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Biography
infobox comedian|image = Demetri Martin.jpg|imagesize = 250px|caption = Demetri Martin at Northeastern University on April 11, 2007|birth_date = birth date and age|1973|5|25|media = Stand-up , television , film , music , art |nationality = American|active = Since 2002|birth_place = New York City , New York , United States |genre = Observational comedy , surreal humor , musical comedy , wit / wordplay , sketch comedy |subject = Everyday Life , American Culture , Random Subjects|influences = Steven Wright , Eddie Izzard , Emo Philips , Mitch Hedberg , Socrates |deathdate =|othername =|website = http://www.demetrimartin.com/ DemetriMartin.com|notable_work = · Demetri Martin. Person. ·Correspondent on The Daily Show ·Himself/Various on Important Things with Demetri Martin · Elliot Tiber in Taking Woodstock (2009) Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an United States|American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on The Daily Show and for his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin .
Early life
Demetri Martin was born to a Greek American familycite news| url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/demetri-martin-the-joker-in-the-pack-556879.html | location=London | work=The Independent | title=Demetri Martin: The joker in the pack | date=August 17, 2004 in New York City , New York , and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River , New Jersey . He is the son of Lillian, a nutritionist, and Dean C. Martin, now deceased, a Greek Orthodox priest.
cite web|url= http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/02/sepinwall_on_tv_important_thin.html |title=Sepinwall on TV: 'Important Things with Demetri Martin' Interview | publisher=New Jersey Entertainment | work = TV & Film | date= |accessdate=January 25, 2010
cite web|url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106769338.html? refid=gg_x_02 |title=Article: 'I know men who can far outgeek me'; Demetri Martin is obsessed with word games and maths, and sets himself bizarre challenges. He's also a favourite to win this year's Perrier Award | work = The Evening Standard |date=August 21, 2003 |accessdate=January 25, 2010
Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Although he was accepted into Harvard Law School , he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship. http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_195_-_demetri_martin
Career
In 2001, Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase Premium Blend . At the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe he won the Perrier award with his show If I... .cite news | url = http://www.slate.com/id/2101150/entry/2101158/ | title = Diary: A Weeklong Electronic Journal | first = Demetri | last = Martin | work = Slate (magazine)|Slate | date = May 25, 2004 | accessdate = February 24, 2007 The show was turned into a Great Britain|British television special in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Martin wrote for '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien .cite web | url = http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/m/demetri_martin.jhtml | title = Demetri Martin Bio | publisher = Comedy Central | accessdate = March 7, 2008 In 2004, Martin had his own Comedy Central Presents '' stand-up special. His special was divided into three parts. In the first, he performed in traditional stand-up comedy fashion. In the second segment, he used humorous drawings as visual aids, which would serve either as the punchline or a background. During the third segment, he played a guitar and put on a pseudo-play where he would strum his guitar while alternating between playing harmonica and talking; some of his comedian friends dressed as fairy|fairies and dragon s acted according to the story he was telling, detailing the magical land where his jokes came from. Martin's mother and grandmother also appeared.
Since late 2005, he has been credited as a contributor on The Daily Show , on which he has appeared as the named "Senior Youth Correspondent" and on which he hosts a segment called " The Daily Show recurring elements#Trendspotting|Trendspotting ". He has used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookah s, wine , guerilla marketing and Xbox 360 . A piece about social networking featured his profile on MySpace .cite web | url = http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/news_team/contributors/demetri_martin.jhtml | title = News Team: Demetri Martin | work = The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | publisher = Comedy Central | accessdate = February 24, 2007 On March 22, 2007, Demetri made another appearance on The Daily Show , talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube .
He has recorded a comedy CD / DVD titled These Are Jokes , which was released on September 26, 2006. This album also features Saturday Night Live member Will Forte and stand-up comedian Leo Allen .
Martin returned to The Daily Show on March 22, 2006, as the new Youth Correspondent, calling his segment "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin". In 2007, he starred in a Fountains of Wayne music video for " Someone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song)|Someone to Love " as Seth Shapiro, a character in the song. He also starred in the video for the new Travis (band)|Travis single " Selfish Jean ", in which he wears multiple t-shirts with lyrics written on them.
On September 2, 2007, Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords (TV series)|Flight of the Conchords . He appeared as a keytar player named Demetri. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078392/fullcredits#cast "The Flight of the Conchords" The Third Conchord (2007) - Full cast and crew
He also had a part in the movie The Rocker (film)|The Rocker (2008) starring Rainn Wilson . Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video .
