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Steve Martin

Actor

Steve Martin

  • Born: 14 August 1945, Waco, Texas, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $140 million

Steve Martin is a versatile actor and comedian known for his work in both film and television. He gained fame with roles in iconic comedies like 'The Jerk' and 'Father of the Bride'. Martin is celebrated for his distinctive voice, clever humor, and ability to…

About Steve Martin

Steve Martin is a versatile actor and comedian known for his work in both film and television. He gained fame with roles in iconic comedies like 'The Jerk' and 'Father of the Bride'. Martin is celebrated for his distinctive voice, clever humor, and ability to blend comedy with poignant moments, establishing a unique legacy in the entertainment industry.

Born
14 August 1945, Waco, Texas, USA
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouses
Victoria Tennant (1986-1994), Nancy Dolman (1986-2010)
Children
3 (Catherine, Charles, and a son)
Parents
Glen Martin, Mary Lee Martin
Estimated net worth
$140 million

Fun facts about Steve Martin

  • Steve Martin is also an accomplished musician, particularly known for his banjo playing.
  • He has authored several books, including a memoir titled 'Born Standing Up'.

Famous Steve Martin quotes

“Well, excuse me!”
The Jerk, 1979
“I’m not a bad guy. I’m just a little misunderstood.”
The Jerk, 1979
“You know what's funny? It's the people who think they're funny.”
Roxanne, 1987

