Steve Martin

Steve Martin, an American comedian, writer, musician and actor, began his professional career as a stand-up comedian in the 1970s. In 2009, Martin reprised his role as the new Inspector Clouseau for Pink Panther 2 and starred alongside Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep in the comedy It's Complicated. Martin and Baldwin host the Oscars together on March 7, 2010.

Martin had previously hosted the 2001 Oscar ceremony, about which he quipped:

Hosting the Oscars is like making love to a beautiful woman. Even if you do your best to keep things fresh and exciting for three hours, you're still painfully aware that you'll be dumped as soon as a better man comes along."http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1242902.stm

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosted the 2010 Oscars. This video shows part of their opening monologue.

A skilled musician, Martin has incorporated music, particularly playing the banjo, into several of his comedy routines, including his comic albums Let's Get Small and The Steve Martin Brothers. In 2009, Martin released his first full album of banjo music, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, which won the Best Bluegrass Album award at the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Martin had previously won a 2001 Grammy, along with Earl Scruggs, for his banjo-playing on the Foggy Mountain Breakdown.Washington Post: Well, Incluuuude Him: Martin Joins Twain Pantheon (October 24, 2005)

Several appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and a writing stint on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour led to his breakthrough role as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Capitalizing on the popularity of the Czechoslovakian playboy characters that he and Dan Aykroyd created for SNL, Martin released the comedy albums Let's Get Small and A Wild and Crazy Guy.

• 2009: Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for The Crow
• 2007: Kennedy Center Honor
• 2005: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• 2001: Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumentalist on Foggy Mountain BreakdownGrammy Awards: Winners
• 2000: American Comedy Awards, USA for Lifetime Achievement in Comedy
• 1988: Hasty Pudding Award for Man of the Year
• 1988: WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Roxanne
• 1979: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording for A Wild And Crazy GuyGrammy Awards: Winners
• 1978: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording for Let's Get SmallGrammy Awards: Winners
• 1969: Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1970: The Dating Game

• 1972 - 1973: The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour

• 1973: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

• 1976: Saturday Night Live

• 1977: Let's Get Small

• 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, A Wild And Crazy Guy

• 1979: The Jerk, The Muppet Movie, Comedy Is Not Pretty

• 1981: Pennies From Heaven, The Steve Martin Brothers

• 1982: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

• 1983: The Man With Two Brains

• 1984: The Lonely Guy, All Of Me

• 1986: Three Amigos

• 1987: Roxanne

• 1988: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

• 1989: Parenthood

• 1990: My Blue Heaven

• 1991: L.A. Story

• 1992: Leap Of Faith

• 1994: A Simple Twist Of Fate

• 1999: The Out-Of-Towners

• 2001: Novocaine

• 2003: The 75th Annual Academy Awards

• 2005: Shopgirl

• 2006: The Pink Panther

• 2008: Baby Mama

• 2009: Pink Panther 2