Steve MartinFilmography

Born:: August 14, 1945 in Waco, TX
Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter
Biography:: Working as a Disneyland concessionaire in his teens, comedian Steve Martin's first experiences in entertainment were of the party performer variety -- he picked up skills in juggling, tap-dancing, sleight of hand, and balloon sculpting, among other things. He later attended U.C.L.A., where he...Read More

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It's Complicated

Actors: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, John Krasinski

Synopsis: An aged, divorced mother becomes "the other woman" in her ex-husband's life when the pair enters into an unexpected affair during an out-of-town trip. Jane (Meryl Streep) has been divorced from Jake (Alec Baldwin) for a decade. The mother of three grown children, she owns a successful Santa Read More

12/25/09
The Pink Panther 2

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina

Synopsis: Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin returns to the role made famous by Peter Sellers in this high-concept sequel to the 2006 comedy hit The Pink Panther. The world's most valuable treasures are being stolen. The legendary Pink Panther Diamond is the latest to disappear, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese Read More

2/6/09
From Zero to Sixty

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton

Synopsis: Father of the Bride co-stars Steve Martin and Diane Keaton re-team in this comedy from a pitch by Martin for Paramount Pictures. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
Traitor

Crew: Executive Producer, Screen Story

Actors: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Aly Khan

Synopsis: An undercover CIA agent within a terrorist cell is marked as a terrorist suspect by the FBI in Overture Films' upcoming thriller Traitor. Don Cheadle produces and stars in the film as the operative under Guy Pearce's investigation. Based on an idea by Steve Martin, the film is written and directed Read More

8/27/08
Baby Mama

Actors: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco

Synopsis: Former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" co-anchors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-star in this baby-fever comedy about a single, career-oriented woman who previously put parenthood on hold, and is forced to hire a surrogate mother when she discovers there is only a one-in-a-million chance that Read More

4/25/08
Edward Hopper

Synopsis: Edward Hopper qualifies as one of the most enduring of 20th century artists -- to such a degree that his images of domestic America (from the wolf-hour urban corner bar of "Nighthawks" to the sunlight-bleached storefront of "Summertime") are now part and parcel of American iconography. Actor and Read More

2007
Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories

Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Martin Luther King Jr.

Synopsis: Per its title, the compilation release Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories serves up a collection of nostalgic clips from the popular talk program The Mike Douglas Show. Featured guests include Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Steve Martin and a young Billy Crystal. ~ Nathan Read More

2007
The Pink Panther

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny

Synopsis: The world's most inept detective returns to the screen in this modern slapstick comedy. France's come-from-behind victory in the World Cup soccer championships turns tragic when the team's coach, Yves Gulant (Jason Statham), is murdered during a post-game celebration. Gulant's girlfriend, pop star Read More

2/10/06
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [13]

Actors: Steve Martin, Prince

Synopsis: This 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Prince. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Actors: Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling

Synopsis: The jumbo-sized Baker family are back in this sequel to the 2003 box-office hit Cheaper by the Dozen. College football coach Tom Baker (Steve Martin) and his wife, author Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt), have decided its time they took their sizable brood of 12 children on a summer vacation, and so they Read More

12/21/05
Shopgirl

Crew: Book Author, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Samuel Bottoms

Synopsis: Steve Martin wrote the screenplay and served as co-producer for this screen adaptation of his short novel, which takes a witty but bittersweet look at a young woman and the two men involved with her. Mirabelle Buttersfield (Claire Danes) is an aspiring artist in her mid-twenties who, after Read More

10/21/05
Jiminy Glick in La La Wood

Actors: Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins

Synopsis: The world's most obnoxious celebrity talk-show host demonstrates how he rose to mediocrity in this pungent show business satire. Jiminy Glick (Martin Short) is a corpulent entertainment reporter who is looking to kick his career into high gear. Hoping to snag some celebrity interviews, Jiminy and Read More

5/6/05
Cheaper by the Dozen

Actors: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff

Synopsis: Shawn Levy directs the family-oriented comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, a loose remake of the 1950 film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, which was itself based on a novel. Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt) have made many sacrifices in their professional lives in order to raise their Read More

12/25/03
Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear, Joan Cusack

Synopsis: In a land where cartoon characters and flesh-and-blood people work side by side, one little black duck lands in a big pot of trouble in this comedy, which brings the beloved Looney Tunes characters into the real world. Daffy Duck (voice of Joe Alaskey) has grown tired of his status as Warner Read More

