Editing Steve Martin (section)

=== Acting career===
[[File:Steve Martin.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Martin in 1982]]

==== 1970s ====
By the end of the 1970s, Martin had acquired the kind of following normally reserved for rock stars, with his tour appearances typically occurring at sold-out arenas filled with tens of thousands of screaming fans. But unknown to his audience, stand-up comedy was "just an accident" for him; his real goal was to get into film.<ref name=RS/>

Martin had a small role in the 1972 film ''[[Another Nice Mess]]''. In 1974, he starred in the Canadian travelogue production ''The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada'', created to promote tourism in Montreal and Toronto, which also included standup segments filmed at the Ice House in Pasadena, California.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leeson |first1=Jef |year=2021 |title=The Funnier Side Of Eastern Canada |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390033|access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> His first substantial film appearance was in a [[short film|short]] titled ''[[The Absent-Minded Waiter]]'' (1977). The seven-minute-long film, also featuring [[Buck Henry]] and [[Teri Garr]], was written by and starred Martin. The film was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] as [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|''Best Short Film, Live Action'']]. He made his first substantial feature film appearance in the musical ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', where he sang [[The Beatles]]' "[[Maxwell's Silver Hammer]]".

In 1979, Martin starred in the comedy film ''[[The Jerk]]'', directed by [[Carl Reiner]], and written by Martin, Michael Elias, and [[Carl Gottlieb]]. The film was a huge success, grossing over $100&nbsp;million on a budget of approximately $4&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Brummel |year=2010 |title=The Jerk: That Movie About Hating Cans |url=http://chrisbrummel.com/the-jerk-that-movie-about-hating-cans |access-date=June 19, 2010 |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613211647/http://chrisbrummel.com/the-jerk-that-movie-about-hating-cans |archive-date=June 13, 2008 }}</ref>

[[Stanley Kubrick]] met with him to discuss the possibility of Martin starring in a screwball comedy version of ''[[Dream Story|Traumnovelle]]'' (Kubrick later changed his approach to the material, the result of which was 1999's ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]''). Martin was executive producer for ''Domestic Life'', a prime-time television series starring friend [[Martin Mull]], and a late-night series called ''Twilight Theater''. It emboldened Martin to try his hand at his first serious film, ''[[Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)|Pennies from Heaven]]'' (1981), based on the [[Pennies from Heaven (TV series)|1978 BBC serial]] by [[Dennis Potter]]. He was anxious to perform in the movie because of his desire to avoid being [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]]. To prepare for that film, Martin took acting lessons from director [[Herbert Ross]] and spent months learning how to [[tap dance]]. The film was a financial failure; Martin's comment at the time was "I don't know what to blame, other than it's me and not a comedy."<ref>''American film'' Volume 7. 1981. [[American Film Institute]], [[Arthur M. Sackler]] Foundation</ref>

