Head to headSteve Martin against John Candy Both careers by TMDB ratingSteve MartinJohn Candy
Tale of the tape as an actor
Steve Martin vs John Candy
John Candy averages 6.29 across 34 rated films as an actor, ahead of Steve Martin at 6.24.
- 46 (43 rated)
- Films acted
- 41 (34 rated)
- 6.24
- Average
- 6.29▶
- 6.30
- Weighted
- 6.42▶
- The Prince of Egypt 7.3
- Best film
- The Blues Brothers 7.7▶
- ◀6.89, 1986 to 1989
- Peak five
- 6.74, 1978 to 1981
- ◀2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- ◀6.26 (+0.02)
- Current form
- 5.90 (−0.38)
- 42.8K
- TMDB votes
- 44.7K▶
- 1977 to 2016
- Career
- 1973 to 1995
- ◀1 win, 1 nom
- Oscars
- None
- ◀$2.98B
- Box office
- $1.79B
Rows won
5 to 4
Steve Martin ahead
Films together
5
averaging 7.17
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 | 7.0 | as Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. | as Wink Wilkinson |
 Planes, Trains and Automobiles | 1987 | 7.3 | as Neal Page | as Del Griffith |
 John Candy: I Like Me | 2025 | 7.9 | as Self - Actor, 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' | as Self (archive footage) |
 Oh. What. Fun. | 2025 | 5.7 | as Neal Page (archive footage) | as Del Griffith (Archive Footage) |
| Marty, Life Is Short | 2026 | 8.0 | as Self | as Self (archive footage) |