11/14/03
Bringing Down the House

Actors: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Jean Smart

Synopsis: A man looking for a woman just like himself ends up with someone quite different in this farcical comedy. Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a lawyer who is having trouble getting his life back on track after his wife, Kate (Jean Smart), divorces him; he's also adjusting to his new status as a Read More

3/7/03
100 Years of Hope & Humor

Actors: Bob Hope, Jane Pauley

Synopsis: Taped approximately six weeks before the 100th birthday of comedy legend Bob Hope, this elaborate (and highly-rated) TV "love letter" to "Old Ski Nose" is hosted by former Today Show anchor Jane Pauley. The special covers the familiar biographical ground, tracing British-born Leslie Townes Hope Read More

2003
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

Actors: Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Rikki Fataar, John Halsey

Synopsis: Monty Python-alum Eric Idle directs and stars in this sequel to his 1978 mockumentary, The Rutles. It's decades later and the Rutles are embarking on their final reunion tour. Along for the ride is S.J. Krammerhead (Idle) who, just like in the first film, interviews several notable celebrities who Read More

2003
Novocaine

Actors: Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Scott Caan

Synopsis: In this darkly comic film noir from writer/director David Atkins, Steve Martin revisits dentistry -- an occupation he'd explored 15 years prior, in the camp musical Little Shop of Horrors. Novocaine casts Martin as a much more mild-mannered D.D.S., Dr. Frank Sangster. Engaged to a prim and Read More

11/16/01
The Downer Channel [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Jeff Bryan Davis, Lance Krall, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kevin Schmidt, Wanda Sykes

2001
Art: 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Program 3 - Identity

Synopsis: This PBS documentary is episode one of a four-part series which examines the visual arts in contemporary America by interviewing some of the country's foremost artists and showcasing their work. This volume asks the important question: who are we? Beyond the core of the unchangeable universal Read More

2001
Remember the Titans

Actors: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst

Synopsis: A high school football coach finds himself fighting for stakes much higher than the State Championship in this drama based on actual events. In 1971, a court order forces three high schools in Alexandria, Virginia (two white, one African-American), to integrate their student bodies and faculties Read More

9/29/00
Joe Gould's Secret

Actors: Ian Holm, Marc Alan Austen, Stanley Tucci, Andrei Belgrader, Patricia Clarkson, Ted Blumberg, Hope Davis, Harry Bugin, Nell Campbell, Steve Martin

Synopsis: This historical comedy-drama is based on the true story of Joe Gould, a bohemian eccentric who was a fixture in New York's Greenwich Village from his arrival in 1916 to his death in 1964. Gould, who claimed to be a graduate of Harvard, would cadge drinks and subsist on catsup as he regaled patrons Read More

4/7/00
Fantasia 2000

Actors: Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Teller, Penn Jillette, James Levine, Angela Lansbury, Leopold Stokowski

Synopsis: Initially released to IMAX theaters at the crescendo of millennial fever and 60 years after the original Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 was meant to revitalize Walt Disney's goal of a constantly evolving film, with new segments replacing old ones with each re-release. Only The Sorcerer's Apprentice Read More

1/1/00
Bowfinger

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy

Synopsis: A group of wanna-be filmmakers and actors concocts a scheme to make a movie with a major star without having to pay him in this comedy. Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) has struggled for years to make it in Hollywood with no real success; he's convinced that he has to make his big break soon or it Read More

8/13/99
The Out-of-Towners

Actors: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Mark McKinney, John Cleese, Oliver Hudson

Synopsis: When Frank Sinatra sang "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere, it's up to you, New York!" he probably didn't have the same odds in mind that line up against Henry and Nancy Clark in The Out-Of-Towners. Henry (Steve Martin) is an advertising man from Ohio who runs his life on an exacting Read More

4/2/99
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Laughs

Synopsis: Like it or not, for 25 years, Saturday Night Live has graced our living rooms on Saturday nights. The show has gone through changes and ups and downs in its 25 year run and has become a breeding ground for many talented comics who use its stage as a trampoline to stardom. This side-achingly funny Read More

1999
The Venice Project

Actors: Lauren Bacall, Dennis Hopper, Linus Roache, Ben Cross, Stuart Townsend

Synopsis: In this witty drama, the future of art is examined from two vantage points: the years 1699 and 1999. Roland (Dennis Hopper) is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister, Countess Camilla Volta (Lauren Bacall), lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father, The Read More

1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin

Actors: Steve Martin

Synopsis: Although never an actual cast member, Steve Martin is often thought of as one of the quintessential performers on Saturday Night Live. This video combines over a dozen of his most famous skits. Included in the collection is a performance of "King Tut," the classic Jeopardy 1999 routine, and the James Bond Read More

