Steve Martin | 142
Steve Martin has a lot of talents. Aside from being a renowned comedian, he’s also an author, producer, playwright, screenwriter, and banjo player. Martin attended Garden Grove High School and took drama and poetry courses at Santa Ana College. In 1967, he transferred to UCLA to study theater and performed at local clubs at the same time. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
Later, he became a frequent host of Saturday Night Live. With numerous hit movies to his credit, Martin has earned accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy, and an American Comedy award. He has also won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and ranked sixth place in Comedy Central’s 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comics list. Did you know he has been an avid art collector since 1968? His collection includes artworks by Pablo Picasso and Roy Lichtenstein.