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}} }} Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Martin came to public notice as a writer for the ''Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'', and later became a frequent guest on ''The Tonight Show''. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from stand-up comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist and banjo player, eventually earning him an Emmy, Grammy and American Comedy awards, among other honors. In 2004, Comedy Central〔(Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of all Time )〕 ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. He was awarded an Honorary Academy Award at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/governors-awards-2013-winners-academy-oscars/ )〕 While he has played banjo since an early age, and included music in his comedy routines from the beginning of his professional career, he has increasingly dedicated his career to music since the 2000s, acting less and spending much of his professional life playing banjo, recording, and touring with various bluegrass acts, including Earl Scruggs, with whom he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2002. He released his first solo music album, ''The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo'', in 2009, for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. ==Early life== Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas,〔Walker (1999) p1〕 the son of Mary Lee (née Stewart) and Glenn Vernon Martin, a real estate salesman and aspiring actor.〔(Morris (1999) p 2 ).〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancestry of Steve Martin )〕 Martin was raised in Inglewood, California, and then later in Garden Grove, California, in a Baptist family.〔Martin (2007) pp.20–39〕 Martin was a cheerleader of Garden Grove High School.〔(Top 5: Famous former male cheerleaders - Washington Times )〕 One of his earliest memories is of seeing his father, as an extra, serving drinks onstage at the Call Board Theatre on Melrose Place. During World War II, in England, Martin's father had appeared in a production of ''Our Town'' with Raymond Massey. Years later, he would write to Massey for help in Steve's fledgling career, but would receive no reply. Expressing his affection through gifts of cars, bikes, etc., Martin's father was stern, and not emotionally open to his son.〔 He was proud but critical, with Martin later recalling that in his teens his feelings for his father were mostly ones of hatred. Martin's first job was at Disneyland, selling guidebooks on weekends and full-time during the school's summer break. That lasted for three years (1955–58). During his free time he frequented the Main Street Magic shop, where tricks were demonstrated to potential customers.〔 By 1960, he had mastered several of the tricks and illusions, and took a paying job at the Magic shop in Fantasyland in August. There he perfected his talents for magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals in the manner of mentor Wally Boag,〔Martin (2007) p18–19〕 frequently performing for tips.〔Martin (2007) p 39〕 In his authorized biography, close friend Morris Walker suggests that Martin could "be described most accurately as an agnostic () he rarely went to church and was never involved in organized religion of his own volition".〔Walker (1999) p40〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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