Steve Martin

Acting · Born 1945-08-14 in Waco, Texas, USA

Biography

Stephen Glenn 'Steve' Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer. He was born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Southern California, where his early influences were working at Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm and working magic and comedy acts at these and other smaller venues in the area. His ascent to fame picked up when he became a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, he performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from stand-up comedy, he has become a successful actor, playwright, pianist, banjo player, and juggler, eventually earning Emmy, Grammy, and American…

Filmography

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Freddy Benson
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Neal Page
• Little Shop of Horrors as Orin Scrivello, D.D.S.
• The Prince of Egypt as Hotep (voice)
• Fantasia 2000 as Self - Introductory Host
• The Muppet Movie as Insolent Waiter
• Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind as Self
• L.A. Story as Harris K. Telemacher
• Parenthood as Gil Buckman
• All of Me as Roger Cobb

TV

• The Simpsons as Ray Patterson (voice)
• The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
• Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage
• The Daily Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Today as Self
• The View as Self
• Inside Comedy as Self
• 30 Rock as Gavin Volure
• The Colbert Report as Self