Name	Jesse L. Martin
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	18-January-1969
Place of Birth	Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States
Famous for	Acting

Jesse L. Martin is an American actor and singer. He is known for originating the role of Tom Collins in the Broadway theatrical production of Rent, and for his portrayal of NYPD Detective Ed Green on the NBC drama television series Law & Order.

Martin soon landed roles on Fox's short-lived 413 Hope St. and Eric Bross' independent film Restaurant (1998). Ally McBeal's creator, David E. Kelley, attended Rent's Broadway premiere and remembered Martin when the show needed a new boyfriend for Calista Flockhart's Ally. Martin's performance as Dr. Greg Butters on Ally McBeal caught David Duchovny's eye, who then cast Martin as a baseball-playing alien in a 1999 episode of The X-Files titled "The Unnatural" that Duchovny wrote and directed.

From 1999 to 2008, he played Det. Ed Green on Law & Order. He had a brief hiatus at the end of the 2004–2005 season while he was filming the movie adaptation of Rent in which he reprised the role of Tom Collins. Martin's final episode of Law & Order aired April 23, 2008, as he was replaced by Anthony Anderson. Martin returned to NBC a year later, as the co-star of The Philanthropist. On September 14th, 2012, NBC announced that Martin would be joining the cast of SMASH during season 2 for a six-episode arc as Scott Welker, the artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Workshop. Martin has also been casted as one of the leads in an NBC pilot of The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives as Greg Cooke.