
Jesse L. Martin
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Rent
2005

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008

Peter and Vandy
2009

A Christmas Carol
2004

Restaurant
2000

Puncture
2011

Buffalo Bushido
2009

Deep in My Heart
1999

Re:Uniting
2023

The Cake Eaters
2007

Sexual Healing
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008

Season of Youth
2003

Joyful Noise
2012

Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
2004

Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
2013

Rent
2019

F--k
2010

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
2008

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000

The Fastest Man Alive
2015

PH-1
2026

Law & Order
1990

The Tony Danza Show
2004

Ally McBeal
1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Rachael Ray
2006

The View
1997

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

New York Undercover
1994

The X-Files
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

The Philanthropist
2009

413 Hope St.
1997

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005

The Flash
2014

Smash
2012

Supergirl
2015

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

How It Really Happened
2017

The Irrational
2023

Guiding Light
1952

Andy Barker, P.I.
2007

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Tony Awards
1956