1999
The Prince of Egypt

Actors: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum

Synopsis: Dreamworks Pictures has taken the biblical story of Exodus, put it into cartoon form, and released it on the big screen as an epic animated feature. The Prince of Egypt tells the story of Moses releasing the Jews from Egyptian slavery under the hand of the evil pharaoh Rameses. Think of The Ten Commandments Read More

12/18/98
The Simpsons: Trash of The Titans

Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

Synopsis: Looking to boost sales, Costington's Department Store invents a new holiday, Love Day, which prompts Springfield residents to buy one another gifts such as "Sir Loves-A-Lot, the bear who loves to love." However, all those boxes and wrapping paper mean plenty of trash, and Homer Simpson (voice of Read More

1998
Steve Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration

Actors: Steve Allen, Bill Maher

1997
The Spanish Prisoner

Actors: Sandy Martin, Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin, Ricky Jay, Ben Gazzara

Synopsis: Writer-director David Mamet crafted this unusual, Hitchcockian thriller in which no one is who they appear to be. Campbell Scott is Joe Ross, who has just created a "process" that stands to make his company and his boss, Klein (Ben Gazzara), millions of dollars. At a clandestine meeting in the Read More

1997
Sgt. Bilko

Actors: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Glenne Headly, Daryl Mitchell

Synopsis: The classic 1955-59 sitcom The Phil Silvers Show (also known as "You'll Never Get Rich" in its first few episodes) became this high concept comedy with an all-star cast. Steve Martin stars as U.S. Army Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko, a conniving motor pool supervisor who uses his position to Read More

1996
Father of the Bride II

Actors: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern

Synopsis: Just as the original 1950 version of Father of the Bride spawned a sequel, so did the 1991 remake; like its counterpart four decades earlier, this story concerns a father who learns that his anxieties are just beginning after his daughter takes the big walk down the aisle. George Banks (Steve Martin Read More

1995
The Best of Saturday Night Live: The Coneheads

1994
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [12]

Actors: Steve Martin, Eric Clapton

Synopsis: This 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Eric Clapton. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
A Simple Twist of Fate

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Alana Austin

Synopsis: Steve Martin produced, wrote, and starred in this modernized adaptation of the George Eliot novel Silas Marner. Martin is miserly small-town hermit Michael McCann, who hoards his wealth in the form of a rare coin collection. When his coins are stolen, McCann is ruined, but then he discovers an Read More

1994
Mixed Nuts

Actors: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Rita Wilson

Synopsis: A holiday comedy with dark overtones, Mixed Nuts presents a supposedly humorous look at the behind-the-scenes events at a crisis hotline on Christmas Eve. Philip (Steve Martin) runs Lifesavers, a Venice, California organization dedicated to helping the depressed and troubled. Unfortunately, Philip Read More

1994
The Best of Saturday Night Live: Hosted by Steve Martin

1993
And the Band Played On

Actors: Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston, Alan Alda, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin

Synopsis: The late journalist Randy Shilts' best-selling book on the burgeoning AIDS crisis was adapted for cable TV by Arnold Schulman. In 1981, researchers begin discerning a mysterious new disease that apparently affects only homosexual males (or so they thought at that time). Working independently, and Read More

1993
Leap of Faith

Actors: Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson, Lukas Haas

Synopsis: Steve Martin has one of his best roles in Leap Of Faith as Jonas Nightengale, a high-tech faith healer and revival preacher who takes pride in the money he squeezes out of people, convincing himself that he can't deliver hope, but "I give my people a good show." As the film begins, Nightengale's Read More

12/18/92
Housesitter

Actors: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy from director Frank Oz, Steve Martin plays Boston architect Newton Davis, an impulsive dreamer who builds a bucolic dream home for his girlfriend (Dana Delany) as a means of proposing to her -- only she turns him down. Three months later, the depressed Davis meets a Read More

6/12/92
Grand Canyon

Actors: Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard

Synopsis: Director Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon is a gathering of random events, uniting the film's wildly divergent protagonists. Driving home from an LA Lakers game, Mack (Kevin Kline), an immigration attorney, is stranded in an unsavory part of town when his car breaks down. He is rescued from a gang Read More

12/25/91
Father of the Bride

Actors: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern

Synopsis: Steve Martin stars in this remake of the 1950 Vincente Minnelli classic as shoe executive George Banks, whose happily married existence hits a bump when he greets his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams), home from a semester studying in Europe. She tells her father that she is engaged to be Read More

12/20/91
L.A. Story

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker

Synopsis: Steve Martin wrote and stars in this look at the promise and dreamtime of Los Angeles culture. Martin stars as Harris K. Telemacher, a light-hearted television weatherman who does wacky comedy in lieu of reports since, being in L.A., he has very little weather to report. He spends his time Read More

