Personal Info
Birth date
1979-01-03 (46 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Kingston, Jamaica
Also known as
-Lyriq Bent
Biography
Martin Lyriq Bent (born January 3, 1979) is a Jamaican-Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Daniel Rigg in the Saw franchise, the series Rookie Blue, The Book of Negroes, and Jamie Overstreet in the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It, based on the film of the same name.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.4
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.CSI: Miami
7.711
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.The Man in the High Castle
7.516
Overview:
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.Haven
7.528
Overview:
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.Relic Hunter
6.7
Overview:
Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.The Book of Negroes
6.5
Overview:
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.The Rookie: Feds
7.26
Overview:
Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI, is a force of nature, the living embodiment of a dream deferred – and she works together with her new colleagues at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau to bring down the country’s toughest criminals.Rookie Blue
7.658
Overview:
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives.12 Monkeys
7.399
Overview:
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.Mutant X
6.614
Overview:
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.Saw II
6.606
Overview:
The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.The Affair
6.7
Overview:
The emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah, a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children and Alison, a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.Missing
6.7
Overview:
Jess Mastriani was a normal person who only wanted to take over her parents' restaurant in Indiana. But that changed when she was hit by lightning. After that she began seeing visions of missing people. Jess decides to use her newfound ability to be a consultant to the FBI, helping locate missing individuals. Eventually, she is hired by the bureau full-time and trained to become an agent, but her by-the-book nature sometimes clashes with the personality of her partner. Jess and her colleagues work out of the FBI's Washington, D.C., office.Saw III
6.421
Overview:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scrambles to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.Kevin Hill
5.3
Overview:
Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Canada.Saw IV
6.172
Overview:
Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.Pay the Ghost
5.376
Overview:
One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.Street Time
2.5
Overview:
Follows a fair parole officer and his parolee who wants to go straight but his former business associates are after him.Four Brothers
6.814
Overview:
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.Take the Lead
6.885
Overview:
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.Our Christmas Journey
5.6
Overview:
As a single mom and her teenaged son with autism come to a crossroad during Christmas, she must learn to let go so he can flourish as she finds her own heart healing in unexpected ways.The Good Sister
5.3
Overview:
The Good Sister follows a couple who is working to put their crumbling marriage back together, when the wife receives a letter informing her that she has a long-lost twin sister. First thinking that the new family member will bring the couple closer together, the husband then begins an affair with the sister and discovers that she is treacherous and dangerous.Carter
6.7
Overview:
An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.Mary Kills People
7.4
Overview:
Dr. Mary Harris, a single mother and emergency doctor by day, also moonlights as an underground angel of death - helping terminally ill patients who want to die and slip away on their own terms. So far Mary has managed to stay under the radar; but business is booming, and her double life is getting complicated. When her world starts to unravel, Mary realizes she's going to have to fight dirty if she's going to stay in the killing game.Mother's Day
6.493
Overview:
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.Honey
6.353
Overview:
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.Astronaut
6.1
Overview:
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.Blue Murder
6
Overview:
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some of the city's most complicated and riveting crimes.Acting
2025Saw (24 Episodes) as Daniel Rigg
2022The Rookie: Feds (1 Episode) as Congressman Damien Roberts
2022Long Slow Exhale (12 Episodes) as Garrett Carter
2021Our Christmas Journey as Rick
2021An Ice Wine Christmas as Declan Monroe
2021Delilah (6 Episodes) as Gordon Leighton
2019Astronaut as Jim
2019Benjamin as Paramedic #1
2018Love Jacked as Tyrell
2018Nappily Ever After as Will
2018Carter (8 Episodes) as Joyce Boyle
2018Acrimony as Robert Gayle
2017She's Gotta Have It (19 Episodes) as Jamie Overstreet
2017Mary Kills People (6 Episodes) as Detective Frank Gaines
2016Shoot the Messenger (8 Episodes) as Kevin Lutz
2016Ladies Book Club as Carlyle
2015Pay the Ghost as Jordan
201512 Monkeys (1 Episode) as Henri Toussaint
2015The Man in the High Castle (2 Episodes) as Mingus Jones
2015The Book of Negroes (5 Episodes) as Chekura Tiano
2014Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B as Barry Hankerson
2014The Affair (3 Episodes) as Paul
2014The Good Sister as Investigator
2014A Day Late and a Dollar Short as Randall
2013Queen City as Takiri
2012Home Again as Dunston Williams
2010Mother's Day as Treshawn Jackson
2010Haven (1 Episode) as Ray McBreen
2010Rookie Blue (50 Episodes) as Frank Best
2009Defendor as Wayne
2009Guns (2 Episodes) as Ford Sanders
2008Sophie (7 Episodes) as Andre
2007Saw IV as Rigg
2007The Dresden Files (1 Episode) as Jake
2006Saw III as Rigg
2006Angela's Eyes (13 Episodes) as Leo Jetson
2006Skinwalkers as Doak
2006Take the Lead as Easy
2005Saw II as Daniel Rigg
2005Four Brothers as Damian
2005Kojak (1 Episode) as Billy Harris
2004Kevin Hill (2 Episodes) as Jack Johnson
2003Honey as Barber
2003Playmakers (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Missing (1 Episode) as Dante
2003Crime Spree as Ellwood
2003Platinum (3 Episodes) as Devon
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Colin Madison
2002Street Time (3 Episodes) as Sergeant Danny Blackstone
200210,000 Black Men Named George as Disgruntled Man
2002Pretend You Don't See Her as Detective
2001Jane Doe as Rawlins
2001Tracker (1 Episode) as Bartender
2001Mutant X (1, 1 Episode) as Harris, Randall Blake
2001The Caveman's Valentine as Seraph Dancer
2001Blue Murder (1, 1 Episode) as Keith Rose, Twist Ballard
1999Relic Hunter (1 Episode) as Quelch's Guard #2
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Pastor Mike Butler
Production
2019Astronaut ... Executive Producer