Steve Martin filmography

Cast (197)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Who Is Martin Mull? MovieSelf4.5
2026Peter Asher: Everywhere Man MovieSelf9.0
2026Marty, Life Is Short MovieSelf8.0
2026Lorne MovieSelf7.1
2025Starring Dick Van Dyke MovieSelf10.0
2025Oh. What. Fun. MovieNeal Page (archive footage)5.7
2025Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast TVSelf
2025John Candy: I Like Me MovieSelf - Actor, 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'7.9
2025Thank You Very Much MovieSelf7.8
2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary MovieSelf (archive footage)7.3
Show 187 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2024Jim Henson Idea Man MovieSelf (archive footage)7.8
2024STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces TVSelf7.8
2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love MovieSelf - Guest8.2
2022Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) MovieSelf6.0
2021The Super Bob Einstein Movie MovieSelf6.9
2021Live at Mister Kelly's MovieSelf
2021Only Murders in the Building TVCharles-Haden Savage8.4
2021Die Tom Hanks Story MovieSelf
2021Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres MovieSelf7.3
2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) MovieGeorge7.4
2020Laurel Canyon TVSelf8.2
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show TVSelf6.2
2019Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music MovieSelf (archive footage)
2018Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life MovieSelf6.6
2018Howard MovieOrin Scrivello, DDS (archive footage)6.8
2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind MovieSelf7.9
2017Oh, Hello on Broadway MovieSelf6.9
2017Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris Movieself / art collector10.0
2016Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk MovieNorm Oglesby6.0
2016The American Epic Sessions MovieSelf7.0
2015Love the Coopers MovieRags (voice)6.0
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf6.1
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Guest6.1
2015Live from New York! MovieSelf5.9
2015Home MovieCapitain Smek (voice)6.8
2015An SNL Valentine Movie(archive footage)
2014Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell Live MovieSelf7.3
2014Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me MovieSelf7.6
2014Almost Home MovieCaptain Smek (voice)6.3
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest5.1
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf - Guest5.8
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf - Musical Guest5.8
2012Inventing David Geffen MovieSelf7.6
2012Steve Martin: Bits and Pieces MovieSelf
2012Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee TVSelf7.1
2012Inside Comedy TVSelf6.5
2011Give Me the Banjo MovieSelf7.2
2011The Big Year MovieStu Preissler6.0
2011Troubadours MovieSelf7.5
2010Conan TVSelf7.2
2009It's Complicated MovieAdam Schaffer6.5
2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas Movie(archive footage)7.2
2009Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.9
2009The Pink Panther 2 MovieClouseau5.7
2008Baby Mama MovieBarry6.0
2008NPR Tiny Desk Concerts TVSelf7.0
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation MovieSelf
2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s MovieSelf (archive footage)
2007Edward Hopper MovieSelf - Narrator
2006The Best of Carson, Volume 1 MovieUnknown character10.0
200630 Rock TVGavin Volure7.5
2006The Pink Panther MovieClouseau5.9
2005Cheaper by the Dozen 2 MovieTom Baker6.2
2005Earth to America MovieSelf7.7
2005Shopgirl MovieRay Porter5.8
2005The Colbert Report TVSelf7.0
2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd MovieVarious Characters (archive footage)8.1
2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood MovieSteve Martin4.4
2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live MovieSelf7.8
2003Cheaper by the Dozen MovieTom Baker6.3
2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action MovieMr. Chairman6.4
2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley MovieSelf / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)7.6
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show TVSelf5.6
2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles MovieSelf - Interviewee5.8
2003Bringing Down the House MoviePeter Sanderson6.0
2003Real Time with Bill Maher TVSelf6.0
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest/Musical Guest5.3
2002Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour MovieSelf (uncredited)4.5
2002The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s MovieUnknown character
2001Novocaine MovieFrank Sangster6.1
200150 Years of NBC Late Night MovieSelf (archive footage)5.0
2001Primetime Glick TVSteve Martin7.2
2001Thin Ice MovieSelf9.0
2000Hellraisers MovieSelf (archive footage)
2000Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin MovieSelf (archive footage)6.9
2000Joe Gould's Secret MovieCharlie Duell6.0
2000Fantasia 2000 MovieSelf - Introductory Host7.0
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special MovieSelf6.9
1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen MovieSelf (archive footage)6.6
1999The Venice Project MovieSteve Martin7.0
1999Bowfinger MovieBobby Bowfinger6.2
1999The Out-of-Towners MovieHenry Clark5.8
1998The Prince of Egypt MovieHotep (voice)7.3
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman MovieSelf7.7
1997The Spanish Prisoner MovieJimmy Dell6.8
1997The Wonderful World of Disney TVUnknown character6.9
1997The View TVSelf4.3
1997The View TVSelf - Guest4.3
1997Scene by Scene TVSelf6.0
1996Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay MovieUnknown character8.5
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996Nichols and May: Take Two MovieSelf6.5
1996Sgt. Bilko MovieErnest Bilko5.9
1995Father of the Bride Part II MovieGeorge Banks6.3
1994Mixed Nuts MoviePhilip5.4
1994The World of Jim Henson MovieSelf (archive footage)7.4
1994A Simple Twist of Fate MovieMichael McCann6.2
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf7.3
1993And the Band Played On MovieThe Brother6.4
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Top 10 Presenter6.5
1993Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary MovieSelf
1993Waiting for Beckett MovieSelf9.0
1992Leap of Faith MovieJonas Nightengale5.8
1992Funny Business TV(archive footage)7.3
1992Housesitter MovieNewton Davis6.2
1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories TVNarrator (voice)9.5
1991Grand Canyon MovieDavis6.4
1991Father of the Bride MovieGeorge Banks6.5
1991L.A. Story MovieHarris K. Telemacher6.5
1991Enya: Moonshadows Movie(archive footage)8.0
1990My Blue Heaven MovieVincent "Vinnie" Antonelli6.1
1990Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women MovieUnknown character7.0
1990Life of Python MovieSelf6.2
1989The Simpsons TVRay Patterson (voice)8.0
1989Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python MovieSelf - Host7.2
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary MovieSelf7.8
1989Parenthood MovieGil Buckman6.7
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels MovieFreddy Benson7.1
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark TVUnknown character5.6
1988The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The 20th Reunion MovieSelf
1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles MovieNeal Page7.3
1987Roxanne MovieC.D. "Charlie" Bales6.4
1986Little Shop of Horrors MovieOrin Scrivello, D.D.S.7.0
1986¡Three Amigos! MovieLucky Day6.3
1986American Masters TVSelf7.0
1986American Masters TVSelf - Interviewee7.0
1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years MovieSelf (archive footage)6.1
1986Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary MovieSelf7.3
1985Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets MovieSelf9.0
1985The History of White People in America MovieSelf6.4
1985Movers & Shakers MovieFabio Longio3.9
1985B.B. King: Into the Night MovieSelf8.2
1984All of Me MovieRoger Cobb6.5
1984Steve Martin Live! MovieSelf6.9
1984The Lonely Guy MovieLarry6.2
1983The Man with Two Brains MovieDr. Michael Hfuhruhurr6.2
1982Twilight Theater II MovieSelf- Guest
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid MovieRigby Reardon6.6
1982Twilight Theatre MovieVarious Characters
1981Pennies from Heaven MovieArthur6.1
1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever MovieSelf / Various7.6
1980All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special MovieSelf6.0
1980The Big Show TVSelf9.0
1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty MovieSelf / Various7.0
1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's MovieSelf4.0
1979The Jerk MovieNavin R. Johnson6.9
1979The Muppet Movie MovieInsolent Waiter7.2
1979The Who: The Kids Are Alright MovieSelf7.3
1979The Muppets Go Hollywood MovieWaiter (archive footage) (uncredited)6.2
1979Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 MovieSelf
1978The Kennedy Center Honors TVSelf7.4
1978The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 MovieSelf
1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy MovieSelf7.8
1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band MovieDr. Maxwell Edison4.4
1978The South Bank Show TVUnknown character5.6
1977Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary MovieSelf8.0
1977The Absent-Minded Waiter MovieSteven6.7
1976Steve Martin: On Location with Steve Martin MovieSelf5.5
1976The Muppet Show TVSelf - Special Guest Star8.0
1975Rocky Mountain Christmas MovieSelf8.5
1975Saturday Night Live TVGeorge Festrunk (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Co-Host6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Cameo (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Host6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf (uncredited)6.9
1975Doc TVUnknown character9.0
1975Cher TVSelf7.0
1975The Smothers Brothers Show TVUnknown character9.0
1974The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada MovieHimself7.0
1973Rock Concert TVSelf8.3
1972Another Nice Mess MovieHippie4.0
1972The Midnight Special TVSelf8.1
1971Film '72 TVSelf5.1
1970The Ray Stevens Show TVUnknown character9.0
1967Omnibus TVUnknown character7.2
1967The Carol Burnett Show TVSelf - Guest7.7
1967Off to See the Wizard TVSimon the Pieman9.0
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TVSelf - Guest Host7.6
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TVSelf7.6
1956Disneyland Dream MovieUnknown character5.9
1953The Oscars TVSelf - Host7.1
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
1952Today TVSelf5.6
1949The Emmy Awards TVSelf7.9
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0

