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Biography

A great comedic performer, whose expressive face and body enable him to change himself, into any one of a dozen characters. He is a…more

Born

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name

Martin Short

Gender

Male

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Star (18)

Role
- The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That!
  The Cat in the Hat
- Damages
  Leonard Winstone
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat
    4/19/10
  - S 3: Ep 12 You Were His Little Monkey
    4/12/10
  - S 3: Ep 11 All That Crap About Your Family
    4/5/10
  - S 3: Ep 10 Tell Me I'm Not Racist
    3/29/10
  - S 3: Ep 9 Drive It Through Hardcore
    3/22/10
  - + 8 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
  - S 33: Ep 5 SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers
    11/24/07
  - — The Best of Game Show Parodies
    2/28/00
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 20 Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s
    11/20/05
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - — The Best of Eddie Murphy
    8/22/98
  - S 10: Ep 18 Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
    4/13/85
  - S 10: Ep 17 Christopher Reeve/Santana
    4/6/85
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 7030 Extra Episode
    6/4/04
  - S 5: Ep 60 March 17 - 21, 2003 - Friday
    3/21/03
- Primetime Glick
  Jiminy Glick
  - S 3: Ep 10 Lorraine Bracco / John McEnroe
    7/3/03
  - S 3: Ep 9 Tim Robbins / Rob Schneider
    6/26/03
  - S 3: Ep 8 Chris Elliot
    6/19/03
  - S 3: Ep 7 Megan Mullally / Elijah Wood
    6/12/03
  - S 3: Ep 6 Brad Garrett / Jon Stewart
    6/5/03
  - + 25 More Credits
- The Martin Short Show (1999)
  Himself/Jiminy Glick
  - S 1: Ep 150 Jan Hooks/Christopher Guest/Yvonne de La Paix
    3/30/00
  - S 1: Ep 7 Richard Dean Anderson/Kyle Cease/Yvonne de La Paix
    3/28/00
  - S 1: Ep 1 Christopher Guest/Yvonne de La Paix
    3/21/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 Isaac Hayes/Yvonne de La Paix
    3/20/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 Chevy Chase
    2/11/00
  - + 69 More Credits
- The Martin Short Show
  Marty Short
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Hippo Never Forgets
    9/27/94
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Steve Martin Show
    9/20/94
  - S 1: Ep 1 Who's afraid of turning Fortensky?
    9/15/94
  - — Episode #1.52
  - — recurring
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
  Ed Grimley/Emil Gustav/Moby/Sheldon/Irving Cohen/Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Irving Who Came To Dinner
    12/3/88
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
  Ed Grimley/Emil Gustav/Moby/Sheldon/Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 12 Eddy, We Hardly Know Ye
    11/26/88
  - S 1: Ep 11 Eyewitness Ed
    11/19/88
  - S 1: Ep 8 Good Neighbor Ed
    10/29/88
  - S 1: Ep 7 Moby Is Lost
    10/22/88
  - S 1: Ep 6 Grimley, P.F.C.
    10/15/88
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
  Ed Grimley/Emil Gustav/Moby/Sheldon/Producer/Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 10 Blowin' In The Wind
    11/12/88
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
  Ed Grimley/Emil Gustav/Moby/Sheldon/Bikers/Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 9 Driver Ed
    11/5/88
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
  Ed Grimley/Emil Gustav/Moby/Sheldon/Hillary Black-Smythe/Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 4 Ed's In Hot Water
    10/1/88
- SCTV Channel
  Ed Grimley/Jackie Rogers, Jr/Irving Cohen/Various
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Best of SCTV
    9/5/88
  - S 1: Ep 18 Pledge Week / The Steve Bashekis Story
    7/17/84
  - S 1: Ep 17 You're On / Happy Hour
    7/3/84
  - S 1: Ep 16 Celebrity Fairie Tales / Canadian Gaffes
    6/19/84
  - S 1: Ep 15 Jackie Rogers Jr. For President / Happy Hour
    6/5/84
  - + 14 More Credits
- SCTV Network 90
  Various
  - S 2: Ep 12 3D Firing Line: Midnight Cowboy II
    3/18/83
  - S 2: Ep 11 Sammy Maudlin: South Sea Sinner
    3/11/83
  - S 2: Ep 10 Sweeps Week
    2/25/83
  - S 2: Ep 9 Bobby Bittman's Retirement
    2/18/83
  - S 2: Ep 8 SCTV Classifieds / Vic Arpeggio
    2/11/83
  - + 10 More Credits
- I'm a Big Girl Now
  Neal Stryker
  - S 1: Ep 19 S.M.I.L.E. Everybody
    5/8/81
  - S 1: Ep 18 Hangers, No Starch
    4/10/81
  - S 1: Ep 17 With Becky You Get Eggroll
    3/27/81
  - S 1: Ep 16 Cops
    3/20/81
  - S 1: Ep 15 No Business Like Joe Business
    3/6/81
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Associates (1979)
  Tucker Kerwin
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Party
    4/17/80
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Censors
    4/10/80
  - S 1: Ep 8 Danko's a Daddy
    4/3/80
  - S 1: Ep 7 Eliot's Revenge
    3/27/80
  - S 1: Ep 6 Eliot's Deadly Serve (a.k.a.) The Deadly Serve
    10/28/79
  - + 8 More Credits
- The David Steinberg Show
  Johnny Del Bravo
  - S 1: Ep 11 Scatman Crothers and Mason Reese
    12/10/76
Recurring Role (12)