==== 1980s ====
Martin was in three more Reiner-directed comedies after ''The Jerk'': ''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'' in 1982, ''[[The Man with Two Brains]]'' in 1983 and ''[[All of Me (1984 film)|All of Me]]'' in 1984, his most critically acclaimed performance up to that point.<ref>{{cite web|title=All of Me|website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000640-all_of_me/ |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/steve-martin-in-all-of-me.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624110612/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/steve-martin-in-all-of-me.html |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |title=Steve Martin in 'All of Me' |page=C6 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 21, 1984 |access-date=December 30, 2022 |url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carignano |first1=Tina |title=Martin and Tomlin Get Their Act Together in ''All of Me'' |url=https://archive.org/details/greyhound58loyo_1/page/8/ |access-date=September 7, 2022 |work=The Greyhound |publisher=[[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola College]] |via=Internet Archive Digital Library |date=September 21, 1984}}</ref> Martin was by now requesting almost $3&nbsp;million per film, but ''Plaid'' and ''Two Brains'' both failed at the box office like ''Pennies'', endangering his young career.<ref name="harmetz19830726">{{Cite news |last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean |author-link=Aljean Harmetz |date=July 26, 1983 |title=The Talk of Hollywood: At The Studios, Star Billing Means a Parking Space |page=C11 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/26/movies/talk-hollywood-studios-star-billing-means-parking-space-talk-hollywood.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524142748/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/26/movies/talk-hollywood-studios-star-billing-means-parking-space-talk-hollywood.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=June 16, 2022 |url-access=subscription |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1986, Martin joined fellow ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' veterans [[Martin Short]] and [[Chevy Chase]] in ''[[Three Amigos|¡Three Amigos!]]'', directed by [[John Landis]], and written by Martin, [[Lorne Michaels]], and singer-songwriter [[Randy Newman]]. It was originally entitled ''The Three [[Knight|Caballeros]]'' and Martin was to be teamed with [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[John Belushi]]. In 1986, Martin was in the movie musical [[Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)|film version]] of the hit [[Off-Broadway]] play [[Little Shop of Horrors (musical play)|''Little Shop of Horrors'']] (based on a famous [[The Little Shop of Horrors|B-movie]]), playing the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello. The film was the first of three films teaming Martin with [[Rick Moranis]]. In 1987, Martin joined comedian [[John Candy]] in the [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever| isbn=9781984826664 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjXgDwAAQBAJ| last1=Semlyen | first1=Nick de | date=May 26, 2020 | publisher=Crown }}</ref>'' That same year, Martin starred in ''[[Roxanne (film)|Roxanne]]'', the film adaptation of ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', which he co-wrote and won him a [[Writers Guild of America Award]]. It also garnered recognition from Hollywood and the public that he was more than a comedian. In 1988, he performed in the [[Frank Oz]] film ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]'', a remake of ''[[Bedtime Story (1964 film)|Bedtime Story]]'', alongside [[Michael Caine]]. Also in 1988, he appeared at the [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]] at Lincoln Center in a revival of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' directed by Mike Nichols.<ref>{{cite news| last=Gallo| first=Hank| date=December 15, 1988| title=Steve Martin leaves stand-up comedy behind, scans horizon for next role| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8t4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=6918%2C11039018| work=The Pittsburgh Press| access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> He played [[Vladimir (character)|Vladimir]], with [[Robin Williams]] as [[Estragon]] and [[Bill Irwin]] as Lucky. Martin starred in the [[Ron Howard]] film ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' with Rick Moranis in 1989.

==== 1990s ====
He later re-teamed with Moranis in the [[Italian-American Mafia|Mafia]] comedy ''[[My Blue Heaven (1990 American film)|My Blue Heaven]]'' (1990). In 1991, Martin starred in and wrote ''[[L.A. Story]]'', a romantic comedy, in which the female lead was played by his then-wife [[Victoria Tennant]]. Martin also appeared in [[Lawrence Kasdan]]'s ''[[Grand Canyon (1991 film)|Grand Canyon]]'', in which he played the tightly wound Hollywood film producer, Davis, who was recovering from a traumatic robbery that left him injured, which was a more serious role for him. Martin also starred in a remake of the comedy ''[[Father of the Bride (1991 film)|Father of the Bride]]'' in 1991 (followed by a [[Father of the Bride Part II|sequel]] in 1995) and in the 1992 comedy ''[[Housesitter]]'', with [[Goldie Hawn]] and [[Dana Delany]]. In 1994, he starred in ''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]''; a film adaptation of ''[[Silas Marner]]''.

In [[David Mamet]]'s 1997 thriller ''[[The Spanish Prisoner]]'', Martin played a darker role as a wealthy stranger who takes a suspicious interest in the work of a young businessman ([[Campbell Scott]]). In 1998, Martin guest starred with [[U2]] in the 200th episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' titled "[[Trash of the Titans]]", providing the voice for sanitation commissioner Ray Patterson, and also voiced Hotep in the animated film ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''.

In 1999, Martin and Hawn starred in a remake of the 1970 [[Neil Simon]] comedy, ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1999 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]'', and Martin went on to star with [[Eddie Murphy]] in the comedy ''[[Bowfinger]],'' which he also wrote. He also appeared in Disney's ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' to introduce the segment ''[[Pines of Rome]]'', along with [[Itzhak Perlman]].