In 2009, he hosted and starred in his own television show called Important Things With Demetri Martin on Comedy Central. Later in June, it was announced his show had been renewed for a second season.cite news| url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/another-important-season-for-demetri-martin/ | work= The New York Times | title=Another 'Important' Season for Demetri Martin | first=Dave | last=Itzkoff | date=June 2, 2009 | accessdate=May 1, 2010 The second season premiered, again on Comedy Central, on February 4, 2010. Martin has stated that Important Things will not return for a third season.
Prior to completing work on his second season, Martin starred in the Comedy-drama|comedy-drama film Taking Woodstock (2009), directed by Ang Lee , which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival . In the film Martin plays Elliot Tiber , a closeted gay artist who has given up his ambitions in the city to move upstate and help his old-world Jewish family run their Catskill Mountains motel. The film is based on the book written by Tiber.
On April 25, 2011, Martin released his first book, titled This Is a Book by Demetri Martin .
Martin was slated to portray Paul DePodesta as Oakland Athletics assistant GM to Billy Beane in the 2011 movie Moneyball (film)|Moneyball , however was dropped and Jonah Hill took his place in the movie.
Plans
Martin sold his movie concept Will to DreamWorks ; he is expected to play a key supporting role.cite news | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117940457.html? categoryid=1948& cs=1 | title = 'Will' Fills D'Works Bill | date = March 27, 2006 | work = Variety (magazine)|Variety | first = Chris | last = Gardner | accessdate = February 24, 2007 He will play the lead in the film Moon People , a pitch that he sold to Columbia Pictures .
Martin also signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.cite news | url = http://demetrimartin.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/demetri-martin-to-star-write-produce-own-cbs-show/ | title = Demetri Martin To Star, Write, Produce Own CBS Show | date = October 19, 2010
After CBS was shown the pilot for the series, they decided not to air it.cite news | url = http://demetrimartin.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/demetri-martins-cbs-show-not-happening/ | title = Demetri Martin's CBS Show Not Happening | date = March 11, 2011
On August 11, 2011, Fox ordered a presentation of a new animated show they might air.Citation needed|date=August 2011
If I
If I is a Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Perrier Comedy Award -winning comedy one-man show written and performed by Demetri Martin at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe . Cite news|title=Martin Lands Perrier Award |date=August 24, 2003 |first=Senay |last=Boztas |accessdate=May 12, 2009 |work= The Sunday Times |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article883269.ece |location=London It was also aired on British television as a special. The show is an autobiographical examination of Martin's life, as seen through various definitions of the word "if."
The title of the special comes from a lengthy palindromic poem that Martin wrote; the words "if I" are at the center of the poem. Cite news|title=Festival: It's All Geek to Me |date=August 17, 2003 |work= The Sunday Times |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article872984.ece |location=London
Comedic style
Martin is known for being an unconventional stand-up comic. He uses one-liners and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar , harmonica , piano , Piano#Keyboard|keyboard , glockenspiel , toy bells, ukulele , or tambourine , sometimes all at once.cite web | url= http://www.dailytexanonline.com/1.1370449-1.1370449 |title= Comedian Demetri Martin's 'Important' TV Show Fails at Funny |work= The Daily Texan |date=February 20, 2009 |accessdate=January 25, 2010Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot He has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence (both use deadpan one-liners in their acts) and he is also a fan of Bill Cosby .cite news | url = http://www.gelfmagazine.com/mt/archives/word_games.html | title = Word Games | date = May 5, 2005 | work = Gelf (magazine)|Gelf | first = Keith | last = Huang | accessdate = February 24, 2007
Personal life
According to a July 2011 interview on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Demetri had a short-lived marriage to a girl he knew from high school. They began dating after high school and got married when he was in NYU Law School and she was attending NYU Medical School . He was aged 25 and in the end of his marriage when his stand-up career began.
He is extremely allergic to nuts and peanuts. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/will-ferrell-rider? page=2
Martin moved to Santa Monica, California in 2009.
The Adam Carolla Show (podcast) , http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2011/04/13/demetri-martin/ 13 April 2011, 20 minute mark
cite news|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/21/entertainment/ca-hot-martin21|title=Demetri Martin, star of 'Taking Woodstock'|work= Los Angeles Times |accessdate=21 April 2011|quote=Martin, who recently moved from Brooklyn to West Los Angeles|first=John|last=Horn|date=June 21, 2009
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