Role
- How I Met Your Mother
  Garrison Cootes
  - S 7: Ep 15 The Burning Beekeeper
    2/6/12
  - S 7: Ep 5 Field Trip
    10/10/11
  - S 7: Ep 2 The Naked Truth
    9/19/11
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 17: Ep 20 Show #3192
    10/5/09
  - S 13: Ep 115 Show #2528
    3/21/06
  - S 6: Ep 3 Show #1068
    9/2/98
  - S 5: Ep 37 Show #0899
    11/3/97
  - S 3: Ep 70 Show #0509
    12/22/95
  - + 1 More Credits
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 167 Show #3142
    6/26/09
  - S 16: Ep 27 Show #3002
    10/15/08
  - S 15: Ep 65 Show #2872
    2/13/08
  - S 14: Ep 70 Show #2679
    1/2/07
  - S 14: Ep 40 Show #2649
    11/3/06
  - + 16 More Credits
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 110 Martin Short
    8/24/06
  - S 10: Ep 61 Martin Short
    5/4/05
  - S 5: Ep 151 Martin Short
    6/18/01
  - S 5: Ep 104 Martin Short
    3/5/01
- Saturday Night Live
  Jiminy Glick
  - S 30: Ep 17 Tom Brady/Beck
    4/16/05
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 81 Show #2577
    10/14/03
  - S 12: Ep 10 Show #2506
    6/13/03
  - S 11: Ep 109 Show #2383
    11/29/02
  - S 11: Ep 6 Show #2280
    6/10/02
  - S 10: Ep 10 Show #2076
    6/14/01
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 101 Martin Short
    2/20/02
- Saturday Night Live
  Host
  - S 24: Ep 21 Saturday Night Live 25: The Music: 1980-1985
    9/21/99
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 8 Martin Short/No Doubt
    12/7/96
  - S 15: Ep 1 15th Anniversary Special
    9/24/89
  - S 12: Ep 6 Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, & Martin Short/Randy Newman
    12/6/86
  - S 10: Ep 14 Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station
    2/16/85
  - S 10: Ep 12 Alex Karras/Tina Turner
    2/2/85
  - + 4 More Credits
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 16 Show #1758
    2/26/93
  - S 11: Ep 103 Show #1687
    9/23/92
  - S 10: Ep 142 Show #1570
    12/18/91
  - S 10: Ep 88 Show #1516
    8/2/91
  - S 8: Ep 65 Show #1150
    5/26/89
  - + 8 More Credits
- The JUNO Awards
  Host
  - S 11: Ep 1 The 16th Annual JUNO Awards
    11/4/85
- The David Steinberg Show
  Johnny Del Bravo
  - S 1: Ep 22 Rip Taylor
    3/22/77
  - S 1: Ep 21 Bob and Ray
    3/15/77
  - S 1: Ep 19 Norm Crosby
    2/22/77
  - S 1: Ep 18 Joseph Campanella
    2/15/77
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ruth Buzzi
    1/25/77
  - + 2 More Credits
Guest Star (58)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself - Guest Co-host
  - S 24: Ep 126 March 9, 2012
    3/9/12
  - S 24: Ep 125 March 8, 2012
    3/8/12
  - S 22: Ep 91 January 26, 2010
    1/26/10
- Weeds
  Steward Havens
  - S 7: Ep 6 Object Impermanence
    8/1/11
  - S 7: Ep 5 Fingers Only Meat Banquet
    7/25/11
  - S 7: Ep 4 A Hole In Her Niqab
    7/18/11
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 52 The Devil's Email Attachment
    2/17/11
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 88 January 20, 2011
    1/20/11
  - S 22: Ep 46 November 11, 2009
    11/11/09
  - S 19: Ep 11 September 19, 2006
    9/19/06
  - S 17: Ep 155 May 3, 2005
    5/3/05
  - S 17: Ep 4 September 9, 2004
    9/9/04
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Marriage Ref
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 Sarah Silverman, Matthew Broderick and Martin Short
    4/29/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 158 Episode #3.158
    3/9/10
  - S 2: Ep 249 Episode #2.249
    6/24/09
  - S 2: Ep 92 Episode #2.092
    12/23/08
- The Joy Behar Show
  Himself
  - S 2010: Ep 48 Perez Hilton & Martin Short
    12/3/09
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 129 Martin Short, Jeff Lewis, Cory Chisel
    10/9/09
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 72 Martin Short, Tim Gunn, Wynonna