==== 2000s ====
By 2003, Martin ranked fourth on the box office stars list, after starring in ''[[Bringing Down the House (film)|Bringing Down the House]]'' (2003) and ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)|Cheaper by the Dozen]]'' (2003), each of which earned over $130&nbsp;million at U.S. theaters. That same year, he also played the villainous Mr. Chairman in the animation/live action blend, ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''. In 2005, Martin wrote and starred in ''[[Shopgirl]]'', based on his own novella (2000), and starred in ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]''. In 2006, he starred in the box office hit ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', as the bumbling [[Inspector Clouseau]]. He reprised the role in 2009's ''[[The Pink Panther 2]]''. When combined, the two films grossed over $230&nbsp;million at the box office.

In the comedy ''[[Baby Mama (film)|Baby Mama]]'' (2008), starring [[Tina Fey]] and [[Amy Poehler]], Martin played the founder of a health food company. Martin also appeared as a guest star in ''[[30 Rock (TV series)|30 Rock]]'' as Gavin Volure in the episode [[Gavin Volure]]. He was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]]. The following year he starred in [[Nancy Meyers]]' romantic comedy ''[[It's Complicated (film)|It's Complicated]]'' (2009), opposite [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Alec Baldwin]]. In 2009, an article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed Martin as one of the best actors never to receive an Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite news|last=Singer |first=Leigh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars |title=Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 19, 2009|access-date=November 13, 2011 |location=London}}</ref>

==== 2010s ====
[[File:Steve Martin presenting the Individual Peabody Award to David Letterman at the 75th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|right|Martin with [[David Letterman]] at the [[Peabody Awards]] in 2016]]
During the 2010s, Martin sparsely appeared in film and television. In 2011, he appeared with [[Jack Black]], [[Owen Wilson]], and [[JoBeth Williams]] in the birdwatching comedy ''[[The Big Year]]'' directed by [[David Frankel]]. The film was criticized for its lightweight story and was a box office bomb. After a three-year hiatus, Martin returned in 2015 when he voiced a role in the [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks]] animated film [[Home (2015 animated film)|''Home'']] alongside [[Jim Parsons]] and [[Rihanna]]. The film received mixed critical reception but was a financial success. In 2016, he played a supporting role in [[Ang Lee]]'s war drama ''[[Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)|Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk]]''. He also appeared as himself in [[Jerry Seinfeld]]'s Netflix series ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]'' in 2016. He also appeared in the taped version of ''[[Oh, Hello|Oh, Hello on Broadway]]'' (2017) as the guest. He also starred in the [[Netflix]] comedy special ''An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life'' with [[Martin Short]] in 2018.

==== 2020s ====
In 2020, Martin reprised his role as George Banks in the short ''[[Father of the Bride (franchise)#Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish) (2020)|Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish)]]''. Martin is an executive producer of ''[[Only Murders in the Building]]'', a [[Hulu]] comedy series in which he stars with [[Martin Short]] and [[Selena Gomez]], and which he created alongside [[John Robert Hoffman|John Hoffman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/steve-martin-martin-short-comedy-series-dan-fogelman-hulu-1202833557/|title=Steve Martin & Martin Short Comedy Series From Dan Fogelman Ordered By Hulu |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=January 17, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/selena-gomez-steve-martin-martin-short-hulu-only-murders-in-the-building-1234728682/|title=Selena Gomez Joins Steve Martin, Martin Short in Hulu Comedy 'Only Murders in the Building'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=August 7, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> In August 2022, Martin revealed that the series will likely be his final role, as he does not intend to seek out roles or cameos for other shows or films once the series ends.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/steve-martin-will-not-pursue-new-roles-after-only-murders-in-the-building/|title=Steve Martin Will Not Pursue New Roles After 'Only Murders In The Building' Ends|website=Collider|last=Echebiri|first=Makuochi|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref>