Martin Lawrence Movie Trivia Questions
From Def Comedy Jam to Bad Boys to Big Momma — Martin Lawrence built one of the most consistent comedic careers in Hollywood. Let's see what you know.
Questions & Answers
What TV sketch comedy series gave Martin Lawrence his break before the movies?
Answer: Def Comedy Jam — he was a featured comic and early host
Russell Simmons' show was the pipeline from the chitlin circuit to Hollywood.
In which 1995 action film does Martin Lawrence partner with Will Smith for the first time?
Answer: Bad Boys
Lawrence plays family man Marcus Burnett opposite Smith's bachelor Mike Lowrey.
What undercover disguise does Lawrence's character use in Big Momma's House (2000)?
Answer: He dresses as an elderly plus-sized grandmother named Big Momma
The role required four hours in the makeup chair daily.
Which 1999 film pairs Martin Lawrence with Eddie Murphy as lifelong prison inmates?
Answer: Life
The story spans six decades; Lawrence and Murphy play off each other's comedy for the entire runtime.
In Blue Streak (1999), Lawrence plays a jewel thief who hides a diamond — where?
Answer: Inside a building under construction that becomes a police precinct
He then has to pretend to be a cop to retrieve it — the whole movie flows from that premise.
Martin Lawrence directed and starred in which 1996 film about a man who won't let go?
Answer: A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Lynn Whitfield plays the obsessive love interest — the film was inspired by Fatal Attraction.
What is Martin Lawrence's character's name on his sitcom Martin (1992–97)?
Answer: Martin Payne — a Detroit radio DJ
The show also launched Tisha Campbell-Martin and Tichina Arnold.
Which 2001 medieval comedy sends Martin Lawrence back in time to a jousting tournament?
Answer: Black Knight
Tom Wilkinson plays his skeptical medieval boss.
In National Security (2003), what is the running joke about Lawrence's character?
Answer: He uses accusations of racism to flip every situation to his advantage
Steve Zahn plays his reluctant cop partner.
Martin Lawrence voiced which animated character in the 2006 Open Season franchise?
Answer: Boog, the grizzly bear
Ashton Kutcher voiced Elliot the mule deer — the odd-couple dynamic mirrored his Bad Boys films.
In which 2007 biker road-trip comedy does Martin Lawrence ride alongside John Travolta?
Answer: Wild Hogs
Tim Allen and William H. Macy round out the middle-aged biker crew.
Martin Lawrence played dual roles — similar to Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor — in which 2006 sequel?
Answer: Big Momma's House 2
He plays both FBI agent Malcolm Turner and Big Momma herself — simultaneously on screen.
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