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Biography for Steve Martin

ut footage from vintage thrillers. Martin was an egotistical brain surgeon nearly done in by vamp Kathleen Turner in The Man With Two Brains (1983). But he achieved a turning-point the following year in All of Me (1984), a clever comedy in which he had to act as if Lily Tomlin controlled half of his body! This skillful performance won him critical praise, a handful of awards, and genuine respect as a comic actor (It was also on that film that he met his future wife, Victoria Tennant.) Since then he has expanded his range, reining in his surrealistic comedic style to assume "straight" roles that rely on kinder and gentler humor. He was most affecting as a latter-day Cyrano de Bergerac in Roxanne (1987), which he wrote and helped produce. He made a believable if befuddled father in Parenthood (1989), and invaded Woody Allen territory with L.A. Story (1991), writing and starring in that quirky California counterpart to Allen's Manhattan In addition to Story and the aforementioned Father of the Bride 1991 saw the release of Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon in which Martin took a basically non-comedic part as a disaffected movie producer. No longer the "wild and crazy guy" of comic TV sketches, he made his New York stage debut in a celebrated production of "Waiting for Godot" in 1988 directed by Mike Nichols. He then took a Leap of Faith (1992) on screen, playing a phony evangelist; he was, as usual, entertaining to watch, but not entirely convincing. In 1993 he added a new credential to his resume, writing a play, "Picasso at the Lapine Agile." OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1984: The Lonely Guy 1985: Movers and Shakers 1986: ¡Three Amigos!, Little Shop of Horrors (as the paininflicting dentist); 1987: Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1988: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1990: My Blue Heaven 1993: And the Band Played On (made-for-TV); 1994: A Simple Twist of Fate (also wrote), Mixed Nuts.