Steve Martin Biography, Wiki
Steve Martin is an American comedian, writer, and producer who began his career as a stand-up comic and eventually achieved success in motion pictures, television, Broadway, and literature.
Steve Martin Age | Birthday
Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945, in Waco, Texas, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on August 14th every year. Martin turns 75 years old in 2020.
Steve Martin Height | Steve Martin Weight
Martin is a man of average stature. He stands at a height of 6 feet ( 1.83 m). Steve also weighs a massive 70 kg.
Steve Martin Family
Martin was born to Glenn Vernon Martin ( Father) and Mary Lee Martin ( Mother). He has a sibling sister named Melinda Martin.
Steve Martin Wife | Marriage
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Martin was in a relationship with Bernadette Peters, with whom he co-starred in The Jerk and Pennies from Heaven. Martin married actress Victoria Tennant on 20 November 1986; they divorced in 1994.
On 28 July 2007, Martin married writer and former New Yorker staffer Anne Stringfield. Bob Kerrey presided over the ceremony at Martin’s Los Angeles home. Lorne Michaels served as the best man. The nuptials came as a surprise to several guests, who had been told they were coming for a party. In December 2012, Martin became a father for the first time when Stringfield gave birth to a daughter.
Steve Martin Daughter
In December 2012, Martin became a father for the first time when Stringfield gave birth to a daughter. Fatherhood came as a surprise to his many fans as the couple managed to keep their joyous news a secret.
Letterman asked the veteran comedian what he and Stringfield decided to name their baby girl. “Conquistador,” replied Martin, and added: “I didn’t want to go with one of those Hollywood weird names. Conquistador is a statement.” The family is living a happy and harmonious life in Los Angeles.
Steve Martin Net Worth
Martin has enjoyed a long career in the entertainment industry spanning almost two decades. Through proceeds from his work as an actor, he has been able to accumulate a modest fortune. Steve Martin is estimated to have a net worth of about $150 million.
Steve Martin has collected a huge fortune of $150 million from acting in films and television series, writing scripts, and albums. He started his career as a salesman, selling guidebook at Disneyland in 1955.
Steve Martin House
Martin owns a house in Beverly Hills, California. The house covers 1,400 sq ft area with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms.
Likewise, he had houses in various places that he sold. He had a house in a hillside on the swanky Caribbean island of St. Barts, worth around $7.8 million. Similarly, he listed his house of Montecito, Calif. for $11 million. Moreover, Martin owns a house across Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side which he bought for $885,000 in 2008.
Steve Martin Early Life
Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945, as Stephen Glenn Martin, in Waco, Texas, United States. He was born to mother Mary Lee Stewart and Glenn Vernon Martin, an actor, and real estate salesman. As for siblings, he has a sister Melinda Martin.
Martin belongs to American nationality and white by ethnicity. He grew up in Inglewood, California, along with his sister. Later, his family moved to Garden Grove, California. As for academic qualifications, Martin studied at Garden Grove High School where he was a cheerleader. Later, he joined Santa Ana College to study drama and English poetry.
He then enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, where he studied philosophy and later transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, and switched his course to the theater, however, he dropped out of college.
Steve Martin Education
As for academic qualifications, Martin studied at Garden Grove High School where he was a cheerleader. Later, he joined Santa Ana College to study drama and English poetry.
He then enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, where he studied philosophy and later transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, and switched his course to the theater, however, he dropped out of college.
Steve Martin Acting Career
Martin began his professional career as an actor in TV series Off to See the Wizard in 1967 where he starred as Simon the Pieman.
Following this, he appeared in several TV shows such as The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Saturday Night Live, Twilight Theatre, Maya & Marty, Oh, Hello On Broadway and more.
Steve Martin in the movie, The Pink Panther
Similarly, Martin made a film debut in Another Nice Mess as Hippyin 1972. He then played in many films including The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven, Movers & Shakers, Three Amigos, L.A. Story, The Prince of Egypt, The Pink Panther 2, Love the Coopers, The American Epic Sessions, and so on.
Moreover, for the movie The Jerk, he collected $600,000 including 50% of the profits, $7 million from Sgt. Bilko, $10.5 million from Cheaper by the Dozen and $28 million from The Pink Panther.
He worked alongside other popular artists such as Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Jones and Jim Parsons as well.
Steve Martin Writing Career
Martin started his writing career with the movie The Jerk in 1979. He wrote the screenplay alongside Carl Gottlieb. Some of his notable works include Cruel Shows, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, L.A. Story and Roxanne, Bowfinger, Shopgirl, The Pleasure of My Company, Born Standing Up and Bright Star.
Steve Martin Music Career
Martin is a successful musician with multiple awards under his name for his musical work. He released his debut album, Let’s Get Small, in 1977. The album was platinum certified by RIAA and earned $1 million from the album.
In 1978, he released his another album A Wild and Crazy Guy and got double certified by RIAA. He collected a fortune of $2 million from the album sales. In the same year, he earned a sum of around $1 million from the soundtrack album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Similarly, Martin released a couple of singles like Grandmother’s Song, King Tut, Cruel Shoes and Pretty Little One.
Steve Martin Stand-Up Comedy Career
Martin began his career as a professional comedian in 1986 with the show Steve Martin-Live! Since then, he has made just two onstage appearances as a performer.
He first appeared on Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin and later made an appearance on Steve Martin: The Television Stuff.
