Steve Martin
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Stephen Glenn Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for his work in comedy films, television, and recording, he has received many accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for eight Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards. Martin received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Honorary Academy Award in 2013 and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2015. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.
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Steve Martin is an American television actor, film actor, comedian, and street artist. Born in Waco on August 14, 1945, he began his professional work period in 1977. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is represented by WME Group. Martin has received the Writers Guild of America Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Disney Legends, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He has also been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, a Tony Award for Best Original Score, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
Martin is married to Victoria Tennant and speaks English. He plays the banjo and performs in the bluegrass music genre. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Long Beach. His written works include *So Many Steves*, *Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays*, *A Wealth of Pigeons*, and *ha-ʻOneg shebe-ḥevrati*.
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Steve Martin appears in Vinony's Kennedy Center Honors collection — one of 238 entries. It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Works
- 77
Top works
- ha-ʻOneg shebe-ḥevrati
- So Many Steves
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays
- A Wealth of Pigeons
- Wealth of Pigeons
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Film & TV
Waco, Texas, USA
Stephen Glenn 'Steve' Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer. He was born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Southern California, where his early influences were working at Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm and working magic and comedy acts at these and other smaller venues in the area. His ascent to fame picked up when he…
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- This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)2025
- John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'2025
- Starring Dick Van Dyke — Self2025
- Oh. What. Fun. — Neal Page (archive footage)2025
- Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast — Self2025
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1945
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Glenn
- Family name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Waco
- Occupation
- television director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- Baptists
- Genre
- bluegrass music
- Instrument
- banjo
- Official website
- www.stevemartin.com
- Image
- Steve Martin by David Shankbone.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Garden Grove
- Represented by
- WME Group
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- Commons category
- Steve Martin
- date of birth
- 1945-08-14
- topic's main category
- Category:Steve Martin
- birth name
- Steve Glenn Martin
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- name in native language
- Steve Martin
- medical condition
- tinnitus
- nickname
- Steve
- writing language
- American English
- social media followers
- 57100
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Steve Martin
- influenced by
- Richard Pryor
- P12674
- sonata rondo form
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for his work in comedy films, television, and recording, he has received many accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for eight Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards. Martin received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Honorary Academy Award in 2013, and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2015. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.
Martin first came to public notice as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1969, and later as a frequent host on Saturday Night Live. He became one of the most popular American stand-up comedians during the 1970s, performing his brand of offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before sold-out theaters on national tours. He then starred in films such as The Jerk (1979), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), All of Me (1984), ¡Three Amigos! (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Roxanne (1987), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), L.A. Story (1991), Bowfinger (1999) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). He played family patriarchs in Parenthood (1989), the Father of the Bride films (1991–1995), Bringing Down the House (2003), and the Cheaper by the Dozen films (2003–2005).
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