Martin Lawrence is an actor, comedian, film director, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and musician.
Martin 's mother, Chlora Lawrence, was truly blessed by her son 's love. She was 40ish when he was born on April 16th in 1965. His father was a military man and that is how he was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Martin and his family settled in Maryland when he was around six or so. Soon after this, Chlora 's husband left the family.
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence was named after the great Dr. Martin Luther King and the honorable John F Kennedy. Martin tried to make his mother laugh all of the time with his shenanigans to keep her mind of his father. Chlora had six children to support.
Before graduating from Eleanor
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Martin has also appeared on the big screen in Bad Boys, Bad Boys II and my personal favorites, Big Momma 's House in 2000 and Big Momma 's House 2 . Big Momma 's House grossed over $100 million. You So Crazy! went on to become one of the largest money making films in Martin 's career.
During the time he was filming A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1995), Martin was really going through some troubling times. It would seem that Martin was displaying a really intoxicating side of him we didn 't know about. It was reported that Martin Lawrence was violent and was taking pills or on some kind of drugs. For some reason, Martin had a violent attack and then later, collapsed and had to be hospitalized.
Martin would be arrested a few times. I mean, we all thought he was losing his mind. "You so crazy" had become more than a catchphrase for this comedian. Lawrence was eventually arrested for allegedly carrying a pistol and screaming at passerbyers on Ventura Boulevard.
Over the next couple of years, things had gotten really bad for Martin as his behavior would become volatile and he was arrested on a couple of gun related charges. Over the next two years, his behavior became even more erratic as he racked up a series of gun-related arrests. As a reward for this, his wife, Patricia, retained a restraining order against him and