Martin Short

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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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Guthrie Frenel (voice)

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Stefano (voice)

Mars Attacks!

Jerry Ross

How I Met Your Mother

Garrison Cootes

Treasure Planet

B.E.N. (voice)

The Prince of Egypt

Huy (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sebastian Ballentine

Frankenweenie

Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Marty, Life Is Short MOVIE	Self
2025	Starring Dick Van Dyke MOVIE	Self
2025	I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not MOVIE	Self
2025	Downey Wrote That MOVIE	Self
2025	Only Murders in the Building Official Podcast TV	Self
2025	You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... MOVIE	Self / Jeffrey
2025	John Candy: I Like Me MOVIE	Self - Actor, SCTV
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music MOVIE	Self
2025	This Is the Tom Green Documentary MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces TV	Self
2024	Grimsburg TV	Otis Volcanowitz (voice)
2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic MOVIE	Self
2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom MOVIE	Kingfish (voice)
2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love MOVIE	Self - Guest
2022	Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration MOVIE	Lumière
2022	Mack & Rita MOVIE	Cheese (voice)
2022	Password TV	Self - Celebrity Guest
2021	Back Home Again MOVIE	Justin Beaver (voice)
2021	Only Murders in the Building TV	Oliver Putnam
2021	Schmigadoon! TV	Oscar the Leprechaun
2021	Schmigadoon! TV	Steve the Leprechaun
2020	In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover MOVIE	Martin Short
2020	Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) MOVIE	Franck Eggelhoffer
2020	Tough As Nails TV	Self
2020	The Willoughbys MOVIE	The Father (voice)
2020	Stars in the House TV	Self - Special Guest
2020	Stars in the House TV	Self
2020	The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU MOVIE	(archive footage)
2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" MOVIE	Self - Performer
2019	The Morning Show TV	Dick Lundy
2019	The Addams Family MOVIE	Grandpa Frump (voice)
2019	Lights Out with David Spade TV	Self - Panelist
2018	Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer MOVIE	Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen (voice)
2018	Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life MOVIE	Self
2018	Bathtubs Over Broadway MOVIE	Self
2018	Love, Gilda MOVIE	Self
2017	Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs MOVIE	Self
2017	Big Mouth TV	Gordie (voice)
2017	The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Space! MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2017	Who Is the Real Martin Short? MOVIE	Self
2016	Hairspray Live! MOVIE	Wilbur Turnblad
2016	The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween! MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2016	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping! MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2016	Match Game TV	Self - Host
2016	Maya & Marty TV	Self - Host
2015	Being Canadian MOVIE	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	Difficult People TV	Martin Short
2015	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt TV	Dr. Franff
2015	The Last Man on Earth TV	Murder victim
2015	Misery Loves Comedy MOVIE	Self
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV	Self
2014	Inherent Vice MOVIE	Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.
2014	Mulaney TV	Lou
2014	BoJack Horseman TV	Poppy Stilton (voice)
2014	All In MOVIE	Self
2014	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return MOVIE	The Appraiser / The Jester (voice)
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones TV	Self
2013	Hollywood Game Night TV	Self
2012	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2012	Frankenweenie MOVIE	Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee TV	Self
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted MOVIE	Stefano (voice)
2012	Cat in the Hat: Ocean Commotion MOVIE	Self
2012	Cat in the Hat: Miles & Miles of Reptiles MOVIE	Cat in the Hat
2012	I, Martin Short, Goes Home MOVIE	Self
2012	Canada's Got Talent TV	Self - Judge
2012	Inside Comedy TV	Self
2011	Cat in the Hat: Tricks and Treats MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil MOVIE	Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
2011	Cat in the Hat: Tales About Tails MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2010	Conan TV	Self
2010	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!: Wings and Things MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2010	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! TV	The Cat in the Hat (voice)
2010	The Cat in the Hat: Surprise, Little Guys! MOVIE	The Cat in the Hat
2010	The Marriage Ref TV	Self - Panelist
2009	Modern Family TV	Merv Schechter
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles MOVIE	Thimbletack (voice)
2007	Damages TV	Leonard Winstone
2007	Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women MOVIE	Self
2007	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary MOVIE	Self
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause MOVIE	Jack Frost
2006	Rachael Ray TV	Self
2006	Second City: First Family of Comedy TV	Self
2005	Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg TV	Self
2005	Earth to America MOVIE	Nathan Thurm
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self
2005	How I Met Your Mother TV	Garrison Cootes
2005	Weeds TV	Steward Havens
2005	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood MOVIE	Jiminy Glick / David Lynch
2005	Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found MOVIE	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2004	Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper MOVIE	Preminger (voice)
2004	Dennis Miller TV	Self
2003	Arrested Development TV	Uncle Jack
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure MOVIE	Lars (voice)
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Jiminy Glick
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest Host
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Jiminy Glick
2002	Treasure Planet MOVIE	B.E.N. (voice)
2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Self
2001	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius MOVIE	Ooblar (voice)
2001	Good Day Live TV	Self
2001	Prince Charming MOVIE	Rodney
2001	Primetime Glick TV	Jiminy Glick
2001	Get Over It MOVIE	Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm TV	Martin Short
1999	The Early Show TV	Self
1999	Mumford MOVIE	Lionel Dillard
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Sebastian Ballentine
1999	The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1999	The Martin Short Show TV	Self - Host
1999	Alice in Wonderland MOVIE	Mad Hatter
1998	The Prince of Egypt MOVIE	Huy (voice)
1998	Junket Whore MOVIE	Self
1998	Hollywood Squares TV	Self - Panelist
1998	Merlin TV	Frik
1997	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1997	A Simple Wish MOVIE	Murray
1997	The Three Stooges Greatest Hits! MOVIE	Self - Host
1997	Jungle 2 Jungle MOVIE	Richard Kempster
1996	Mars Attacks! MOVIE	Jerry Ross
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	Muppets Tonight TV	Self
1995	Father of the Bride Part II MOVIE	Franck Eggelhoffer
1995	MADtv TV	Self
1995	MADtv TV	Jiminy Glick
1995	The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show MOVIE	Self / Various
1995	The Pebble and the Penguin MOVIE	Hubie (voice)
1994	The Martin Short Show TV	Marty Short
1994	Inside the Actors Studio TV	Self
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! MOVIE	Ed Grimley (archive footage)
1994	Clifford MOVIE	Clifford Daniels
1993	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story MOVIE	Stubbs the Clown (voice)
1993	Friends of Gilda MOVIE	Self
1993	Money For Nothing MOVIE	Harrison Kilray
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1992	A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out MOVIE	Martin Short
1992	Captain Ron MOVIE	Martin Harvey
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories TV	Narrator (voice)
1992	Martin Short: Home Safe MOVIE	Self
1992	Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy TV	Self
1991	Father of the Bride MOVIE	Franck Eggelhoffer
1991	Pure Luck MOVIE	Eugene Proctor
1990	Night of 100 Stars III MOVIE	Self
1990	The Earth Day Special MOVIE	Nathan Thurm
1989	The Simpsons TV	Guthrie Frenel (voice)
1989	The Making of Me MOVIE	Self
1989	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary MOVIE	Self
1989	Dink, the Little Dinosaur TV	Self
1989	The Big Picture MOVIE	Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent
1989	Andrea Martin... Together Again MOVIE	Self
1989	I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood MOVIE	Various Roles
1989	Three Fugitives MOVIE	Ned Perry
1988	The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley TV	Ed Grimley (voice)
1988	The Best of SCTV MOVIE	Self
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1987	Cross My Heart MOVIE	David Morgan
1987	On Location: Women of the Night MOVIE	Host
1987	Innerspace MOVIE	Jack Putter
1986	¡Three Amigos! MOVIE	Ned Nederlander
1986	Johnny Appleseed MOVIE	Jonathan Chapman
1986	Really Weird Tales MOVIE	Shucky (segment "All's Well That Ends Strange")
1986	American Masters TV	Self - Interviewee
1986	The Canadian Conspiracy MOVIE	Self
1986	The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood MOVIE	King Louis XVI
1985	Tall Tales & Legends TV	Johnny Appleseed
1985	Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas MOVIE	Self
1984	Jeopardy! TV	Self
1983	SCTV Channel TV	Self
1983	Sunset Limousine MOVIE	Bradley Z. Coleman
1983	Reading Rainbow TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1981	SCTV Network 90 TV	Various
1980	I'm a Big Girl Now TV	Self
1979	The Family Man MOVIE	Louie
1979	The Associates TV	Self
1979	Lost and Found MOVIE	Engel
1979	CBS News Sunday Morning TV	Self
1978	Seer Was Here MOVIE	Self
1978	Taxi TV	Mitch Harris
1977	The Love Boat TV	Melvin
1976	Second City Television TV	Self - Various Characters
1976	For the Record TV	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Various Characters
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self (uncredited)
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Co-Host
1974	Cucumber TV	Smokey The Hare
1972	The David Steinberg Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1949	The Emmy Awards TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
	O Canada MOVIE	Narrator

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