Martin Hayter Short 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 SCTV and later Saturday Night Live.
His film career took off in the mid 80s when he appeared in ¡Three Amigos! alongside Chevy Chase and Steve Martin. Since then, he has appeared in Innerspace, Father of the Bride, Clifford, Mars Attacks!, A Simple Wish, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and Frankenweenie, among many others.
He also continues to work in television, hosting Primetime Glick as the obnoxious celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick, playing a rare dramatic role in Damages, headlining the Maya & Marty variety show with Maya Rudolph and co-starring with Steve Martin and Selena Gomez in the critically-acclaimed Only Murders in the Building.
His autobiography, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, was published in 2014.
Selected Filmography:
- SCTV (1981–84): various characters
- Saturday Night Live (1984–85): various characters
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986): Ned Nederlander
- Innerspace (1987): Jack Putter
- Three Fugitives (1989): Ned Perry
- The Big Picture (1989): Neil Sussman
- Father of the Bride (1991): Franck Eggelhoffer
- Pure Luck (1991): Eugene Proctor
- Captain Ron (1992): Martin Harvey
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993): Stubbs the Clown (voice)
- Clifford (1994): Clifford Daniels
- The Pebble and the Penguin (1995): Hubie (voice)
- Mars Attacks! (1996): Jerry Ross
- Creature Crunch (1996): Wesley/Dr. Drod (voice)
- Jungle 2 Jungle (1997): Richard Kempster
- A Simple Wish (1997): Murray
- The Prince of Egypt (1998): Huy (voice)
- Merlin (1998): Frik
- Alice in Wonderland (1999): Mad Hatter
- Mumford (1999): Lionel Dillard
- Get Over It (2001): Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001): Ooblar (voice)
- Primetime Glick (2001–03): Jiminy Glick
- Treasure Planet (2002): B.E.N. (voice)
- Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004): Preminger (voice)
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006): Jack Frost
- Damages (2010): Leonard Winstone/Lester Wiggin
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–18): The Cat in the Hat (voice)
- Weeds (2011): Steward Havens
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011): Kirk Kirkkendall (voice)
- How I Met Your Mother (2011–12): Garrison Cootes
- Frankenweenie (2012): Edward Frankenstein/Mr. Bergermesiter/Nassor (voice)
- The Wind Rises: Kurokawa (voice in the English dub)
- Inherent Vice (2014): Rudy Blatnoyd
- The Addams Family (2019): Grandpa Frump (voice)
- Schmigadoon! (2021): Leprechaun
- Only Murders in the Building (2021–present): Oliver Putnam
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023): Kingfish
