Martin Lawrence

His filmography includes:. 2004 - Academy Awards - Nominated - Best Song - A Mighty Wind (shared with Annette O'Toole). His next film was Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat in which he performed his standup comedy act. 2004 - Broadcast Film Critics Assocation Awards - Winner - Best Song - A Mighty Wind (shared with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy). He then earned $16.5 million for Black Knight (2001). 2004 - Golden Satellite Awards - Nominated - Best Original Song - A Mighty Wind (shared with Annette O'Toole). After the success of Big Momma's House, he was paid $13 million for What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen? with Danny DeVito. 2004 - Grammy Awards - Winner - Best Song Written for a Motion Picture - A Mighty Wind (shared with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy).

The success of these movies made Lawrence quite wealthy. Vanston). Despite his personal problems, Lawrence appeared in many popular movies such as Bad Boys with Will Smith, Nothing to Lose with Tim Robbins, Life with Eddie Murphy, Blue Streak, and Big Momma's House. 2003 - Seattle Film Critics Awards - Winner - Best Music - A Mighty Wind (shared with Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Harry Shearer and Jeffrey C.J. He went into a coma after collapsing from heat exhaustion while jogging in August 1999. 2003 - DVD Exclusive Awards - Nominated - Best Animated Character Performance - The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (shared with Ritsuko Notani). While directing A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), which he wrote, produced, and starred in, he reportedly had violent outbursts and took drugs on the set. Martin! co-star Tisha Campbell sued him for sexual harassment, and left the show during its last season. 2001 - DVD Exclusive Awards - Winner - Best DVD Audio Commentary - This is Spinal Tap (shared with Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer)'.

On March 28, 1997, he was arrested outside a Hollywood nightclub after a man claimed Lawrence punched him; he was ordered to perform community service. He is currently on Broadway in a production of Hairspray and is also apparently writing his own musical with O'Toole. In August 1996, he was arrested at Burbank Airport for carrying a loaded gun in his suitcase. Along with O'Toole, McKean had written a love song A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow which was then featured in the film, and was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award. The divorce led to many personal problems in Lawrence's life. In 2003, he appeared in the Christopher Guest comedy A Mighty Wind. Southall is now married to Emmitt Smith. McKean played Perry White, who - in the Superman universe - ultimately becomes Clark Kent's boss.

They had a daughter and divorced in 1996. In 2003, he guest starred on Smallville, the Superman prequel on which his wife starred as Martha Kent. He married Patricia Southall, a former Miss Virginia, on January 7, 1995. The character appeared on their short-lived spin-off series in 2001, and then returned to The X-Files in its final season for an episode called Jump the Shark. Its crudeness, however, did not prevent You So Crazy! from becoming one of the highest-grossing concert films of all time. The character was a success, and reappeared in 1999's Three of a Kind, an episode which focused on the recurring characters of The Lone Gunmen. The film received the NC-17 rating and was later released unrated. In 1998, he guest starred in a two-part episode of The X-Files called Dreamland in which his character, Morris Fletcher, switched bodies with Fox Mulder.

In 1994, Lawrence released the controversial concert film, You So Crazy!. Recent TV guest appearances include The Simpsons, Family Guy, Star Trek: Voyager, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law. The show won a NAACP Image Award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His more recent films have included Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Mystery, Alaska (1999), Best in Show (2000) (in which he reunited with Christopher Guest), Little Nicky (2000), The Guru (2002) and And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003). Martin ran to 1997, and remains in syndication. In 1999, with two children from a previous marriage, McKean married Annette O'Toole. In 1991, Lawrence worked in his first starring role in Talking Dirty After Dark. By 1992, he had his own sitcom, Martin on Fox. After leaving Saturday Night Live, McKean spent a lot of time doing children's fare, voicing various TV shows and movies.

He had a more prominent role in Eddie Murphy's Boomerang, and emceed Def Comedy Jam. Dittmeyer in The Brady Bunch Movie. Lawrence made his movie debut in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing and played minor roles in House Party and House Party 2. During this time, he also released a video follow up to Spinal Tap, and playing Mr. That appearance led to a role in the 1985 television series What's Happening Now!. Having already appeared as a musical guest and then host of Saturday Night Live, McKean joined the cast in 1994. Several years later, Lawrence got a chance to perform on Star Search. He also had guest roles on such shows as Murder She Wrote, Murphy Brown, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Caroline in the City.

He attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School while living there. McKean quickly became a recognisable name in film and television, with appearances in films such as Clue (1985), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), the film adaptation of Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) and Coneheads (1993). When his father left the family, Lawrence claims he began performing comedy to cheer-up his mother, Chlora, who was forced to cashier at various department stores to support Martin and his five siblings. Hubbins in the cult spoof documentary movie This is Spinal Tap and appeared in the soap opera spoof Young Doctors In Love. His family then moved to Landover, Maryland. After leaving Laverne and Shirley in 1982, McKean played David St. When Lawrence was six, his family moved to the New York City borough of Queens. McKean also played his character in an episode of Happy Days.

military. McKean directed one episode, and the characters became something of a phenomenon, even releasing an album as Lenny and the Squigtones in 1980, which featured a young Christopher Guest on guitar (credited as Nigel Tufnel, the name Guest would use a few years later as part of the spoof rock band, Spinal Tap). His father was in the U.S. McKean began his career as part of the comedy group Credibility Gap with Harry Shearer and David Lander but his breakthrough came in 1976 when he joined the cast of Laverne and Shirley, paired with David Lander who played Squiggy. He was born in Frankfurt. Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician, best known for his portrayal of Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley. April 16, 1965) is an actor, comedian, and producer.

Martin Lawrence (b. Rage Control (2004) (pre production). Bad Boys II (2003). National Security (2003).

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002). Black Knight (2001) (2001). What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001). Big Momma's House (2000).

Blue Streak (1999). Life (1999). Nothing to Lose (1997). A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996).

Bad Boys (1995). You So Crazy! (1994). Martin (1992-1997). Boomerang (1992).

Talkin Dirty After Dark (1991). House Party 2 (1991). Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990). House Party (1990).

Do the Right Thing (1989). A Little Bit Strange (1989). What's Happening Now!! (1985).