J. R. Martinez

American actor
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Jose Rene Martinez is an American actor, motivational speaker, and former U.S. Army soldier. Starting in 2008, he played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. He is the winner of Season 13 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Martinez served as the Grand Marshal of the 2012 Rose Parade. He also costarred on the syndicated action series SAF3.

Martinez was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Maria Zavala. He has two sisters who were raised with his mother's family in El Salvador. His sister Anabel died before Martinez ever had the chance to meet her. Martinez has never met his father. At a young age, he moved with his mother to Hope, Arkansas. At 17, just prior to his senior year of high school, they moved to Dalton, Georgia.

Date of Birth14th June 1983
Age41 Years
Zodiac SignGemini
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityShreveport
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB
Career Start2008 (16 years ago)

Actors from United States of America born in 1983