2/8/91
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [11]

Actors: Steve Martin, James Taylor

Synopsis: This 1991 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest James Taylor. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
My Blue Heaven

Actors: Jesse Bradford, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Melanie Mayron, Carol Kane

Synopsis: Herbert Ross directed this Nora Ephron-scripted buddy comedy starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. Steve Martin plays Vinnie Antonelli, a street smart mobster who agrees to turn state's evidence and is forced to move to Fryburg, California as part of the witness relocation program. Rick Moranis Read More

8/17/90
Parenthood

Actors: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Jr., Rick Moranis

Synopsis: This feel-good ensemble comedy tracks a quartet of suburban siblings and their families over the course of a single summer. Hardworking Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) and his stay-at-home wife, Karen (Mary Steeenburgen), have just a few months to help their oldest son, Kevin (Jasen Fisher), overcome Read More

8/2/89
Monty Python's Parrot Sketch Not Included - 20 Years of Python

Synopsis: This is a retrospective of the British comedy troupe on their 20th anniversary. Hosted by comedian Steve Martin, many of the group's most famous routines are showcased. Included are such gems as the Spam diner, the lingerie-clad lumberjacks, and the officials from the Ministry of Silly Walks. Read More

1989
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [10]

Actors: Steve Martin, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Synopsis: This 1989 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
The Best of Gilda Radner

Synopsis: Within a single year, Gilda Radner rose from talented but obscure improv comedienne to "America's Sweetheart" thanks to NBC's Saturday Night Live. The 60-minute video The Best of Gilda Radner is culled from SNL's vintage years, 1975 to 1980. Included are such beloved Radner creations as Roseanne Read More

1989
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Actors: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris

Synopsis: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a remake of the 1964 film farce Bedtime Story. Steve Martin and Michael Caine take over the roles originally played by Marlon Brando and David Niven: two international con artists, plying their trade on gullible wealthy women up and down the Riviera. Martin and Caine vie Read More

12/14/88
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Actors: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, William Windom, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon

Synopsis: Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than Hughes' Home Alone. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed Read More

11/25/87
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [9]

Actors: Steve Martin, Sting

Synopsis: This 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Sting. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Roxanne

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Michael J. Pollard, Damon Wayans

Synopsis: This modernization of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac casts Steve Martin as C. D. Bates, the fearless, quick-witted fire chief of a Washington State resort town. Bates' most trusted fireman is the handsome but tongue-tied Chris McDonell (Rick Rossovich). Both men are in love with the beautiful Read More

1987
Little Shop of Horrors

Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs

Synopsis: It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Finally in 1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1960) graduated into a multimillion-dollar, all-star film musical. Rick Moranis Read More

12/19/86
Three Amigos!

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Patrice Martinez, Alfonso Arau

Synopsis: This slapstick farce features Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short), as three silent movie cowboy stars who get the axe from their Hollywood studio. Just at that opportune moment, a woman named Carmen (Patrice Martinez) asks them to come to her Read More

12/12/86
Saturday Night Live: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short

Actors: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Randy Newman

Synopsis: This 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short and features musical guest Randy Newman. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
The Best of Dan Aykroyd

Synopsis: The Best of Dan Aykroyd is a 60-minute compilation of highlights from the first five years of TV's Saturday Night Live. As indicated by the title, the emphasis is on the multitalented Dan Aykroyd. Arguably, Aykroyd's most memorable solo routine is his glib-tongued "Bass-o-matic" pitch; the Read More

1986
History of White People in America, Vol. 1

Synopsis: Comedian Martin Mull's seminal mockumentary concerns the mundane trials and banal tribulations of a gaggle of Ohio suburbanites. All the hallmarks of middle-American culture are skewered: religion, excessive use of dairy products, crime, and family bickering. The cast includes Mull, Mary Kay Read More

1985
Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985
Movers and Shakers

Actors: Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Tyne Daly, Bill Macy

Synopsis: The "movers and shakers" in this weak comedy limned by Charles Grodin do not refer to a religious sect, but the big-wigs in Hollywood who determine how the next many millions are to be spent. Two parallel stories occupy center stage. On the one hand, Joe Mulholland (Walter Matthau) has made a Read More

1985
All of Me

Actors: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini

Synopsis: On her deathbed, mean-spirited millionairess Lily Tomlin has her will amended so that her soul will pass into the body of young, healthy Victoria Tennant. Thanks to a mix-up in transmutation, Tomlin winds up instead trapped in the body of upright (and uptight) attorney Steve Martin. The plot Read More

