J.R. Martinez
While serving as a infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq in 2003, J.R. Martinez’s Humvee was struck by an IED. He suffered severe burns over 34% of his body and spent 34 months in the hospital recovering. Returning stateside, Martinez first became a motivational speaker before getting cast on All My Children in 2008 and beginning his acting career.
