Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin (April 2007)

Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973 in New York City , New York ) is an American comedian , actor and screenwriter .

Life

Childhood and youth

Demetri Martin, son of Dean H. Martin, a Greek Orthodox priest, and his wife Lillian Martin, a nutritionist , grew up in Toms River , New Jersey . His family also created a second financial foothold by opening a restaurant in Beachwood, New Jersey.

After graduating from Yale University in 1995, Martin wrote to the New York University School of Law in order jurisprudence to study. A year before the regular end, he broke off his studies, despite objections from his parents, to try it as a stand-up comedian .

Career

Martin's breakthrough came in 2001 when he was seen in Premium Blend , a show for young comedians on the specialty channel Comedy Central . With his own show If I… he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2003 in Edinburgh, Scotland. In the same year, the well-known talk show host Conan O'Brien signed him, for whom Martin was active as a point writer in over 130 editions of the Late Night Show with Conan O'Brien until 2004 . In 2008 he also got his own show on Comedy Central with Important Things with Demetri Martin .

Martins career as an actor began in 2002 in a small supporting role in the film comedy Analyze This 2 alongside Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro . Martin also made a brief appearance in 2008 in the comedy Paper Heart . However, his international breakthrough came only in 2009, when he was in Taking Woodstock , directed by Ang Lee the LGBT activists Elliot Tiber personified.

Filmography (selection)

actor

2002: Pure Nervesache 2 ( Analyze That )
2008: The Rocker - the (S) hit
2009: Taking Woodstock ( Taking Woodstock )
2011: Take Me Home Tonight ( Take Me Home Tonight )
2011: Contagion

Screenwriter

2016: Dean

Publications

2011: This Is a Book . ISBN 978-0-446539708
2013: Point your Face at This

Web links

Commons : Demetri Martin - collection of images, videos and audio files

Demetri Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Interview with Demetrie Martin. In: believermag.com. The Believer, February 2009, accessed March 21, 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Martin, Demetri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City , New York , United States

[1] Interview with Demetrie Martin. In: believermag.com. The Believer, February 2009, accessed March 21, 2010.