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3 | ->''"My job is not to analyze my career. But I am proud of the amount of work I've done and the amount of commitment I've given to it. That makes me proud."'' |
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5 | Martin Hayter Short [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OC]] (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and writer born in Hamilton, Ontario. After joining the Second City theater in the late 70s, he transitioned to television starting with ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and later ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
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7 | His film career took off in the mid 80s when he appeared in ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' alongside Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/SteveMartin. Since then, he has appeared in ''Film/{{Innerspace}}'', ''[[Film/FatherOfTheBride1991 Father of the Bride]]'', ''Film/{{Clifford}}'', ''Film/MarsAttacks'', ''Film/ASimpleWish'', ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'', among many others. |
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9 | He also continues to work in television, hosting ''Series/PrimetimeGlick'' as the obnoxious celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick, playing a rare dramatic role in ''Series/{{Damages}}'', headlining the ''Maya & Marty'' variety show with Creator/MayaRudolph and co-starring with Creator/SteveMartin and Music/SelenaGomez in the critically-acclaimed ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding''. |
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11 | His autobiography, ''I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend'', was published in 2014. |
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14 | !!Selected Filmography: |
15 | * ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' (1981–84): various characters |
16 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (1984–85): various characters |
17 | * ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' (1986): Ned Nederlander |
18 | * ''Film/{{Innerspace}}'' (1987): Jack Putter |
19 | * ''Film/ThreeFugitives'' (1989): Ned Perry |
20 | * ''Film/TheBigPicture'' (1989): Neil Sussman |
21 | * ''[[Film/FatherOfTheBride1991 Father of the Bride]]'' (1991): Franck Eggelhoffer |
22 | * ''Film/PureLuck'' (1991): Eugene Proctor |
23 | * ''Film/CaptainRon'' (1992): [[TheDanza Martin Harvey]] |
24 | * ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' (1993): Stubbs the Clown (voice) |
25 | * ''Film/{{Clifford}}'' (1994): Clifford Daniels |
26 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' (1995): Hubie (voice) |
27 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'' (1996): Jerry Ross |
28 | * ''VideoGame/CreatureCrunch'' (1996): Wesley/Dr. Drod (voice) |
29 | * ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'' (1997): Richard Kempster |
30 | * ''Film/ASimpleWish'' (1997): Murray |
31 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' (1998): Huy (voice) |
32 | * ''[[Series/Merlin1998 Merlin]]'' (1998): Frik |
33 | * ''[[Film/AliceInWonderland1999 Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1999): Mad Hatter |
34 | * ''Film/{{Mumford}}'' (1999): Lionel Dillard |
35 | * ''Film/GetOverIt'' (2001): Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates |
36 | * ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' (2001): Ooblar (voice) |
37 | * ''Series/PrimetimeGlick'' (2001–03): Jiminy Glick |
38 | * ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' (2002): B.E.N. (voice) |
39 | * ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'' (2004): Preminger (voice) |
40 | * ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'' (2006): Jack Frost |
41 | * ''Series/{{Damages}}'' (2010): Leonard Winstone/Lester Wiggin |
42 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat'' (2010–18): The Cat in the Hat (voice) |
43 | * ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' (2011): Steward Havens |
44 | * ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil'' (2011): Kirk Kirkkendall (voice) |
45 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' (2011–12): Garrison Cootes |
46 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'' (2012): Edward Frankenstein/Mr. Bergermesiter/Nassor (voice) |
47 | * ''Anime/TheWindRises'': Kurokawa (voice in the English dub) |
48 | * ''Film/InherentVice'' (2014): Rudy Blatnoyd |
49 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019 The Addams Family]]'' (2019): Grandpa Frump (voice) |
50 | * ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' (2021): Leprechaun |
51 | * ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' (2021–present): Oliver Putnam |
52 | * ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' (2023): Kingfish |
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