Steve Martin
Biography
Steve Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. He broke through in the late 1960s as a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, earning a Primetime Emmy in 1969. During the 1970s he became a major stand-up star, known for absurdist routines and Grammy-winning albums such as A Wild and Crazy Guy and Let's Get Small. His film career took off with The Jerk (1979), and he went on to appear in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), All of Me (1984), ¡Three Amigos! (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Roxanne (1987), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), L.A. Story (1991), and Bowfinger (1999). He also voiced roles in The Prince of Egypt (1998) and Home (2015). On television he co-created and stars in Only Murders in the Building. His honors include five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy, and an Honorary Academy Award.
81years old
Turns 82 on August 14in 286 days
- Born Waco
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Steve Glenn Martin (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 54
- Career span
- 48 years1978 to 2026
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First role
Steve Martin's first substantial film appearance was in the seven-minute short The Absent-Minded Waiter, which he wrote and starred in and which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action.
Getting ready for a role
To get ready for Pennies from Heaven, his first serious film, Martin studied acting under director Herbert Ross and devoted months to learning how to tap dance.
A change of course
Steve Martin stopped performing stand-up comedy in 1981 to focus on movies and did not return to it for thirty-five years.
Behind the camera
Martin co-wrote and starred in Roxanne, a film version of Cyrano de Bergerac, and the work brought him a Writers Guild of America Award.
Beyond film
Steve Martin played the banjo on Earl Scruggs's 2001 remake of Foggy Mountain Breakdown, and the recording won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2002.
Behind the camera
In 1993, Martin wrote Picasso at the Lapin Agile, his first full-length play. A first reading happened at his Beverly Hills home, where Tom Hanks played Pablo Picasso and Chris Sarandon played Albert Einstein.
Steve Martin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Frank Oz directed four of these films, Carl Reiner four and Shawn Levy two. Martin Short appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Martin Short's page
Eugene Levy's page
Diane Keaton's page
David Letterman's page
Bill Murray's page
Dan Aykroyd's page
All films by Frank Oz
All films by Carl Reiner
All films by Shawn Levy
Also three films together8 more actors
- John CleeseThe Big Year (2011), The Pink Panther 2 (2009) and The Out-of-Towners (1999)
- Catherine O'HaraMarty, Life Is Short (2026), John Candy: I Like Me (2025) and A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
- John CandyJohn Candy: I Like Me (2025), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- George NewbernFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020), Father of the Bride Part II (1995) and Father of the Bride (1991)
- Kimberly Williams-PaisleyFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020), Father of the Bride Part II (1995) and Father of the Bride (1991)
- Kieran CulkinFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020), Father of the Bride Part II (1995) and Father of the Bride (1991)
- Rita WilsonMarty, Life Is Short (2026), It's Complicated (2009) and Mixed Nuts (1994)
- Rick MoranisMy Blue Heaven (1990), Parenthood (1989) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Steve Martin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.9 billion
41 of the 54 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 54 films: 41 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 9 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 41Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 9Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 52% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$369M12.5% of the total
- 2$219M7.4% of the total
- 3$219M7.4% of the total
- 4$190M6.5% of the total
- 5$159M5.4% of the total
- 6$133M4.5% of the total
- 7$129M4.4% of the total
- 8$126M4.3% of the total
$1.4 billionfrom the other 33 films with a worldwide figure, 48% of the total
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 1969 to 2015, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2014 | Honorary Award | Honorary | |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1969 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | AFI Life Achievement Award | Won | |
| 2005 | Disney Legends | Honored | |
| 2005 | Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | Won | |
| Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Won | ||
| Kennedy Center Honors | Won | ||
| Writers Guild of America Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.