Steve Martin & Martin Short

Steve Martin is one of the most well-known talents in entertainment. His work has earned him an Academy Award, five GRAMMY awards, an EMMY, the Mark Twain Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors.

Martin’s most recent album is with GRAMMY Award-winning banjoist Alison Brown. Following their chart-topping collaborations “Foggy Morning Breaking,” “Bluegrass Radio,” and “Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)”, the longtime friends and banjo aficionados recently released their debut collaborative album, Safe, Sensible, and Sane. The album is a collection of banjo-inspired songs built on Brown’s daringly inventive melodies and Martin’s idiosyncratic yet ineffably tender lyrics, featuring guest appearances from luminaries like Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, the Indigo Girls, Tim O’Brien, Jason Mraz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Della Mae.

Martin Short, a celebrated comedian and actor, has won fans and accolades in television, film and theater since his breakout season on “Saturday Night Live” over 30 years ago. Short won his first EMMY in 1982 while working on Canada’s SCTV Comedy Network, which brought him to the attention of the producers of “SNL.” He became an “SNL” fan-favorite for his portrayal of characters such as Ed Grimley, lawyer Nathan Thurm and “legendary songwriter” Irving Cohen. 

His popularity and exposure on “SNL” led Short to cross over quickly into feature films. He made his debut in “Three Amigos” and followed with “Innerspace,” “Three Fugitives,” “Clifford,” “Pure Luck” and “Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks.” One of Short’s most memorable roles was in the remake of “Father of the Bride” as Franck the wedding planner, a role he reprised a few years later in “Father of the Bride Part II.”  Short lent his voice to the animated film “Madagascar 3” and Tim Burton’s Oscar-nominated “Frankenweenie.”

In 2026, Marty, “Life Is Short,” a documentary on Short’s life and comedic career by Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Body Heat, The Bodyguard) premiered on Netflix, garnering three EMMY nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.