Steve Martin
Steve Martin is an American comedian, actor, and writer who rose to fame in the 1970s with absurdist stand-up comedy featuring arrow-through-the-head props and "wild and crazy guy" personas.
He transitioned to film with comedies like *The Jerk* and *Roxanne*, later pursuing serious roles, banjo playing, and fiction writing.
His work spans lowbrow physical comedy to sophisticated wit: He's got Steve Martin energy—goofy but somehow also intellectual.
Solo comedic performance
- Saturday Night LiveWeekly late-night sketch program
- humorAmusing quality
- witClever, inventive humor
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
arrow through head · monologue · sketch · observational · deadpan · slapstick · parody · King Tut
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- clawhammerHammer with nail-pulling fork
- GrammyRecording achievement trophy
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
Americana · instrumental · acoustic · virtuoso · plucking · twang · jam session · folk
Movie or coating
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- RoxanneFemale given name
- BowfingerBroke Hollywood hustler
- All of MeOne's complete being
Three Amigos · Shopgirl · performance · role · leading man · physical comedy · arrow through head · white suit
Female retail employee
- novellaShort fictional book
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- New YorkerResident of a major metropolis
essays · memoir · humorist · satire · wordplay · wit · storyteller · adaptation
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
- Saturday Night LiveWeekly late-night sketch program
- humorAmusing quality
- witClever, inventive humor
absurdist · arrow through head · monologue · sketch · observational · deadpan · slapstick · parody · King Tut · gag
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- clawhammerHammer with nail-pulling fork
- GrammyRecording achievement trophy
resonator · Americana · instrumental · acoustic · virtuoso · plucking · twang · jam session · folk · concert
film
Movie or coating
All of Me · Three Amigos · Shopgirl · performance · role · leading man · physical comedy · arrow through head · white suit
Shopgirl
Female retail employee
- novellaShort fictional book
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
New Yorker · essays · memoir · humorist · satire · wordplay · wit · storyteller · adaptation
- Famous Martins
- 70s IconsFarrah Fawcett, John Travolta, Burt Reynolds, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- Hollywood StarsBrad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie
- Pink PantherInspector Clouseau, diamond, Henry Mancini, theme song, Peter Sellers
- Banjo Players
Steve MartinRichard Pryor
Lenny Bruce · Sarah Silverman · Bob Saget · Howard Stern · Don Rickles
Steve MartinBill Hicks
George Carlin · Marilyn Manson · Ozzy Osbourne · Andy Kaufman · Charlie Sheen
Steve MartinGallagher
Larry the Cable Guy · one-trick pony · Rob Schneider · specialist · Adam Sandler