Duane Martin
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Duane Martin

Duane Martin

Active - 1992 - 2015  |   Born - Aug 11, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York, United States  |   Genres - Comedy, Drama, Romance

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White Men Can't Jump
Deliver Us From Eva
Woo
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  • Played basketball at NYU and had a tryout for the New York Knicks (but never played in the NBA); made theatrical-movie debut in White Men Can't Jump (1992).
  • Produced and starred in the 1998 Fox sitcom Getting Personal; was a regular on the 1992-93 NBC sitcom Out All Night.
  • Was nominated for a 1998 Daytime Emmy for Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love.
  • Wife Tisha Campbell-Martin played his sister in a recurring role in his 2003-06 UPN/CW sitcom All of Us. 
  • Cowrote, coproduced and starred in the 2003 crime drama Ride or Die and the 2004 comedy Seat Filler (he also distributed Seat Filler and cowrote it with Campbell-Martin).
  • Founded Impact Sports, an agency that represents pro athletes, in 1987; other business interests have included real estate and a Beverly Hills beauty salon.