61 Facts About Martin Short

Martin Short has acted in numerous films and television shows.

Martin Short has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, two SAG Awards, and a Tony Award.

Martin Short was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.

Martin Short is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.

Martin Short has had an active career on stage, starring in Broadway productions including Neil Simon's musicals The Goodbye Girl and Little Me.

Martin Short provided voicework for films such as The Pebble and the Penguin, The Prince of Egypt, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Frankenweenie, The Wind Rises, The Willoughbys, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

In 2015, Short started touring nationally with fellow comedian Steve Martin.

Martin Short was born on March 26,1950, in Hamilton, Ontario, the youngest of five children of Olive Grace, a Canadian-born concertmistress at the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Patrick Martin Short, a corporate executive at the Canadian steel company Stelco who had emigrated from Crossmaglen, south County Armagh, Ireland as a stowaway during the Irish War of Independence.

Martin Short has spoken openly about his father's struggles with alcoholism.

Martin Short was then cast by Stephen Schwartz for the new 1972 production of the Broadway hit Godspell being prepared at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Martin Short subsequently found work in several Canadian television shows and theatrical productions.

Young Martin Short's increased stage profile led to a guest spot on Right On, a teen-focused live program airing weekly in the after-school timeslot on the government-funded CBC TV.

Martin Short played the role of Smokey the Hare on the TVOntario daytime kids' program Cucumber.

In 1974, Martin Short was hired as a writer on Everything Goes, a nightly variety show hosted by Norm Crosby, Mike Darow, and Catherine McKinnon.

Martin Short was encouraged to pursue comedy by McMaster classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas, in March 1977, joining the improvisation group The Second City, taking over for John Candy in The Wizard of Ossington, their ninth revue.

In early 1978, Martin Short secured his feature film debut via a supporting role in the Melvin Frank-directed British romantic comedy Lost and Found starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson.

In 1979, after working solely in Canada for the preceding seven years, Martin Short landed a starring role in the American sitcom The Associates about a group of young novice lawyers working at a Wall Street law firm.

Martin Short achieved wider public notice when the Second City group produced a show for television, Second City Television, which ran for several years in Canada, then the United States.

Martin Short helped revive the show with his many characters for season ten.

Martin Short did impressions of such celebrities as Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn.

In 1989, Short headlined another one-hour comedy special, this time for HBO, I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood, Short's classic send-up of all things Hollywood.

Martin Short starred in Three Fugitives, directed by Francis Veber, with Nick Nolte and James Earl Jones; he was the memorable scene-stealing character "Franck" in the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride and its sequel; and in Pure Luck, directed by Nadia Tass, with Danny Glover and Sheila Kelley.

Martin Short resumed work in the theatre, playing a lead role in the 1993 musical version of the Neil Simon film The Goodbye Girl, on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination and an Outer Critics Circle Award.

Martin Short had the lead role in the 1999 Broadway revival of the musical Little Me, for which he received a Tony Award and another Outer Critics Circle Award.

Martin Short starred as Jiminy Glick on Comedy Central's Primetime Glick.

Martin Short interviewed performers and celebrities as the character Jiminy Glick.

In 2003, Martin Short took to the stage in the critically acclaimed Los Angeles run of The Producers.

Martin Short played the role of the accountant, Leo Bloom, opposite Jason Alexander's Max Bialystock.

Martin Short joined the FX drama Damages as lawyer Leonard Winstone in 2010.

Short performed in his satirical one-man show, with a cast of six, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, at the Bernard B Jacobs Theatre on Broadway.

Martin Short later voiced the character in a number of related TV specials in 2014 and 2016.

Martin Short shot a new comedy special for television in Toronto in September 2011.

The special, I, Martin Short, Goes Home follows his return to his native Hamilton, Ontario and has a cast that includes Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, and Fred Willard.

In 2011, Martin Short joined the cast of How I Met Your Mother for its seventh season, playing Marshall's manic boss and was a judge on the first season of Canada's Got Talent.

However, Martin Short appeared as a waiter, as he had only hosted three times.

Martin Short has continued to tour in his one-man show, which features many of his best-loved characters and sketches.

Martin Short's memoir, covering his 40-year career in show business, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, was released on November 4,2014.

Since 2015, Short has toured with fellow comedian Steve Martin.

Damon Wise of Deadline Hollywood wrote, "Martin Short is a damn fine dramatic actor" citing his "brief but indelible guest role".

Martin Short voiced the roles of Grandpa Frump in The Addams Family and Father Willoughby in the Netflix animated film The Willoughbys as the impolite father.

Martin Short reprised the role of Franck Eggelhoffer in the Nancy Meyers directed short film Father of the Bride Part 3.

Martin Short received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

Martin Short met Canadian comic actress Nancy Dolman in 1972 during the run of Godspell.

Martin Short has a home on Lake Rosseau in Ontario.

Martin Short is a naturalized US citizen but retains Canadian citizenship, as well as Irish and British citizenship.

Martin Short is uncle to the couple's two sons, Jack and Joe.

Martin Short is a first cousin of Clare Martin Short, a former member of the British Parliament and former British cabinet minister.

Martin Short appeared in a 2001 episode on the Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire hosted by Regis Philbin, winning $32,000 for his charity, Loyola High School.

Martin Short has actively campaigned for the Women's Research Cancer Fund, and he accepted a "Courage Award" on behalf of his late wife at a 2011 gala by the group.

Martin Short is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.

Martin Short is a fan of his hometown team, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

Martin Short received two Tony Award nominations, winning for Little Me in 1999.

Martin Short has received sixteen Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for SCTV, and AFI Life Achievement award: Mel Brooks.

In 2014, Martin Short received the Robert Altman Award from Independent Spirit Awards alongside the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice.

Martin Short has received various honours from his birthplace of Canada.

In 1995, Martin Short received the Earl Grey Lifetime Achievement Award.

Martin Short was honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and received a second star there in 2002 as part of the comedic group Second City Television.

In 2001, Martin Short was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from his hometown Hamilton based McMaster University.

Martin Short has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

In 2015, a stamp of Martin Short was issued by Canada Post.

In 2019, Martin Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada.