Martin Starr - Biography

Who is Martin Starr?

Martin Starr is an actor, comedian by profession and American by nationality. He is best known for his role in Freaks and Geeks, Party Down, Silicon Valley and in the films Knocked Up, Adventureland,  Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Martin Starr – Age, Parents, Siblings

Martin Starr’s birth took place on July 30, 1982, in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was born as Martin James Pflieger Schienle to mother Jean St. James (née Pflieger), an actress and father James Schienle. 

Aside from this, not much is known about his family, siblings, higher education, and childhood.

Source: Instagram (young Martin Starr)

Education, Ethnicity

For education, he attended Los Angeles County High School For the Arts. His ethnicity includes German, Slovak, Hungarian, English, Irish, Czech, Polish.

Martin Starr – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Martin Starr’s professional life is well known as well as successful. But a major part of his personal life is not known. Though he has been in the spotlight for more than two decades, he has not been known to date anyone.

Nothing is known of his ex-girlfriends, affairs. Although we consider him to be a single man, he might as well be in a relationship or even married with wife and children. Needless to say, Starr has never been embroiled in divorce rumors.

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Martin Starr – Career

Before Fame

Martin Starr started his career in 1992 with the film Hero. He then starred in Tv series Freaks and Geeks in 1999. The series received positive reviews from critics but due to low ratings, it was canceled in 2000 after one season.

He did continue to land minor roles in films Stealing Harvard (2002), Who's Your Daddy? (2004), Kicking & Screaming (2005) and in the TV series Roswell (2001-2002), Revelations (2005), among others.

Worked in

Finally, in 2007, Martin Starr landed the role of Martin in the film Knocked Up. This gained him more recognition.

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Since then he has portrayed roles in films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Paper Heart (2009), Save the Date (2012), This Is the End (2013), Veronica Mars (2014), Intruders (2015), as Mr. Harrington in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

More than in TV series, Martin Starr has had appearances in Party Down (2009-2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2010-2016), NTSF:SD:SUV:: (2011-2013), Burning Love (2013), Game of Thrones (2019). Among all his roles in TV series, he is best known as Bertram Gilfoyle in Silicon Valley.

Co-starred with

On the set of Silicon Valley, Martin Starr has starred alongside Christopher Evan Welch, Suzanne Cryer, Josh Brener, Matt Ross, Amanda Crew, Jimmy O. Yang, etc.

Martin Starr – Net Worth, Salary

Martin Starr’s net worth is estimated to be $6 Million while estimates of his annual salary are vacant. 

Martin Starr – Social Media

He is active on social media including Instagram, Twitter but is absent from Facebook.

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