Steve Martin

Steve Martin

writer, actor, producer

Steve Martin was born on Aug 14, 1945 in USA. Steve Martin's big-screen debut came with Off to See the Wizard - Season 1 directed by John Florea in 1967, strarring Simon the Pieman. Steve Martin is known for Only Murders in the Building directed by Jamie Babbit, Steve Martin stars as Charles-Haden Savage and Martin Short as Oliver Putnam. Steve Martin has got 25 awards and 73 nominations so far. The most recent award Steve Martin achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new tvshow Steve Martin plays is Only Murders in the Building - Season 2 which will be released on Aug 31, 2021.

Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic shop of Disney's Fantasyland, and while there he learned magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals. At Santa Ana College, he took classes in drama and English poetry. He also took part in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre, and joined a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm. He attended California State University as a philosophy major, but in 1967 transferred to UCLA as a theatre major.His writing career began on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), winning him an Emmy Award. Between 1967 and 1973, he also wrote for many other shows, including The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971). He also appeared on talk shows and comedy shows in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1972, he first appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), doing stand-up several times each year, and even guest hosting a few years later. In 1976, he served for the first time as guest-host on Saturday Night Live (1975). By 2016, he has guest-hosted 15 times, which is one less than Alec Baldwin's record, and also appeared 12 other times on SNL.In 1977, he released his first comedy album, a platinum selling "Let's Get Small". He followed it with "A Wild and Crazy Guy" (1978), which sold more than a million copies. Both albums went on to win Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. This is when he performed in arenas in front of tens of thousands of people, and begun his movie career, which was always his goal. His first major role was in the short film, The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977), which he also wrote. His star value was established in Un vrai schnock (1979), which was co-written by Martin, and directed by Carl Reiner. The film earned more than $100 million on a $4 million budget. He also starred in Les cadavres ne portent pas de costard (1982), L'homme aux deux cerveaux (1983), and Solo pour deux (1984), all directed by Reiner. To avoid being typecast as a comedian, he wanted do more dramatic roles, starring in Tout l'or du ciel (1981), a film remake of Dennis Potter's 1978 series. Unfortunately, it was a financial failure.He also starred in John Landis's ¡Trois amigos! (1986), co-written by himself, opposite Martin Short and Chevy Chase. That year, he also appeared in the musical horror comedy, La petite boutique des horreurs (1986) opposite Rick Moranis. Next year, he starred in Roxanne (1987), co-written by himself, and in John Hughes' Un ticket pour deux (1987), opposite John Candy. His other films include Portrait craché d'une famille modèle (1989) and Un pourri au paradis (1990), both opposite Moranis. In 1991, he wrote and starred in Los Angeles Story (1991), about a weatherman who searches meaning in his life and love in Los Angeles. It also starred his then-wife, Victoria Tennant. Same year, Le père de la mariée (1991) was so successful that a 1995 sequel followed.During the 1990s, he continued to play more dramatic roles, in Grand Canyon (1991), playing a traumatized movie producer, in En toute bonne foi (1992), playing a fake faith healer, in Le cadeau du ciel (1994), playing a betrayed man adopting a baby, and in David Mamet's thriller La prisonnière espagnole (1997). Other, more comedic roles include in Fais comme chez toi (1992) and Escapade à New York (1999), opposite Goldie Hawn, in Nora Ephron's Joyeux Noël (1994), and in Bowfinger, roi d'Hollywood (1999), written by himself and co-starring Eddie Murphy. After Bowfinger, he starred in Bronx à Bel Air (2003) and Treize à la douzaine (2003), both earning more than $130 million. He wrote and starred in Shopgirl (2005), and appeared in the sequel of Cheaper by the Dozen. After them, he appeared in La panthère rose (2006) and La panthère rose 2 (2009), which he both co-wrote, as Inspector Clouseau.He continues to do movies, more recently appearing in Drôles d'oiseaux (2011), En route! (2015), and Noël chez les Cooper (2015). Besides aforementioned, he has been an avid art collector since 1968, written plays, written for The New Yorker, written a well-received memoir (Born Standing Up), written a novel (An Object of Beauty; 2010), hosted the Academy Awards three times, released a Grammy award winning music album (The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo; 2009), and another album (Love Has Come For You; 2013) with Edie Brickell. Since 2007, he has been married to Anne Stringfield, with whom he has a daughter.

  • Birthday

    Aug 14, 1945
  • Place of Birth

    Waco, Texas, USA
  • Also known

    Стів Мартін, Stephen Glenn Martin, Στιβ Μάρτιν

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Awards

25 wins & 73 nominations

Online Film & Television Association
2022
Acting
Winner - OFTA Film Hall of Fame
2022
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Winner - OFTA Film Hall of Fame
2001
Best Host or Performer of a Variety, Musical, or Comedy Special
Winner - OFTA Television Award
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001)
American Film Institute, USA
2015
Winner - Life Achievement Award
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