Steve Martin Pink Panther
The Pink Panther is a 2006 American Comedy Film. The film stars Steve Martin as Clouseau and also co-stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Roger Rees, Kristin Chenoweth, and Beyonce Knowles.
Steve Martin Gilda Radner
Steve Martin and Gilda Radner perform a dance that is by turns silly and beautiful, a bit full of playful chemistry and unexpected emotion.
Steve Martin Dead
Steve Martin is still alive.
Steve Martin King Tut
Martin is the artist of King Tut.
Steve Martin Banjo
Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors. Martin first picked up the banjo when he was around 17 years of age. Martin learned how to play the banjo with help from John McEuen.
Steve Martin The Jerk
In 1979, Martin starred in the comedy film The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner, and written by Martin, Michael Elias, and Carl Gottlieb.
Steve Martin Movies
- 2017 The American Epic Sessions as Himself
- 2016 Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk as Norm Oglesby
- 2015 Love the Coopers as Narrator/Rags the Dog
- 2015 Home as Captain Smek
- 2011 The Big Year as Stu Preissler
- 2009 It’s Complicated as Adam Schaffer
- 2009 The Pink Panther 2 as Inspector Clouseau
- 2008 Baby Mama as Barry
- 2006 The Pink Panther as Inspector Clouseau
- 2005 Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years as Himself (host)
- 2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 as Tom Baker
- 2005 Shopgirl as Ray Porter
- 2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Himself
- 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen as Tom Baker
- 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Mr. Chairman
- 2003 Bringing Down the House as Peter Sanderson
- 2002 Novocaine as Frank Sangster
- 2002 Joe Gould’s Secret as Charlie Duell
- 1999 Fantasia 2000 as Himself (Introductory host)
- 1999 The Venice Project as Himself
- 1999 Bowfinger as Bobby Bowfinger
- 1999 The Out-of-Towners as Henry Clark
- 1998 The Prince of Egypt as Hotep
Steve Martin Television Shows
- 1967 Off to See the Wizard as Simon the Pieman
- 1968–1969 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Himself
- 1970 The Ray Stevens Show as Himself
- 1971–1973 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour as Various characters
- 1972 The Ken Berry ‘Wow’ Show as Regular
- 1972–1973 Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour as Himself
- 1974 The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada as Himself
- 1975 The Smothers Brothers Show as Himself
- 1976 Doc as Brian Bogert
- 1976 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 1977 Saturday Night Live Himself (host)
- 1977 The Muppet Show as Himself
- 1978 The Carol Burnett Show as Himself (comedy act for dogs); Richard Dryface (As the Stomach Turns)
- 1978 Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy as Himself
- 1978 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 1979 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 1980 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 1980 All Commercials… A Steve Martin Special as Himself
- 1980 Steve Martin: Comedy is Not Pretty as Himself
- 1981 Steve Martin’s Best Show Ever as Himself
- 1982 Twilight Theater as Various characters
- 1983 The Winds of Whoopie as Himself
- 1987 The Tracey Ullman Show as Rusty DeClure
- 1987 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 1989 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 2006 Saturday Night Live as Himself (host)
- 2008 30 Rock Gavin Volume
- 2010 82nd Academy Awards as Himself (co-host)
- 2012 Saturday Night Live as Guy / Himself
- 2015 Saturday Night Live as King Tut / Himself
- 2016 Maya & Marty as Himself
- 2017 Oh, Hello On Broadway as Himself
- 2018 Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life as Himself
Steve Martin Books
- 1979 The Jerk
- 1982 Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
- 1983 The Man with Two Brains
- 1986 Three Amigos
- 1987 Roxanne
- 1991 L.A. Story
- 1994 A Simple Twist of Fate
- 1999 Bowfinger
- 2005 Shopgirl
- 2006 The Pink Panther
- 2008 Traitor (story only)
- 2009 The Pink Panther 2
- 2018 Magic Camp (story only)
Steve Martin Tour
Steve Martin Written works
- The Jerk (1979) (Screenplay written with Carl Gottlieb)
- Cruel Shoes (1979) (Essays)
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the Zig-Zag Woman, Patter for the Floating Lady, WASP (1993) (Play)
- L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays (published together in 1987) (Screenplays)
- Pure Drivel (1998) (Essays)
- Bowfinger (1999) (Screenplay)
- Eric Fischl: 1970–2000 (2000) (Afterword)
- Modern Library Humor and Wit Series (2000) (Introduction and Series Editor)
- Shopgirl (2000) (Novella)
- Kindly Lent Their Owner: The Private Collection of Steve Martin (2001) (Art)
- The Underpants: A Play (2002) (Play)
- The Pleasure of My Company (2003) (Novel)
- Shopgirl (2005) (Screenplay)
- The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z (2007) (Children’s Books Illustrated by Roz Chast)
- Born Standing Up (2007) (Memoir)
- An Object of Beauty (2010) (Novel)
- Late For School (2010) (Children’s book)
- The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten.: The Tweets of Steve Martin (February 21, 2012) (Collection)
- Bright Star (2014) (Musical)
- Meteor Shower (2016) (Play)
- Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018) (co-written with Martin Short)
Quick Facts About Steve Martin
Date of Birth: August 14, 1945
Place of Birth: Waco, Texas
Nationality: American
Marital Status: Married
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 70kg
Frequently Asked Questions About Steve Martin
Who is Steve Martin?
Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show.
How old is Martin?
Steve Martin Facebook
Steve Martin Twitter
Tweets by SteveMartinToGo