Crew (51)

YearTitleRoleRating
2021Only Murders in the Building TVCreator · Creator8.4
2021Only Murders in the Building TVWriter · Writing8.4
2021Only Murders in the Building TVExecutive Producer · Production8.4
2018Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life MovieWriter · Writing6.6
2018Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.6
Show 46 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
2009The Pink Panther 2 MovieScreenplay · Writing5.7
2008Traitor MovieStory · Writing6.7
2008Traitor MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.7
2006The Pink Panther MovieScreenplay · Writing5.9
2005Shopgirl MovieNovel · Writing5.8
2005Shopgirl MovieScreenplay · Writing5.8
2005Shopgirl MovieProducer · Production5.8
2001Morto the Magician MovieWriter · Writing9.0
1999Bowfinger MovieScreenplay · Writing6.2
1994A Simple Twist of Fate MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.2
1994A Simple Twist of Fate MovieWriter · Writing6.2
1991L.A. Story MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.5
1991L.A. Story MovieScreenplay · Writing6.5
1987Roxanne MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.4
1987Roxanne MovieScreenplay · Writing6.4
1986¡Three Amigos! MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.3
1986¡Three Amigos! MovieScreenplay · Writing6.3
1986Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills TVCreator · Creator4.5
1986Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills TVDirector · Directing4.5
1985George Burns Comedy Week TVStory · Writing8.0
1985George Burns Comedy Week TVProducer · Production8.0
1985George Burns Comedy Week TVDirector · Directing8.0
1984Steve Martin Live! MovieWriter · Writing6.9
1984Steve Martin Live! MovieDirector · Directing6.9
1984The Jerk, Too MovieCharacters · Writing4.5
1984The Jerk, Too MovieExecutive Producer · Production4.5
1984Domestic Life TVCreator · Creator7.5
1984Domestic Life TVExecutive Producer · Production7.5
1983The Man with Two Brains MovieWriter · Writing6.2
1982Twilight Theater II MovieExecutive Producer · Production
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid MovieScreenplay · Writing6.6
1982Twilight Theatre MovieProducer · Production
1980All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special MovieWriter · Writing6.0
1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty MovieWriter · Writing7.0
1979The Jerk MovieScreenplay · Writing6.9
1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy MovieWriter · Writing7.8
1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy MovieMusic · Sound7.8
1977The Absent-Minded Waiter MovieWriter · Writing6.7
1976Steve Martin: On Location with Steve Martin MovieWriter · Writing5.5
1975Rocky Mountain Christmas MovieWriter · Writing8.5
1975Van Dyke and Company TVWriter · Writing6.0
1974The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada MovieWriter · Writing7.0
1971The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour TVWriter · Writing6.7
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969 MovieWriter · Writing
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TVWriter · Writing6.8
1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TVWriter · Writing7.5

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Questions about Steve Martin

What are some of Steve Martin's most successful films?

Some of Steve Martin's most successful films include 'The Jerk', 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles', and 'Father of the Bride'. These films showcase his comedic talent and have become classics in the genre.

Has Steve Martin won any major awards?

Yes, Steve Martin has received several awards, including an Honorary Academy Award in 2013 for his lifetime achievements in film and comedy. He has also won multiple Emmy Awards for his television work.

What was Steve Martin's first film?

Steve Martin's first film was 'The Wild and Woolly World of Bat Masterson', released in 1965. However, he gained prominence later with 'The Jerk' in 1979.

What is Steve Martin's estimated net worth?

Steve Martin's estimated net worth is around $140 million, largely due to his successful career in film, television, and literature.

What is a defining characteristic of Steve Martin's acting style?

Steve Martin is known for his unique blend of physical comedy and sharp wit. His performances often include a mix of absurdity and sincerity, making his characters memorable.

What other talents does Steve Martin have?

In addition to acting, Steve Martin is a talented musician, particularly known for his skills on the banjo. He has released several albums and performed with various bluegrass bands.

What are some of Steve Martin's notable television appearances?

Steve Martin has made notable television appearances on shows like 'Saturday Night Live', where he was a frequent host, and in various specials showcasing his comedy and music.

What impact has Steve Martin had on comedy?

Steve Martin has had a profound impact on comedy, influencing a generation of comedians with his innovative approach to humor, blending stand-up, film, and literature in unique ways.