Steve Martin biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Steve Martin

Author Name:

Steve Martin

Born As:

Stephen Glenn Martin

Other Names:

Stephen Glenn Martin

Born:

14 Aug 1945

Died:





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Comedian, actor, writer                          
Selected Works:

Film:

The Absent-Minded Waiter - 1977 - short subject
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1978
The Muppet Movie - 1979
The Kids Are Alright - 1979 - documentary
The Jerk - 1979 - also writer
Pennies from Heaven - 1981
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - 1982 - also writer
The Man with Two Brains - 1983 - also writer
The Lonely Guy - 1984
All of Me - 1984
Movers & Shakers - 1985
¡Three Amigos! - 1986 - also writer and executive producer
Little Shop of Horrors - 1986
Roxanne - 1987 - also writer and executive producer
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - 1987
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 1988
Parenthood - 1989
My Blue Heaven - 1990
L.A. Story - 1991 - also writer and executive producer
Father of the Bride - 1991
Grand Canyon - 1991
HouseSitter - 1992
Leap of Faith - 1992
And the Band Played On - 1993 - Cameo
A Simple Twist of Fate - 1994 - also writer and executive producer
Mixed Nuts - 1994
Father of the Bride Part II - 1995
Sgt. Bilko - 1996
The Spanish Prisoner - 1997
The Prince of Egypt - 1998 - voice: Hotep
The Out-of-Towners - 1999
Bowfinger - 1999 - also writer
The Venice Project - 1999 - Cameo
Fantasia 2000 - 1999
Joe Gould's Secret - 2000
Novocaine - 2001
Bringing Down the House - 2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action - 2003
Cheaper by the Dozen - 2003
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood - 2004 - Cameo
Shopgirl - 2005 - also writer and producer
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - 2005
Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years - 2005 - as himself
The Pink Panther - 2006 - A reboot of the earlier series
Wayside - 2007-2008. He was in two episodes, one in each season
Baby Mama - 2008
The Pink Panther Deux - 2009 - officially announced by MGM

Bibliography

The Jerk - 1979 - Written with Carl Gottlieb
Cruel Shoes - 1979
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the Zig-Zag Woman, Patter for the Floating Lady, WASP - 1996
L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays - published together in 1997
Pure Drivel - 1998
Eric Fischl : 1970 - 2000 - 2000 - Afterword
Modern Library Humor and Wit Series - 2000 - Introduction and Series Editor
Shopgirl - 2001
Kindly Lent Their Owner: The Private Collection of Steve Martin - 2001
The Underpants: A Play - 2002
The Pleasure of My Company - 2003
The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z - 2007 - Released October 2007, Children's Books featuring Wacky Couplets for each letter, illustrated by Roz Chast
Born Standing Up - 2007 - Released November 2007 Biography about his Stand-Up Years

Discography

Let's Get Small - 1977
King Tut - 1978, 45 RPM music single
A Wild and Crazy Guy - 1978
Comedy Is Not Pretty! - 1979
The Steve Martin Brothers - 1981.                          
Mother Mary Lee Stewart
Father Glenn Vernon Martin
First Wife Victoria Tennant from 1986 to 1994
Second Wife Anne Stringfield 2007                          
Emmy Award - 1969
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album - 1978, Let's Get Small
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album - 1979, A Wild and Crazy Guy
Shared a 2001 Grammy award for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Earl Scruggs and others for his banjo performance of Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - 2005