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  • 1. Stephen Glenn Martin
    • Made by:
  • Merily Meedla, Sandra Jrv, Hedvig Lillo
  • Teacher:
  • Estra Tnisson

2. Biography

  • Stephen Glenn Martin
  • Height: 6' (1.83 m)
  • Born: 14 August 1945 in Waco, Texas
  • Best Known As: Comic star of The Jerk and Saturday Night Live

3. Early life

  • the son of Mary Lee Martin and Glenn Vernon Martin
  • a real estate salesman and an aspiring actor
  • raised in Garden Grove, California
  • Irish, Scottish and English descent
  • first job was at Disneyland

4. Interesting facts

  • vegetarian
  • he has been involved with famous artists
  • His first film was short,The-Absent-Minded Waiter,the seven-minute long film

5. Marries

  • he was married to actress Victoria Tennant (1986 until 1994)
  • on July 28, 2007, Martin married Anne Stringfield (at the picture)

6. Movie career

  • first film was a short, The Absent-Minded Waiter
  • first feature film appearance was in the musicalSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Martin co-wrote and starred in his first full-length movie,The Jerk
  • The Pink Panther

7. The Jerk

  • Steve Martins first starring role in a feature film
  • Total Filmmagazine votedThe Jerkthe 48th greatest comedy film of all time
  • #20 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies
  • #89 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Vp9fQ616k

  • The Jerk

9. The Pink Panther

  • a family comedy film
  • a reboot of the popular comedy series
  • it was panned by critics and holds a 24% score on Rotten Tomatoes

10. Awards

  • Pennies from Heaven1981Golden Globe
  • All of Me 1984Golden Globe
  • All of Me1984New York Film Critics Circle
  • Roxanne1986L.A. Film Critics Association
  • Parenthood1989Golden Globe
  • Father of the Bride II1995Golden Globe

11. Steve's q uotes

  • The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
  • What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
  • What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats . . . or skinny.

12. Used literature

  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000188/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin
  • http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Martin
  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000188/bio
  • Pictures
  • www.google.com