Steve Martin

Steve Martin: Biography in Details

Who is Steve Martin?

Steve Martin is an American actor, author, comedian, and musician. He is famous for his works in the movies, ‘The Jerk’, ‘Father of the Bride’, etc.

Martin has won the Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among many other major honors throughout his career.

Steve Martin: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Steve Martin was born as Stephen Glenn Martin was born on August 14, 1945, in Waco, Texas, the US. As of 2021, his age is 75. He was born to parents Mary Lee (mother) and Glenn Vernon Martin (father). His father used to work as a real estate executive. He is one of his parents’ two children and has a sister named Melinda Martin.

During his teenage days, he sold guidebooks at Disneyland on weekends and summer breaks. Moreover, he also performed magic tricks at the Main Street Magic shop and eventually became very good at tricks and illusions.

Steve Martin spent his childhood days in Inglewood, California, and Garden Grove, California. His ethnicity is English, Scottish, Welsh, Scots-Irish, German and French descent.

In which school did Steve Martin attend?

Talking about his educational background, he attended Garden Grove High School. After completing his high school education, he attended the Santa Ana Junior College, where he took classes in drama and English poetry. After that, he went to State College in Long Beach, California where he studied philosophy.

In 1967, Steve Martin moved to The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and changed his major to theatre.

Steve Martin: Professional Life, Career

Steve Martin has had a very long career as an actor, comedian, author, and musician. After landing a job at ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967, he made appearances in ‘The Steve Allen Show’ and ‘The Virginia Graham’ Show’.

Martin started becoming a familiar comedy figure on TV with his appearances on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ and NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL).

Following his success in comedy, Steve Martin released the albums, ‘Let’s Get Small’, and ‘A Wild and Crazy Guy.

In 1978, Steve Martin landed a major role in the Beatles’ jukebox musical film, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. In 1979, he co-wrote and starred in ‘The Jerk’ which proved to be a huge hit and earned over $100 million at the box office.

Steve Martin appeared in more movies in the 80s including ‘All of Me’, ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles, ‘¡Three Amigos!’, ‘Seven Samurai’, ‘Grand Canyon, etc.

In the 200s, he was featured in several movies such as ‘Bringing Down the House’, ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ which also became a big commercial hit. He played the role of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the detective comedy film ‘The Pink Panther’, ‘The Pink Panther 2’, etc.

Steve Martin: Net Worth, Salary

Steve Martin has an estimated net worth of around $140 million as of 2023. He has earned a huge sum of money from his career as an actor, comedian, author, and musician.

In 1997, he paid $995,000 for a 4-bedroom home in Beverly Hills and sold the home for $2.22 million in 2019. Moreover, he also put his St. Barts villa for sale at around $11 million in 2013.

Is Steve Martin involved in any rumors and controversies?

In December 2013, Martin posted a controversial tweet that was labeled ‘racist’ by many people after which he immediately deleted and apologized. Steve had invited people to ask him grammar questions on Twitter.

Someone asked him “Is this how you spell lasonia?” to which he replied: “It depends. Are you in an African-American neighborhood or at an Italian restaurant?”

People thought he was making fun of African American names and implying that African-American restaurants can’t spell “lasagna.” However, he was quick to apologize and explained that the joke was not meant to be racist.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Steve Martin stands at a height of 6 feet and weighs around 74 kg. His hair color is blond and his eyes are blue in color.

Social Media

Steve Martin is active on social media sites. He has around 44.3k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Twitter account has over 8.6 million followers and his Facebook account has over 3.1 million followers.

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