Stephen Glenn Martin (b. Aug. 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician who came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," (winning a 1969 Emmy Award) and later as a frequent guest host on "Saturday Night Live," eventually hosting 16 times (c. Dec 2022).

In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines to sold-out theaters nationwide. Following stand-up, Martin starred in such films as "The Jerk" (1979), "The Man with Two Brains" (1983), "Three Amigos" (1986), "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988), "L.A. Story" (1991), "Bowfinger" (1999) and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" (2003), and portraying the patriarch in "Parenthood" (1989), the "Father of the Bride" films (1991–1995), and the "Cheaper by the Dozen" films (2003–2005). Recently, Martin co-created and stars in Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building" with Selena Gomez and longtime friend and collaborator Martin Short.

Martin has won five Grammy Awards for his contributions to bluegrass, old-time, and folk music, an Emmy Award, was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2013, and his musical "Bright Star" nabbed him two Tony Award nominations in 2016. Among many other honors, Martn has received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Kennedy Center Honors, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin 6th on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.

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