J.R. Martinez，Jose Rene "J.R." Martinez is an actor, best-selling author, motivational speaker and U.S. Army veteran. Jose Rene Martinez was born June 14, 1983 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Maria Zavala. His two sisters, Consuelo and Anabel, were raised in El Salvador with his mother`s family. He never met Anabel, who died as a young child. At nine years old, J.R.