History Creator / SteveMartin

** In RealLife, he also qualifies; his wife, Anne Stringfield, is a whopping ''27'' years younger than him, and they even has a daughter with her.

* CatchPhrase: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANvYB93u2g Well EXCUUUUUUUUSE ME!]]" for a while there during his stand-up days.

* ‘’Film/TheMuppetMovie’’ (1979)

* SmallNameBigEgo: Since the beginning, his stage persona has been someone who genuinely believes he's the funniest, most talented performer ever whether or not the audience agrees with him (this was initially to combat stage fright). It eventually evolved into [[ItsAllAboutMe total arrogance]], with a never-ending supply of backhanded compliments.

Martin is a [[HiddenDepths surprisingly deep guy;]] he has a degree in philosophy. He has done a significant amount of writing, not only penning screenplays for some of his best movies (''LA Story'', ''Roxanne'', ''Bowfinger'') but also stage plays (''Picasso at the Lapin Agile'') and novellas (''Shop Girl'', ''The Pleasure of My Company''.) He is also the owner of one of southern California's finest private collections of modern art--and it has been implied by many, including Martin, that [[MoneyDearBoy expanding his collection]] is the motivation behind his taking such roles as ''Bringing Down the House'' and ''The Pink Panther''.

* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]]No, he wasn't the lead singer of the BaroquePop band The Left Banke back in TheSixties, even though he is an accomplished musician.
** Nor was he in the American footage from ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Godzilla: King of the Monsters!]]''.

* ''Film/Fantasia2000'' (2000)

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: His OneHitWonder song "King Tut" uses the rhyme "''Born in Arizona'' [=/=] ''Moved to Babylonia''" which is a great rhyme, though UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}} was neither born in Arizona nor ever went to Babylonia.

* ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen'' (2003)

* ''Cheaper by the Dozen 2'' (2005)

He was never a cast member of ''SNL'' ([[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer a common misconception]])--he was a cast member on Lorne Michaels' failed ABC prime-time sketch series ''The New Show'', but was a frequent host on ''SNL'' (joining several other actors who have frequently hosted the show and are considered just as good as -- if not better than -- whoever the current cast members are, such as Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Buck Henry, and Drew Barrymore). Martin has guest-hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' 15 times. When he made his 11th appearance in 1989, he surpassed Buck Henry as the most frequent host in the history of the show, a title he held for 22 years until Creator/AlecBaldwin overtook him in 2011 with 16. Martin still became very close with several of the cast members, including Creator/GildaRadner. On the day Radner died from ovarian cancer in 1989, Martin was to host ''SNL''; after introducing a video clip of him and Radner appearing in a 1978 sketch, he became [[ManlyTears overcome with grief and started to cry.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much every character he plays. Few actors can sell barbed comments and acidic wit as well as Martin. He's also one in real life, albeit not nearly as caustic as many of his characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'' (2014)

* ReclusiveArtist: Rarely, if ever, signs autographs, instead handing out cards that read "This is irrefutable proof that you met me and think I'm a great guy." [[note]]In his youth, Creator/JuddApatow wrote to Martin asking for an autograph, but was turned down. Apatow wrote back, angrily demanding his autograph and received a signed photo which read "[[SarcasmMode Sorry]], I didn't realize I was speaking to ''[[SmallNameBigEgo the]]'' [[SmallNameBigEgo Judd Apatow]]."[[/note]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The TV special ''Comedy Is Not Pretty'' (1980) has a short film of Martin acting out the entire storyline from Marty Robbins' song "El Paso" -- with all of the other characters played by chimps!

These days he’s mostly retired from acting to focus on his music. He doesn’t actively pursue any new roles but will take the right one should it come along. However, his most prominent role in recent years ended up coming from himself when he co-created ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' with John Hoffman; the show is his first series regular gig.

* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' (2021)

These days he’s mostly retired from acting to focus on his music. He doesn’t actively pursue any new roles but will take the right one should it come along.

Steve Martin is a [[HiddenDepths surprisingly deep guy;]] he has a degree in philosophy. He has done a significant amount of writing, not only penning screenplays for some of his best movies (''LA Story'', ''Roxanne'', ''Bowfinger'') but also stage plays (''Picasso at the Lapin Agile'') and novellas (''Shop Girl'', ''The Pleasure of My Company''.) He is also the owner of one of southern California's finest private collections of modern art--and it has been implied by many, including Martin, that [[MoneyDearBoy expanding his collection]] is the motivation behind his taking such roles as ''Bringing Down the House'' and ''The Pink Panther''.