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Longtime actor Steve Martin told The Hollywood Reporter that he intends to take a break from performing after the end of the smash Hulu show Only Murders in the Building, but he stopped short of declaring he will retire.
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I won't be looking for others after this television programme is over, he declared. "I won't look for other films. No cameos from me, please. Oddly, this is it."
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Martin has been a multi-talented artist for six decades, and he is one Tony Award away from becoming an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) winner.
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Here is a peek at some of Martin's various talents in case he decides to leave his illustrious career in entertainment.
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Martin got his start in humour as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the 1960s, for which he received an Emmy in 1969.
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Martin has appeared in a number of films, including Three Amigos (1986), Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), Bowfinger (1999), and the franchises Father of the Bride and Cheaper by the Dozen.
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Martin, who was born in Texas and raised in California, began playing the banjo as a youngster and later used it extensively in his stand-up acts in the 1970s. In 2002, he won a Grammy for his cover of Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."
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Since 2021, Martin has co-created and starred in Only Murders in the Building as an amateur podcaster. Martin is now nominated for three Emmy Awards out of the seven total nominations for the show.
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In 2009, he published his first music-only album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo, for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2010.Martin went on to earn 3 more Grammys for his contributions to the bluegrass genre.
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