<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 1975 / 1976 (age 41--42) New York City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> screenwriter, actor, producer, composer, singer / songwriter </Td> </Tr> <P> Steven Martini is a writer, actor, composer, editor, and singer / songwriter . His first break was as Cadet Alex J. Stone in Major Payne . He and his brother Derick Martini wrote the films Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire and Lymelife . Based on experiences from the Martinis' childhood, Lymelife won the FIPRESCI award at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival . Martini is also known for being the singer / songwriter for the Los Angeles - based band The Spaceship Martini . </P> <P> After the release of Major Payne, Martini moved to Los Angeles to work in film and television . Derick soon followed suit, and, before long, they started making Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire, in which they play the titular brother characters . The Martini brothers have gone on to portray Alex and Morris Karnofsky in Louis, a silent film they co-wrote, based on the historical brothers who helped Louis Armstrong get his first trumpet . </P>

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