The Many Lives of Steve Martin: Comedy, Banjos and Film

Steve Martin has been making people laugh long before his hair turned white (which happened in his mid-30s, by the way). Martin is what I like to call a quadruple threat: He’s a talented actor, writer, stand-up comedian, and musician, and has been for decades. The funny man whom we can’t help but love (just think of Father of the Bride) hit the fame and fortune jackpot when he started doing skits on Saturday Night Live.

A portrait of Steve Martin / Reese Witherspoon, Steve Martin, and Anne Stringfield posing at an event / Steve Martin as a mad scientist holding a fake brain / Bernadette Peters and Steve Martin posing together at an event in 1980 / Steve Martin and Chevy Chase posing together / Victoria Tennet and Steve Martin sitting together at an event circa 1970

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He then went on to star in The Jerk and ¡Three Amigos! among many other films. But he hasn’t been on our screens as much lately, and he has a few good reasons for it. The 75-year-old only became a father in the last decade and has lots of side projects, including his band, the Steep Canyon Rangers. Steve Martin has many tricks up his sleeve (and by tricks I mean talents), so it’s high time we celebrate them.

These are the many lives of Steve Martin.

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