''The Big Year'' follows three men who are drawn into a vortex of competition, driven to outdo one another in a ruthless yearlong quest for supremacy in a difficult, all-consuming enterprise. They travel North America by foot, bicycle, helicopter and rental car, from the Everglades to the Aleutians, their journeys (and the movie) propelled by an...
To the Editor: Re ''The Art of Interruption'' (Op-Ed, Dec. 5): Since when does a man with as storied and successful a career as Steve Martin have to apologize for discussing his current book and not his career to an apparently ungrateful audience at the 92nd Street Y? With the career résumé that Mr. Martin possesses, he should be able to sit...
LAST Monday, at the 92nd Street Y in New York, I took part in a conversation about a novel I had written. The book is set in the art world, and my conversation partner was Deborah Solomon, an art scholar and a writer for this newspaper, as well as a friend. Some years ago, she and I had conducted a similar conversation in Washington to discuss my...
Steve Martin (født 14. august 1945 i Waco, Texas, USA) er en amerikansk skuespiller, manuskriptforfatter og producer. Han er især kendt som komisk skuespiller i en lang række familiefilm. Han startede sin karriere som underholder til børnefødselsdage, inden han brød igennem som standup-komiker, og han har også skrevet manuskript til flere af sine film.
Han har blandt andet skrevet romanerne Mit behagelige selskab (dansk, 2004) og Shopgirl (engelsk, 2000).
Steve Martin har medvirket i følgende film: