Biography
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He has also starred in many popular comedic films such as Three Amigos, Innerspace, Pure Luck, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride, and Father of the Bride Part 2.
Filmography
all 188
Movies 100
TV Shows 88
self 77
Voice 17
Self
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024)
TV
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023)
Movie
Kingfish (voice)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Movie
8.25
A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (2023)
Movie
Self - Guest
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
Movie
Lumière
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)
Movie
Cheese (voice)
Mack & Rita (2022)
Movie
7.5
Self - Guest
Password (2022)
TV
Self
One Killer Question (2022)
TV
Justin Beaver (voice)
Back Home Again (2021)
Movie
Oliver Putnam
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
TV
3
Oscar the Leprechaun / Steve the Leprechaun / Steve the Leprechaun / Oscar the Leprechaun
Schmigadoon! (2021)
TV
Franck Eggelhoffer
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
Movie
Self
Tough As Nails (2020)
TV
The Father (voice)
The Willoughbys (2020)
Movie
6.06
(archive footage)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (2020)
Movie
Self - Performer
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (2019)
Movie
Dick Lundy
The Morning Show (2019)
TV
6.77
Grandpa Frump (voice)
The Addams Family (2019)
Movie
6.23
Self - Guest
Paul Shaffer Plus One (2019)
TV
Self - Panelist
Lights Out with David Spade (2019)
TV
Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer (2018)
Movie
6
Self / Jiminy Glick Dummy
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018)
Movie
Self
Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018)
Movie
Self
Love, Gilda (2018)
Movie
Self
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
Movie
Self
David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2017)
Movie
Gordie (voice)
Big Mouth (2017)
TV
7.53
Self - Guest
Hiking with Kevin (2017)
TV
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Space! (2017)
Movie
Self
Who Is the Real Martin Short? (2017)
Movie
Wilbur Turnblad
Hairspray Live! (2016)
Movie
10
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween! (2016)
Movie
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping! (2016)
Movie
Various / Jiminy Glick / Abraham Lincoln
Maya & Marty (2016)
TV
Self
I'll Have What Phil's Having (2015)
TV
Self
Being Canadian (2015)
Movie
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
TV
2
Dr. Franff
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
TV
6.29
Murder victim
The Last Man on Earth (2015)
TV
8
Self
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Movie
Self
Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
Movie
Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.
Inherent Vice (2014)
Movie
6.23
Lou Cannon
Mulaney (2014)
TV
5.67
Poppy Stilton (voice)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
TV
6.24
Himself
All In (2014)
Movie
The Appraiser / The Jester (voice)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
Movie
7.5
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Self - Guest / Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
TV
Self
Hollywood Game Night (2013)
TV
6
The Cat in the Hat / The Cat In The Hat / The Cat in The Hat
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2013)
TV
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! (2012)
Movie
Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor
Frankenweenie (2012)
Movie
7.11
Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)
TV
5
Stefano (voice)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Movie
6.66
Cat in the Hat: Ocean Commotion (2012)
Movie
Cat in the Hat
Cat in the Hat: Miles & Miles of Reptiles (2012)
Movie
Martin Short / Martin Short age 17 / Charlie Short
I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012)
Movie
Self - Judge
Canada's Got Talent (2012)
TV
Self
Inside Comedy (2012)
TV
The Cat in the Hat / The Cat In The Hat / The Cat in The Hat
The Cat in the Hat : Told From the Cold (2011)
Movie
The Cat in the Hat
Cat in the Hat: Tricks and Treats (2011)
Movie
Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011)
Movie
6.08
The Cat in the Hat
Cat in the Hat: Tales About Tails (2011)
Movie
Self
Conan (2010)
TV
6.43
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!: Wings and Things (2010)
Movie
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat: Surprise, Little Guys! (2010)
Movie
Self - Panelist
The Marriage Ref (2010)
TV
Merv Schechter
Modern Family (2009)
TV
7.18
Thimbletack (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Movie
5
Leonard Winstone
Damages (2007)
TV
6
Self
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)
Movie
Himself
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)
Movie
Jack Frost
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Movie
5.14
Rachael Ray (2006)
TV
Self
Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006)
TV
Self - Guest
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (2005)
TV
Nathan Thurm
Earth to America (2005)
Movie
The Colbert Report (2005)
TV
6.27
Garrison Cootes
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
TV
7.09
Steward Havens
Weeds (2005)
TV
6.02
Jiminy Glick / David Lynch
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
Movie
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
TV
6.08
Preminger (voice)
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper (2004)
Movie
7.09
Dennis Miller (2004)
TV
Uncle Jack
Arrested Development (2003)
TV
5.88
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
TV
5.15
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
TV
6.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
TV
6.3
B.E.N.