1984
The Lonely Guy

Actors: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass

Synopsis: In a comedy as flat as the cardboard cut-outs of movie stars that appear in one scene, Steve Martin plays Larry Hubbard, a wild and lonely guy who has been dumped by his girlfriend. Since misery loves company, he takes up with Warren, a fellow Lonely Guy (Charles Grodin), and eventually both Read More

1984
The Man with Two Brains

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, Richard Brestoff

Synopsis: Steve Martin and Carl Reiner concoct one of Martin's best comic vehicles with Martin playing the world's top brain surgeon, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr -- he ought to know, he said so himself. Hfuhruhurr pioneered the radical new cranial screw-top technique, but he grieves over the untimely death of Read More

1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner, George Gaynes

Synopsis: In this post-modernist exercise, star/writer Steve Martin and director Carl Reiner spoof the film noir yarns of the '40s with Martin playing gumshoe Rigby Reardon, who interacts with a legion of Hollywood greats -- including Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Edward Arnold, Barbara Stanwyck Read More

1982
Pennies from Heaven

Actors: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper

Synopsis: Adapted from Dennis Potter's landmark British TV miniseries and relocated to the United States during the Depression, Pennies from Heaven dramatizes how popular songs both shaped and reflected the thoughts of people living through economic (and emotional) hardship. Arthur Parker (Steve Martin) is Read More

1981
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [8]

Actors: Steve Martin, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Synopsis: This 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Paul & Linda McCartney. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1980
The Jerk

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward

Synopsis: Carl Reiner directs Steve Martin (who co-wrote the script with Carl Gottlieb) in this gag-laden comedy about an idiotic white man, raised by a poor family of black sharecroppers, who doesn't realize he's not black. Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) is told the horrible truth when he finds himself Read More

1979
The Who: The Kids Are Alright

Actors: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon

Synopsis: The classic rock group The Who are featured in this 1979 documentary about the career of the group. It is enhanced by rare footage of the performers, including a television interview with the later-deceased Keith Moon. Highlights include footage from many of the band's early performances. Among Read More

1979
Steve Martin Live!

Synopsis: Culled from a 1979 comedy concert, this sampling of the Wild and Crazy Guy at his wildest and craziest may be familiar to his older fans, but is well worth another go-round. "Happy Feet," "King Tut," the arrows and the bunny ears are all in attendance; by this time, Martin's catchphrase and stock Read More

1979
The Muppet Movie

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have embarked on a quest for stardom. They take a trip to Hollywood, riding in or on a wide variety of vehicles along the way. They begin their journey on a bicycle pedalled by Read More

1979
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [7]

Actors: Steve Martin, Blondie

Synopsis: This 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Blondie. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [6]

Actors: Steve Martin, Van Morrison

Synopsis: This 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Van Morrison. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Actors: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Frankie Howerd

Synopsis: Pop star Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees star in this musical, loosely based on the popular 1967 Beatles album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the story, Billy Shears, who now heads the Lonely Hearts Club Band, is the grandson of the famous Sergeant Pepper. He is confronted by the Read More

1978
Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Steve Martin, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash

Synopsis: This installment in the series of Christmas specials that, for a time, were a tradition for the legendary Man in Black features musician Johnny Cash performing songs such as "Christmas Can't Be Far Away," and "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen." The special also features special appearances by Kris Read More

1978
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [4]

Actors: Steve Martin, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Synopsis: This 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guests Randy Newman and the Dirt Band. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [5]

Actors: Steve Martin, The Blues Brothers

Synopsis: This 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest the Blues Brothers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [2]

Actors: Steve Martin, The Kinks

Synopsis: This 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest The Kinks. A highlight is an installment of Martin's famous skit with Dan Aykroyd, "Two Wild and Crazy Guys." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Absent Minded Waiter

Crew: Screenwriter

1977
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [3]

Actors: Steve Martin, Jackson Browne

Synopsis: This 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Jackson Browne. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [1]

Actors: Steve Martin, Kinky Friedman

Synopsis: This 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live is Steve Martin's first guest-host appearance on the popular sketch comedy series. Martin sings "King Tut" and appears with Dan Aykroyd as "two wild and crazy guys," and there is also a song performed by the Blues Brothers. The musical guest is Kinky Read More

1976
The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada with Steve Martin

Actors: Steve Martin

Synopsis: An early Steve Martin TV special. The excuuuse-me comedian takes a trip to eastern Canada, lunching at a French restaurant, visiting Toronto's city hall, performing magic tricks, playing the banjo, and juggling. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1974

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