---
name: "Jeff Martin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-martin"
fi1m_id: "jeff-martin"
imdb_id: "nm0552495"
tmdb_id: 1216635
wikidata_id: "Q1686340"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 December 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:18.022679+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeff Martin

## Identity

Jeff Martin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-martin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-martin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0552495
- **TMDB ID:** 1216635
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1686340
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Martin_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216635

Writer. Born 28 December 1960 in Boston.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 December 1960, Boston
- **Also known as:** Jeff Summerlin Martin
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Martin_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216635

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jeff Martin is an American television writer and producer. Born in Boston, he attended Harvard University, where he wrote for *The Harvard Lampoon*. He wrote for *Late Night with David Letterman* during the 1980s and occasionally appeared on the show as Flunky the late-night viewer mail clown.

Martin joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons* (1989) for its second through fifth seasons, serving as a writer, story editor and producer. He left with much of the original staff in 1993 and returned over twenty years later to write episodes for seasons 27 and 28, including some co-written with his daughters. He has also written for *Listen Up!*, *Baby Blues* and *Homeboys in Outer Space*.

He is married to television producer and writer Suzanne Martin.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsonswiki.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Listen Up!* (2004), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Maybe It's Me* (2001), series, Writer
- *Baby Blues* (2000), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *Homeboys in Outer Space* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Good Life* (1994), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Racer X: [1988] Oakland, California* (1988), as Vox

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jeff-martin