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Biography #2 (for Deliver Us from Eva)

Duane Martin is a Brooklyn native who was drafted by the New York Knicks before going on to pursue a career in acting.

His film credits include Lawrence Gay's independent feature The Groomsmen, a comedy shot in Capetown, South Africa; Robert Rodriguez' The Faculty; Daisy V.S. Mayer's Woo; Wes Craven's Scream 2; David S. Ward's Down Periscope; Jeff Pollack's Above the Rim; and Ron Shelton's White Men Can't Jump.

Martin is producing two comedy features with Will Smith's company, Overbrook Entertainment: Mother's Day and The Seatfiller (written by Mark Brown). He is also producing Inglewoods, based on his original concept, which he will star in opposite Jamie Foxx. He recently completed filming Ride or Die, a feature that he wrote, produced, and stars in with Vivica A. Fox (directed by Craig Ross Jr.).

For television, he produced the series Getting Personal, in which he starred opposite Vivica A. Fox. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his role in Different Worlds: An Interracial Love Story (directed by Neema Barnette); and starred with Patti LaBelle in the series Out All Night.

In addition, Duane Martin is the successful owner of Impact Sports – and as such is the youngest African-American ever to own a sports agency.

Bio courtesy Focus Features for "Deliver Us from Eva" (08-Feb-2003)