Steve Martin Biography (1945-)

Full name, Stephen Glenn Martin; born August 14, 1945, in Waco, TX; raised inSouthern California; son of Glenn (a real estate agent) and Mary (a homemaker; maiden name, Lee) Martin; married Victoria Tennant (an actress), November20, 1986 (divorced, 1994). Addresses: Office: P.O. Box 929, Beverly Hills, CA 90213.; Agent: Ed Limato, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Publicist: Leslee Dart, PMK/HBH New York, 650 Fifth Ave., 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer, producer, musician, comedian
Birth Details: August 14, 1945; Waco, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Man waiting outside school, Jing Wu Men (also known as The Chinese Connection, Fist of Fury, Fists of Fury, and The Iron Hand), 1972
Steven (title role), The Absent-Minded Waiter (short film), Paramount, 1977
Dr. Maxwell Edison, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (also known as Banda de los corazones), Universal, 1978
Insolent waiter, The Muppet Movie, Associated Film, 1979
Navin R. Johnson, cat juggler, Pig Eye Jackson, and Engineer Fred, TheJerk, Universal, 1979
Himself, The Kids Are Alright, New World, 1979
Arthur Parker, Pennies from Heaven, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1981
Rigby Reardon, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (also known as Dead Men Wear No Plaid), Universal, 1982
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains, Warner Bros., 1983
Larry Hubbard, The Lonely Guy, Universal, 1984
Roger Cobb, All of Me, Universal, 1984
Fabio Longio, Movers and Shakers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985
Orin Scrivello, D.D.S., Little Shop of Horrors, Warner Bros., 1986
Lucky Day, Three Amigos!, Orion, 1986
Charlie "C. D." Bales, Roxanne, Columbia, 1987
Neal Page, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Paramount, 1987
Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Orion, 1988
Gil Buckman, Parenthood, Universal, 1989
Vincent "Vinnie" Antonelli, My Blue Heaven, Warner Bros., 1990
Harris K. Telemacher, L.A. Story, TriStar, 1991
George Stanley Banks, Father of the Bride, Buena Vista, 1991
Davis, Grand Canyon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Newton Davis, Housesitter, Universal, 1992
Jonas Nightingale, Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992
Michael McCann, A Simple Twist of Fate, Buena Vista, 1994
Philip, Mixed Nuts (also known as Lifesavers), TriStar, 1994
George Stanley Banks and narrator, Father of the Bride II, Buena Vista, 1995
Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko (title role), Sergeant Bilko, Universal, 1996
Julian "Jimmy" Dell, The Spanish Prisoner, Sony Pictures Classic,1997
Voice of Hotep, The Prince of Egypt (animated), DreamWorks, 1998
Voice of Raider, Babe: Pig in the City, Universal, 1998
Henry Clark, The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999
Ed TV, Universal, 1999
Robert "Bobby" Bowfinger (title role), Bowfinger (also known as Bowfinger's Big Thing), MCA/Universal, 1999
Himself, The Venice Project, Terra Film, 1999
Host, Fantasia/2000, Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 1999
Charlie Duell, Joe Gould's Secret, USA Films, 2000
Himself, Thin Ice, National Film Board of Canada, 2000
Dr. Frank Sangster, Novocaine, Artisan Entertainment, 2001
Film Work
Executive Producer
Three Amigos!, Orion, 1986
Roxanne, Columbia, 1987
(With Mario Kassar) L. A. Story, TriStar, 1991
A Simple Twist of Fate, Buena Vista, 1994
Television Appearances
Series
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1967-1968
Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens (also known as The Ray Stevens Show), NBC, 1970
The Ken Berry "Wow" Show (also known as Ken Berry's Wow), ABC, 1972
Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour, syndicated, 1972
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, CBS, 1972-1973
The Smothers Brothers Show, NBC, 1975
Johnny Cash and Friends, CBS, 1976
Himself, Scene by Scene with Steve Martin, 1998
Episodic
The Pieman, "Simple Simon," Off to See the Wizard, 1967
A contestant, The Dating Game, 1968
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, multiple times per year, annually between 1976 and 1980
The Gong Show, 1976
Himself, The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1977
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1986, 1987
Rusty the choreographer, "Skin the Duck," The Tracey Ullman Show,Fox, 1987
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1989, 1990, 1991
Narrator, "Tugford Wanted to Be Bad," Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories, Showtime, 1992
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1993, 1994
Himself, The Martin Short Show, NBC, 1994
Voice of Ray Patterson, "Trash of the Titans," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1998
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1998
Also appeared as a host and frequent guest, The Tonight Show, NBC;and in episodes of The Carol Burnett Show, CBS, Charlie Rose, Cher, CBS, The Dick Cavett Show, Dinah!, Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, The Merv Griffin Show, The Parent 'Hood, NBC, Rosie, and The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, NBC.
Specials
John Denver's Rocky Mountain Christmas, ABC, 1975
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy, NBC, 1978
The Bob Hope Special, NBC, 1978
George Burns' 100th Birthday Party, NBC, 1979
Johnny Cash: The First Twenty-five Years, CBS, 1980
The Sensational, Shocking, Wonderful, Wacky '70s, NBC, 1980
All Commercials ... A Steve Martin Special, NBC, 1980
Host, Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty, 1980
Host, Steve Martin's Best Show Ever, NBC, 1981
Twilight Theatre, NBC, 1982
American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, CBS, 1982
Host, Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie, NBC, 1983
(In archive footage) Himself, The Great Standups (also known as The Great Standups: Sixty Years of Laughter), 1984
The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (also known as The Best of Gene Kelly), CBS, 1985
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary, CBS, 1986
Texas 150: A Celebration Special, ABC, 1986

Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1987
The 16th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Jack Lemmon (also known as The American Film Institute Salute toJack Lemmon), CBS, 1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Reunion Show, CBS, 1988
Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary, NBC, 1989
Host, Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python, 1989
Life of Python, Showtime, 1990
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, CBS, 1990
Welcome Home, America! A USO Salute to America's Sons and Daughters, ABC, 1991
The Dream Is Alive: The 20th Anniversary Celebration of Walt Disney World, CBS, 1991
Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92, Fox, 1992
Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time, PBS, 1993
Comic Relief VI, HBO, 1994
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (also known as The Kennedy Center Honors), CBS, 1995
(In archive footage) Himself, Television's Greatest Performances,1995
Carl Reiner: Still Laughing, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
"Nichols and May: Take Two," American Masters, PBS, 1996
Classic Stand-up Comedy of Television, 1996
Steven Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration, PBS, 1997
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998
The Late Show with David Letterman 5th Anniversary Special, CBS, 1998
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (also known as Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special), NBC, 1999
Multiple roles, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin, NBC, 1999
The Television Academy Hall of Fame, UPN, 1999
Steve Martin: A Comic Life, Comedy Central, 1999
Canned Ham: Bowfinger, Comedy Central, 1999
Steve Martin Seriously Funny, Comedy Central, 2000
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
Mark Twain Prize--Celebrating the Humor of Carl Reiner, PBS, 2001
Intimate Portrait: Diane Keaton, Lifetime, 2001
Host, Art in the Twenty-first Century, PBS, 2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks, USA Network, 2002
Movies
The History of White People in America: Volume 1 (also known as The History of White People in America), 1985
Brother, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993
Pilots
Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car, NBC, 1992
Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2001
Awards Presentations
The 60th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1988
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1989
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
Fifth Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1991
The People's Choice Awards, 1991 and 1992
The 48th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1994
Presenter, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
Presenter, The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, CBS, 1995
Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
The 12th Annual American Comedy Awards, Fox, 1998
Presenter, The 71st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1999
The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards, Fox, 2000
Host, The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
The British Comedy Awards 2001, 2001
Other
Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, 2002
Television Work
Specials
Executive producer, Twilight Theater, NBC, 1982
Executive producer, Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie, NBC, 1983
Series
Executive producer, Domestic Life, CBS, 1984
Executive producer and director, George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
Creator, executive producer, and director, Leo and Liz in Beverly Hills, CBS, 1986
Executive producer, The Downer Channel, NBC, 2001
Movies
Executive producer, The Jerk, Too, NBC, 1984
Stage Appearances
Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, then Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, both 1989
Appeared in the title role in The Great Flydini, Carnegie Hall, New York City. Toured nationally and internationally in a solo comedy act.
RECORDINGS
Comedy Albums
Let's Get Small, Warner Bros., 1977
A Wild and Crazy Guy (featuring the single, "King Tut"), Warner Bros., 1978
Comedy Is Not Pretty, Warner Bros., 1979
The Steve Martin Brothers, Warner Bros., 1982
Videos
Performer, segment director, and writer, Steve Martin Live, 1986
Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies, NBC Studios, 1998
Saturday Night Live Christmas, Trimark Video, 1999
Banjo player, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, by Earl Scruggs and Friends, 2001