    9/23/09
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 23 October 17, 2008
    10/17/08
  - S 3: Ep 10 April 29, 2005
    4/29/05
  - S 2: Ep 8 March 5, 2004
    3/5/04
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 57: Ep 76 April 14, 2008
    4/14/08
  - S 55: Ep 144 July 20, 2006
    7/20/06
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 24 November 2, 2007
    11/2/07
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Self
  - S 14: Ep 2396 Martin Short, Cheryl Hines, Cold War Kids
    4/10/07
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 19: Ep 133 April 9, 2007
    4/9/07
  - S 18: Ep 224 August 3, 2006
    8/3/06
  - S 17: Ep 35 October 25, 2004
    10/25/04
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 50 March 26, 2007
    3/26/07
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 5 Alec Baldwin/Christina Aguilera
    11/11/06
- The View
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 44 November 3, 2006
    11/3/06
  - S 10: Ep 15 September 25, 2006
    9/25/06
- MadTV
  himself
  - S 12: Ep 3 Episode #1203
    9/30/06
- Conversations with Michael Eisner
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Saturday Night Live
    9/25/06
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 180 Show #2593
    7/20/06
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 121 Martin Short/Emilie De Ravin/Three 6 Mafia
    3/7/06
  - S 2: Ep 157 Martin Short/Ellen Pompeo/Scott Savol
    5/10/05
  - S 2: Ep 23 Martin Short/Tyra Banks/Aron Ralston
    10/6/04
  - S 1: Ep 28 Martin Short/Joely Fisher/Shelby Lynne
    10/15/03
- Sit Down Comedy With David Steinberg
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Martin Short
    1/4/06
- The Colbert Report
  Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 59 Martin Short, Mighty Gonzales, & Los Amigos Invisibles
    5/5/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 115 Martin Short, Felicity Huffman, Ani Difranco
    5/3/05
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 2: Ep 26 Martin Short
    5/1/05
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Sebastian Ballentine
  - S 6: Ep 18 Pure
    3/8/05
- Arrested Development
  Uncle Jack
  - S 2: Ep 10 Ready, Aim, Marry Me
    2/13/05
- Dennis Miller
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 6 January 29, 2004
    1/29/04
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/03
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/12/99
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 4 9/4/03
    9/4/03
- Comedy Central Presents
  Himself
  - — The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
    12/1/02
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Terrorist Attack
    10/13/02
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 174 Ben Affleck, Betsy Hart, Martin Short, Salam al-Marayati
    5/24/02
  - S 9: Ep 109 Martin Short, Tara Reid, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Orly
    2/15/02
  - S 9: Ep 30 Martin Short, Odetta, Doug Bandow, Darlene Kennedy
    10/12/01
- Everybody Loves Raymond
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 24 Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years
    4/28/02
- MadTV
  Jimminy Glick
  - S 7: Ep 15 Episode #715
    2/16/02
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 3 Sports Obsessed Parents
    2/15/02
  - S 8: Ep 4 Show Business
    2/2/01
  - S 7: Ep 6 Bad Jobs
    2/18/00
  - S 4: Ep 7 Lies
    2/28/97
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
  Ooblar
  - S 1: Ep 2 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
    12/21/01
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Jimmy Glick
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 188 Show 1000
    6/14/01
  - S 4: Ep 2 Show #626
    9/8/99
  - S 3: Ep 108 Show #539
    2/25/99
  - S 3: Ep 33 Show #464
