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Steve
Martin, one of the most diversified performers in the motion picture
industry today, has been successful not only as an actor, but also
as a writer of and performer in some of the most popular movies of
recent film history. Born in Waco, Texas and raised in Southern California, Mr. Martin became a television writer in the late 1960's, winning an Emmy Award for his work on the hit series "The Smother's Brother Comedy Hour." By the end of the decade he was performing his own material in clubs and on television. Launched by frequent appearances on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," Mr. Martin went on to host several shows in the innovative "Saturday Night Live" series and to star in and co-write four highly rated television specials. When Mr. Martin performed on national concert tours, he drew standing room only audiences in some of the largest venues in the country. Mr.
Martin won Grammy Awards for his two comedy albums, "Let's Get
Small" and "A Wild and Crazy Guy" and had a gold
record with his single, "King Tut." |
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then co-wrote and starred in the send-up of detective thrillers,
"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" and the science fiction comedy
"The Man With Two Brains," both directed by Carl Reiner. Mr. Martin received Best Actor awards from both the New York Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review for his performance opposite Lily Tomlin in "All of Me," his fourth collaboration with writer/director Carl Reiner. He also won rave reviews for his portrayal of a demented dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors," his first association with director Frank Oz. In 1987, his motion picture "Roxanne" garnered warm audience response and a Best Actor award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association as well as the award for Best Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. Mr. Martin was also the executive producer of "Roxanne." Mr. Martin was selected as Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals 1988 Man of the Year and accepted the award in February, 1989 at the Cambridge, Massachusetts campus. Some of Mr. Martin's other films include the John Hughes comedy "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," co-starring John Candy and "Parenthood," which marked his first association with director Ron Howard and Imagine Entertainment. Mr. Martin also co-starred in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Michael Caine, which resulted in his second film with director Frank Oz. In 1991, Mr. Martin wrote, starred in and co-executive produced the critically acclaimed "L.A. Story," a motion picture abut a love story set in Los Angeles, which co-starred Victoria Tennant. Mr. Martin also starred in the hit Disney film "Father of the Bride," for which he received the People's Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a comedy Motion Picture. Additionally, Mr. Martin played a cameo appearance in "Grand Canyon" to both audiences and critical acclaim. Additionally, Mr. Martin starred in "Housesitter," opposite Goldie Hawn, in which he won - for the second year in a row - the People's Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a Comedy. In the fall of 1993, a production of Mr. Martin's first original play, a comedy drama entitled Picasso at the Lapin Agile, was presented by Chicago's prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre, where it inaugurated the facility's new third floor Studio Theatre. Following rave reviews and extended runs in Chicago, the play was presented successfully in Boston and Los Angeles and played off Broadway in New York at the Promenade Theatre to critical and audience acclaim. In 1996, Martin was honored at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival with a retrospective of his work by the American Film Institute's Third Decade Council, He was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony. He is soon to star in the movie version of Picasso at the Lapin Agile directed by Fred Schepsi. Taken from www.showgate.com |
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