Biography

Martin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is a graduate of New York University. Martin played NCAA Division III basketball at NYU and was signed as an un-drafted free agent to a non-guaranteed contract in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New York Knicks in 1989. However, he was soon cut and never actually played in the NBA. This led to him pursuing an acting career. Martin first made his TV appearance in the short-lived NBC comedy series Out All Night, which also starred Patti LaBelle, Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut. He appeared in the Boyz II Men music video "I'll Make Love to You". He was a cast member with Vivica A. Fox and Jon Cryer in the short-lived Fox sitcom Getting Personal. He portrayed TV reporter Robert James on The CW TV series All of Us. He guest starred on his wife's sitcom Rita Rocks (2009) as Chuck; and Fernando on The Paul Reiser Show (2011). Notable feature film roles include Willie in White Men Can't Jump (1992), Jr. Philips in The Inkwell (1994), and Kyle Lee Watson in Above the Rim (1994). In the romantic comedy The Seat Filler (2004), Martin plays a lead role as law student Derrick who falls in love with a celebrity. He portrays himself in the BET comedy Real Husbands of Hollywood. He is married to former Martin and My Wife and Kids star Tisha Campbell-Martin. The couple wed on August 17, 1996. Together they have two sons: Xen and Ezekiel Czar Martin. In 2016, the couple filed for bankruptcy listing $15 million in debts while claiming only $313,000 in assets. The debts included payments on a leased 2016 Range Rover, a 2016 Jeep Wrangler and a 2014 Range Rover.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1992	White Men Can't Jump	Willie Lewis
1994	Above the Rim	Kyle Lee Watson
	The Inkwell	Jr. Phillips
1996	Down Periscope	Planesman 1st Class Jefferson 'R.J.' Jackson
1997	Fakin' da Funk	Brandon
	Scream 2	Joel
1998	Woo	Frankie
	The Faculty	Officer #1
1999	Any Given Sunday	Willie's Agent
2003	Deliver Us from Eva	Michael 'Mike'
	What Boys Like	Phil
	Ride or Die	Conrad 'Rad' McRae	Direct-to-Video Release
2005	The Seat Filler	Derrick
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Moe's World	Steve	TV-Movie
1991	Against the Law		1 episode
1992	Roc	Kenny	1 episode
	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Jordan	1 episode
1992-1993	Out All Night	Vidal Thomas	20 episodes
1993, 1995	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Duane	2 episodes
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	The Prince	1 episode voice role
1997	Living Single	Ty Richardson	1 episode
	'Between Brothers	Mason	1 episode
1998	'Mr. Headmistress	Jim	TV-Movie
	Getting Personal	Milo Doucette	17 episodes
1999	Sugar Hill		1 episode
	Mutiny	B.J. Teach	TV-Movie
2000	Girlfriends	Joan's love interest	1 episode
2001	Blind Men		TV-Movie
	One on One	Elliott	1 episode
2002	I Got You		TV-Movie
	Yes, Dear	Alan	1 episode
2003	Abby		1 episode
2003-2007	All of Us	Robert James	88 episodes
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Ashton Belluso	1 episode
2009	Rita Rocks	Chuck DeShannon	5 episodes
2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Fernando	7 episodes
2013-Present	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Himself	11 episodes

Awards and nominations

BET Comedy Awards

• 2004: Nominated, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Box Office Movie" - Deliver Us From Eva
• 2005: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - All of Us

Daytime Emmy Award

• 1993: Nominated, "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special" - CBS Schoolbreak Special

NAACP Image Award

• 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series" - All of Us

[ Source: Wikipedia ]