    10/21/98
  - S 2: Ep 145 Show #387
    4/21/98
  - + 5 More Credits
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 14 John Candy
    4/3/01
- MadTV
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 7 The 100th Episode
    11/6/99
- Inside the Actors Studio
  himself
  - S 4: Ep 9 Martin Short
    11/29/98
- Muppets Tonight
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Best of Muppets Tonight
    12/21/97
  - S 1: Ep 10 Martin Short
    7/14/96
- E! True Hollywood Story
  (himself)
  - S 1: Ep 19 Gilda Radner
    10/19/97
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 115 Show #4526
    5/14/92
  - S 29: Ep 158 Show #4388
    8/14/91
  - S 28: Ep 60 Show #4105
    1/31/90
  - S 27: Ep 60 Show #3987
    6/8/89
- Maniac Mansion
  Eddie O'Donnel
  - S 2: Ep 16 Down & Out in Cedar Springs
    12/18/91
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 63: Ep 1 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/91
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
- The Dave Thomas Comedy Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four - Martin Short
    6/18/90
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three - Chevy Chase / Martin Short
    6/11/90
- The Tracey Ullman Show
  Lou, football fan
  - S 4: Ep 13 I'm Dating a Corporate Lawyer / A Ginny Nocturne / Dawg Day Afternoon
    1/14/90
- The Tracey Ullman Show
  Doc the Elvis Presley freak
  - S 4: Ep 3 Da Me La Mano / Needle in a Haystack
    10/8/89
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
  The Producer Of The Play
  - S 1: Ep 10 Blowin' In The Wind
    11/12/88
- Tall Tales and Legends
  Johnny Appleseed
  - S 1: Ep 5 Johnny Appleseed
    10/31/86
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 4: Ep 1 Animal Cafe
    6/23/86
- Taxi
  Mitch Harris
  - S 4: Ep 4 Jim Joins the Network
    10/29/81
- The David Steinberg Show
  Johnny Del Bravo
  - S 1: Ep 17 Marcia Wallace
    2/8/77
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 20 What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs
  - S 1: Ep 19 Patrick's Dinosuars
Writer (1)

Role
- Primetime Glick
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 10 Lorraine Bracco / John McEnroe
    7/3/03
  - S 3: Ep 9 Tim Robbins / Rob Schneider
    6/26/03
  - S 3: Ep 8 Chris Elliot
    6/19/03
  - S 3: Ep 7 Megan Mullally / Elijah Wood
    6/12/03
  - S 3: Ep 6 Brad Garrett / Jon Stewart
    6/5/03
  - + 25 More Credits
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- The Martin Short Show
  Executive Producer

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Trivia
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- In 1994, Martin Short received The Order of Canada, for his contribution to Canadian culture.
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- Martin Short was Mel Brooks' original first choice to star as Leo Bloom in his Broadway version of The Producers a role that eventually went to Matthew Broderick.
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- Martin Short is one of very few ex-SNL cast members who have made a guest appearances on rival sketch comedy show MadTV.
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- Martin Short: I started out in Pre-Meds at McMaster. Until I realized I wasn't interested in science; I was just a fan of Richard Chamberlain's work.
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- Martin Short: You can never be too broad with a character. And it's scary in reality when you meet a person stranger that the characters you've created.
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- Martin Short: Gene Hackman once said he was amazed how small he could go with a character. I'm amazed at how big I can go because people are so out there in real life.
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