Steve Martin has really proved his ability to be not only a successful Hollywood performer, but also an experienced comedian, novelist, playwright, and producer, as one of the celebrated American stars with different talents. He has undeniably assembled such an impressive resume that very few other thespians might compare, successfully establishing himself to be a revered stand-up comic of the 70s and then a lauded film star of the 1980s and 1990s. Honored with several coveted film awards and nominations won, not to mention other accolades he has earned from different organisations, this brilliant actor has already written his name profoundly in the entertainment business and shone through since the moment he embarked on his long road to attain the respect and recognition of the country.
Born into an English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent family as Stephen Glenn Martin in Waco, Texas on August 14, 1945, Steve had scarcely spent his fifth year in this city before his parents, Glenn Vernon Martin and Mary Lee Stewart, brought him to live in Garden Grove, California with his niece, Melinda. This buoyant teenager enthusiastically invested his time outside school day to improve his talents in live action, initially performing magic tricks, juggling, plus playing banjo to amuse the tourists of Disneyland where he played, attended his Garden Grove High School and then moved to Rancho Alamitos High School before his graduation in 1963. He also performed musical comedy routine at local coffee houses and the Bird Cage Theater at Knott’s Berry Farm, he originally wanted to secure a film appearance next, but eventually won the role as a writer in “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” (1967-1969), which unexpectedly granted him an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Acting Performance category in Co.
Finally, in “The Ray Stevens Show” (1970), accompanied by others in “Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour” (1972) and “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour” (1971-1974), Steve successfully gained numerous guest roles in 1972 in “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (1962-1992) as a regular performer on TV. The publicity he gained through the acclaimed program of this NBC has enabled him becoming one of the hosts of the famous “Saturday Night Live” (1975) in 1976, propelling him to be generally recognized as a charismatic entertainer who is able to elicit laughter through his zany, inspired shows. Not only did he manage to develop himself as a likable stand-up comic. He then switched his focus to music, already famous and influential in this area, and thus released unique comedy albums, “Let’s Get Small” (1977) and “A Wild and Crazy Guy” (1978), both of which gloriously led him to win the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording for two consecutive years, which were in 1978 and 1979.