Also appeared in the videos "In the Midnight Hour" by B. B. King and "Proof" by Paul Simon.
WRITINGS
Books
Cruel Shoes (humorous sketches), Press of the Pegacycle Lady, 1977, revised and enlarged edition, Putnam (New York City), 1979
Pure Drivel (essays and sketches), Hyperion, 1998
Shopgirl (novella), Hyperion, 2000
Screenplays
The Absent-Minded Waiter (short film), Paramount, 1977
(With Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias) The Jerk, Universal, 1979
(With Carl Reiner and George Gipe) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (alsoknown as Dead Men Wear No Plaid), Universal, 1982
Easy Money, Orion, 1983
(With Reiner and Gipe) The Man with Two Brains, Warner Bros., 1983
(With Reiner) All of Me, Universal, 1984
(With Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman) Three Amigos!, Orion, 1986
Roxanne (based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand), Columbia, 1987, published in L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays, Grove Press (New York City), 1997
L. A. Story, TriStar, 1991, published in L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays, Grove Press, 1997
A Simple Twist of Fate, Buena Vista, 1994
Bowfinger (also known as Bowfinger's Big Thing), Universal,1999
Morto the Magician (animated), POP.com, 2001
Also wrote The Touch.
Television Series
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1967-1968
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour, 1970
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, CBS, 1972-1973
The Ken Berry "Wow" Show, ABC, 1972
Domestic Life, CBS, 1984
George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
Television Specials
John Denver's Rocky Mountain Christmas, ABC, 1975
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy, NBC, 1978
All Commercials ... A Steve Martin Special, NBC, 1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty, 1980
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever, NBC, 1981
Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie, NBC, 1983
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin, NBC, 1999
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
Television Episodes
The Downer Channel, NBC, 2001
Also writer for The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
Television Writing
Other
Van Dyke and Company (pilot), NBC, 1975
The Jerk, Too (movie), NBC, 1984
Also comedy writer for television shows featuring Glenn Campbell, John Denver, and Ray Stevens.
Stage Plays
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, produced at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1993, then Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1995-1996; published inPicasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays, Grove Press (New York City), 1996
WASPs, produced at Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, New York City,1995-1996; published in Wasps and Other Plays, Samuel French (New YorkCity), 1998
Meteor Shower, produced in Los Angeles, 1997
The Underpants (adaptation of a work by Carl Sternheim), producedat Classic Stage Company, New York City, 2002
Author of The Great Flydini, produced at Carnegie Hall, New York City; other plays include Patter for the Floating Lady, Romeo and Juliet at Antioch, and Zig-Zag Woman.
Writing
Other
Contributor to periodicals, including New Yorker, New York Times, and Rolling Stone.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 30, Gale, 1984
Lenburg, Greg, Randy Skretvedt, and Jeff Lenburg, Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography, St. Martin's Press (New York City), 1980
Newsmakers 1992, Issue Cumulation, Gale, 1992

Periodicals

American Film, November, 1988, p. 18
Biography, March, 1999, pp. 16, 17
Entertainment Weekly, February 22, 1991; September 25, 1998, p. 81; January 21, 2000, pp. 108-109
Film Quarterly, September/October, 1984
Interview, April, 1986, p. 294
Los Angeles Times, December 27, 1984; February 14, 1991
Newsweek, April 3, 1978
New Yorker, June 2, 1983; November 29, 1993, p. 98
New York Times, June 19, 1987; September 18, 1988, p. S78; October17, 2000
New York Times Magazine, May 31, 1992, p. 28
Parade, April 28, 1991; August 30, 1998, pp. 4-6
Playboy, January, 1993, pp. 59-80, 92
Premiere, January, 1988, p. 23
Rolling Stone, September 2, 1999, pp. 88-95
Saturday Evening Post, November/December, 1989, p. 52
Time, August 24, 1987
U.S. News and World Report, June 17, 1985
Washington Post, June 19, 1987; October 6, 2000, p. C-03

Electronic

Steve Martin, http://www.stevemartin.net, August 24, 2002

Other

Steve Martin: A Comic Life (television special), Comedy Central, 1999

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