against opponents or fight evil. And despite the clumsiness, unluckiness and frivolity, Martin's characters always come out victorious from difficult situations.
Finally
Martin Lawrence, whose filmography currently has 88 projects, is one of the best comedians of our time. It can be safely put on the same line with such mastodons of this genre as: Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, etc.
Almost no one has such a huge number of comedic roles as his. The actor himself loves to play in comedies and action films, he believes that his characters are very similar to him. He likes their approach to solving problems and their attitude to life in general.
Complex dramatic roles are not to his liking, since this does not correspond to Martin's inner world.
With his humorous talent, good acting and incredible charisma, Lawrence managed to win millions of fan hearts. Numerous fans of his work are a clear confirmation of the success of Martin Lawrence and films with his participation.