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Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short is a Canadian comedian, actor, and writer. He is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows. His awards include two Primetime Emmy Awards, two SAG Best Actor Awards, and a Tony Award. Short was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.
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entertainment · Canadian comedian and actor (born 1950) · actor · screenwriter · singer · voice actor · comedian · film director · also Martin Short, Martin H. Short, Short
Born 26 March 1950 · Q329744
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2026· 5 entries
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Short's daughter Katherine died by suicide on February 23, 2026, at the age of 42.
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2025· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Only Murders in the Building (2025).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for Only Murders in the Building (2025).
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2024· 1 entry
Reprised his role as Jiminy Glick on Real Time with Bill Maher and guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live
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2023· 1 entry
Voiced the role of Kingfish in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
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2021· 1 entry
Has starred and served as an executive producer in the Hulu crime comedy series Only Murders in the Building alongside Steve Martin and Selena Gomez
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2019· 2 entries
Short appeared on the Netflix talk show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee alongside Jerry Seinfeld in the episode "Martin Short: A Dream World Of Residuals"
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Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada
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2016· 2 entries
Short debuted a new variety show on NBC, Maya & Marty, which also starred Maya Rudolph
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Received the Canadian Screen Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
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2015· 3 entries
A stamp of Short was issued by Canada Post
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An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life in 2017, and The Funniest Show in Town at the Moment in 2021
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Returned to Broadway replacing Nathan Lane in the Terrence McNally comedic play It's Only a Play
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2013· 2 entries
Which included those actors who had hosted the show five or more times
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A commemorative three-dollar (face value) Canadian coin, designed by Canadian artist Tony Bianco in consultation with Short, displaying the actor's summer home on Lake Rosseau in the Muskoka region of Ontario, with the h
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2012· 2 entries
And garnered Short a nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Program or Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards
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2024 and Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special in 2015
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2011· 1 entry
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 (2012)
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2007· 1 entry
And is available from Ghostlight Records, an imprint of Sh-K-Boom Records
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2006· 1 entry
Starred in another film with Tim Allen, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
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2004· 2 entries
Wrote and starred in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood with Jan Hooks as his wife, Dixie Glick
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Martin Short on Charlie Rose
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2003· 1 entry
Short took to the stage once again in the critically acclaimed Los Angeles run of The Producers
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2002· 2 entries
Referred to the character as "the most unpredictable and hilariously uninhibited comic creation to hit TV since Bart Simpson was in diapers
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The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
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2001· 1 entry
Short was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from his hometown Hamilton based McMaster University
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2000).
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And received a second star there in 2002 as part of the comedic group Second City Television (SCTV)
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1999· 3 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (1999).
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Earned the Sir Peter Ustinov Award at the Banff Television Festival
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Appeared as Lionel Dillard in Lawrence Kasdan's comedy-drama Mumford
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1998· 1 entry
Played the character Frik in the TV mini series Merlin
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1997· 2 entries
Appeared as Wall Street broker Richard Kempster in Jungle 2 Jungle with Tim Allen
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Starred in A Simple Wish as male fairy godmother Murray
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1996· 1 entry
Appeared in Tim Burton's sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Earle Grey Award (1995).
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Short received the Earl Grey Lifetime Achievement Award
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1994· 1 entry
Short hosted the television show The Martin Short Show and a sketch comedy show in 1995, The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1993).
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1989· 1 entry
Short headlined another one-hour comedy special for HBO called I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood, a classic send-up of all things Hollywood
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1986· 1 entry
In Austin from Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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1985· 2 entries
To be a stay-at-home mother and raise their family
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Starred in the one-hour Showtime special Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
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1980· 1 entry
Joined the cast of I'm a Big Girl Now, a sitcom starring Diana Canova and Danny Thomas
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1979· 1 entry
After working solely in Canada for the previous seven years, 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
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1974· 1 entry
Short was hired as a writer on Everything Goes, a nightly variety show hosted by Norm Crosby, Mike Darow and Catherine McKinnon
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1950· 2 entries
Born 1950-03-26.
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In Hamilton, Ontario, the youngest of five children of Olive Grace (née Hayter), a Canadian-born concertmistress at the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Patrick Short, a corporate executive at the Canadian steel
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