Treasure Planet (2002)
Movie
7.18
Lars
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2002)
Movie
5.5
Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
Movie
George
CinéMagique (2002)
Movie
Ooblar (voice)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
Movie
6
Self
Good Day Live (2001)
TV
Rodney
Prince Charming (2001)
Movie
Jiminy Glick / Miss Gathercole / Various
Primetime Glick (2001)
TV
Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
Get Over It (2001)
Movie
8
Martin Short
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
TV
6.07
Self
The Early Show (1999)
TV
Lionel Dillard
Mumford (1999)
Movie
Sebastian Ballentine / Henry Palaver
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Self (archive footage)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (1999)
Movie
Self - Host
The Martin Short Show (1999)
TV
Self / Self - Contestant
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999)
TV
6.48
Mad Hatter
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Movie
Huy (voice)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Movie
6.49
Self
Junket Whore (1998)
Movie
Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares (1998)
TV
Frik
Merlin (1998)
TV
6
Self
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
TV
Self / Self - Guest
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Murray
A Simple Wish (1997)
Movie
1
Emcee
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits! (1997)
Movie
Richard Kempster
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
Movie
5.5
Jerry Ross
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Movie
6.2
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
6.75
Self - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
TV
3.93
Himself
Muppets Tonight (1996)
TV
1
Franck Eggelhoffer
Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
Movie
9
Self
MADtv (1995)
TV
1
Self / Ed Grimley / Jackie Rogers, Jr.
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (1995)
Movie
Hubie (voice)
The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
Movie
Self
The Charles Grodin Show (1995)
TV
Marty Short
The Martin Short Show (1994)
TV
Self
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
TV
Ed Grimley (archive footage)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Movie
Clifford Daniels
Clifford (1994)
Movie
Stubbs the Clown (voice)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Movie
Harrison Kilray
Money For Nothing (1993)
Movie
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
TV
6
Self - Guest
The Chevy Chase Show (1993)
TV
Martin Short
The Return of Spinal Tap (1992)
Movie
Martin Harvey
Captain Ron (1992)
Movie
6
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
TV
5.75
Self - Narrator
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
TV
Self
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team (1992)
Movie
Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992)
TV
Franck Eggelhoffer
Father of the Bride (1991)
Movie
8
Eugene Proctor
Pure Luck (1991)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
Movie
Nathan Thurm
The Earth Day Special (1990)
Movie
Guthrie Frenel (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Self
The Making of Me (1989)
Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
Movie
Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989)
TV
Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent
The Big Picture (1989)
Movie
6
Dr. August Allwoman / Kennedy
Andrea Martin... Together Again (1989)
Movie
Lawrence Orbach / Bradley P. Allen / Ed Grimley
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989)
Movie
Ned Perry
Three Fugitives (1989)
Movie
5
Ed Grimley / Emil Gustav
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988)
TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
TV
The Best of SCTV (1988)
Movie
David Morgan
Cross My Heart (1987)
Movie
Host
On Location: Women of the Night (1987)
Movie
Jack Putter
Innerspace (1987)
Movie
6.75
Shucky (segment "All's Well that Ends Strange")
Really Weird Tales (1987)
Movie
Ned Nederlander
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Movie
6.12
King Louis XVI
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood (1986)
Movie
Jonathan Chapman
Johnny Appleseed (1986)
Movie
Johnny Appleseed
Tall Tales & Legends (1985)
TV
Self / Montgomery Clift / Doug Henning
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985)
Movie
The Canadian Conspiracy (1985)
Movie
Jeopardy! (1984)
TV
8
Various / Cheaplaffs Johnson / Lawrence Orbach
SCTV Channel (1983)
TV
Bradley Z. Coleman
Sunset Limousine (1983)
Movie
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Himself
O Canada! (1982)
Movie
Various / Ed Grimley
SCTV Network 90 (1981)
TV
3.5
Neal Stryker
I'm a Big Girl Now (1980)
TV
Louie
The Family Man (1979)
Movie
Tucker Kerwin
The Associates (1979)
TV
Engel
Lost and Found (1979)
Movie
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
TV
Seer Was Here (1978)
Movie
Mitch Harris
Taxi (1978)
TV
6.02
Melvin
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
For The Record (1977)
TV
Self - Various Characters / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Smokey the Hare
Cucumber (1974)
TV
The David Steinberg Show (1972)
TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Self
Evening at Pops
TV
Self
Dennis Miller Live
TV
Ratings
Average 6.01
Based on 5.37 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1992
2002
1993
2024
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-03-26 (74 years old)
Birth NameMartin Hayter Short
Birth PlaceHamilton, Canada
Height
RelationshipsNancy Dolman (1980-01-01 - 2010-01-01)
FatherCharles Patrick Short
MotherOlive Grace Hayter
RelativesClare Short
CitizenshipsCanada, United States of America
Also Known AsMartin Hayter Short, Jiminy Glick, มาร์ติน ชอร์ต
AwardsEarle Grey Award, Theatre World Award, Officer of the Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Canada, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award, Canada's Walk of Fame
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